Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley

This week on the podcast I’m talking about cynicism and how we can keep our faith in humanity strong even when it feels like the whole world’s gone crazy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s a very good reason why it might feel so hard to give a darn about your health in winter. And also why your mood might also turn dark. And that is the lack of light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A 2019 review analyzed 10 studies that included data from over 3 million people, an found that dog owners had a 24 percent risk reduction for death from any cause. And that’s just one reason to get a dog. I’m going to give you a few more, but first, I have to tell you about our dog, Cookie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm asking Dr. Chris Chlebowski, homeopath, naturopath, chiropractor and author of the upcoming book The Virus And The Host: How To Get And Stay Healthy In The Age of Novel Infectious Disease about how taking better care of your own health makes you a better person, and the world a better place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You likely have something that you eat or do that you know isn’t all that great for you, but anytime you think about giving it up, you dismiss that idea immediately. Here's another way to think about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all fall off the health wagon at some point. Here's why you don't want to wait until a health crisis, or even a health thing, to get back on it. Also, I cover how a parody video of me, made by my daughter, helped me make sense of a health thing in my own life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creativity isn’t a one and done thing. It’s a part of you and just like a dog or a baby it needs loving care on the regular. So, today, we’re going to cover ways to make creativity just a thing you do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In order to breathe life into your ideas and get them out into the world, you’ve got to get the ego to stand down. And the way you do that is by giving yourself permission to let that thing suck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I'm talking to Zarinah El-Amin, CEO of Book Power Publishing and author of the brand-new book Book Power, about how to get over the excuses you may be giving yourself for not doing anything creative. And wow, does she deliver! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creative ideas have a hard time penetrating a busy mind. You’ve got to clear a little space in that beautiful noggin of yours for the ideas to come in and be heard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast, I’m pivoting to talk about something that’s still super important, but is way, way lighter than the pandemic-related themes I’ve been covering lately. And that thing is creativity. I mean, doesn’t that sound nice right about now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Because empathy is important, but often not enough, when it comes to dealing with difficult people, today talking about setting boundaries--both for them and for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s big idea is that difficult people are still people. And you are a person. And deep down we are more alike than we are different. So a helpful way to approach a difficult person is to seek out the things that connect you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does conflict have an upside? Today I’m talking with Amy Gallo, who is the author of the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict to get her inside scoop on how and why to engage with the difficult people in your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While I wouldn’t wish a difficult person on anyone else, I believe that they, like every other challenging situation, show up to teach us something. It’s on us to look for that opportunity that’s wrapped up inside every fraught interaction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast I’m talking about how to handle the difficult people in your life, whether it’s folks you don’t know that you encounter out in the world, a problematic neighbor, a boss or colleague, or even a partner or a family member. Because at this juncture in 2020, it feels like the stress and the uncertainty are bringing out the worst in people. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Loving yourself is a nice idea but it’s kind of squishy--how do you actually go about doing it? Well, I’ve got something to share with you that will help you put ‘love myself’ on to your calendar, and then actually do it Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Accepting the things about yourself that you might otherwise judge as ‘bad’ is a big piece of loving yourself. After all, love isn’t conditional. It’s not, I’ll love myself after I lose 5 pounds, or get a new job, or things calm down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When I first encountered the idea that we’re talking about today, I definitely looked like a meme of a person whose mind has just been blown. It’s the idea that in general, women are vulnerable to thinking less of themselves, chronic stress, and warped perceptions of their own worth because we live in a patriarchal society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If someone is constantly saying mean, disparaging, discouraging things about you, would that make it feel like they loved you? Yeah. No. But that’s what we often do to ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Loving yourself is something so few of us are ever given any guidance on, in any way. We just don’t talk about it as a thing. It’s like this big secret that very few people speak about. This week, let’s change that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As important as it is to give back through activism in some way, you don’t want to let it become something that depletes you. Today I’m sharing 3 things I’ve learned about how to give back without wearing yourself out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s so tempting to rush toward something that you perceive to be a problem with a full head of steam and a lot of ideas about what should be done. But if you do, you could very well become part of the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I’m talking with two women who helped me embrace my inner activist both through their example and through the organization that they co-founded, The Womxn Project. We're talking about how activism can be fun, rewarding, and one of the great adventures of your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you find the right cause for you, it makes you more effective, it gives you more energy, and it enriches your life more. So the question then is, how do you find the right fit? And once you do, how do you find the bandwidth? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices