Hurry Slowly: Recent Episodes
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A look at how the ideas that we inherit very young can limit or expand the way that we relate to ourselves and our creativity.
Hurry Slowly host Jocelyn K. Glei explores how ideas shape our attitude toward everything — how we think with and through the ideas we hold, and how that affects the way we see ourselves, the way we relate to others, and — especially — how we approach our creativity.
Related offerings: RESET, a cosmic tune-up for your workday. Jocelyn’s 12-lesson course for tuning into a heart-centered approach to productivity. Save $60 off registration through May 19th by signing up for the RESET mini-podcast series here.*
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A deep dive into how we create, relate to, and maintain our digital selves/personas/brands — and can we ever truly leave them behind? Or reinvent them? Or start anew?
My conversation partner in this investigation is Cody Cook-Parrot, a dancer and a writer who was formerly known as Marlee Grace. Their work focuses on the self, devotion, ritual, creativity, and art making. Among their myriad activities, they publish a wonderful Substack newsletter called Monday Monday, host a podcast about creativity called Common Shapes, and teach online courses about quilt-making and book writing, among other things. They have also published two books, including Getting to Center, Pathways for Finding Yourself Within the Great Unknown, as well as How to Not Always Be Working.
Questions we explore in this conversation:
- What happens when we allow ourselves to explore a new identity?
- How important is “consistency” for folks who have a personal brand?
- Is it possible to actually transition to a more offline identity, income, etc?
- What does it mean to give yourself “permission” to show up in different ways?
A new offering from Jocelyn: KILN: 🔥 Fire for your creative ideas. Jocelyn’s brand-new creative incubator for transforming your ideas from an inkling into reality. Registration for the Spring Cycle is open through Saturday, April 20th. (Registration will re-open again for new cycles in the Summer and Fall.) Learn more and register here.*
People, links, and ideas mentioned: Amelia Hruby’s Off the Grid podcast about leaving social media * Tattoo artist and activist Tamara Santibanez * Take Cody’s quilt workshop “The Poetics of Squares: A Quilt in a Weekend” * Follow Cody’s work at:* Monday Monday newsletter | Their Website | On Instagram
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The myths that drive our creativity, how they create suffering, and how we can ignite our creative fire by embracing the power of the collective.
Hurry Slowly host Jocelyn K. Glei explores the closely intertwined myths of individualism and the lone creative genius and how they encourage us to ignore a powerful source of creative inspiration and momentum — the collective.
Related offerings: KILN: 🔥 Fire for your creative ideas. Jocelyn’s brand-new creative incubator for transforming your ideas from an inkling into reality. Registration is now open for the Spring Cycle. Save 10% with code “CREATIVEFIRE” if you book by March 31st. Learn more and register here.*
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What does it mean to create spaciousness? Through our creative rhythms, through our travels, through the expression of our voices?
I talk with writer and teacher Sebene Selassie, the author of You Belong and the excellent Substack newsletter Ancestors to Elements, about cultivating self-reliance through solo travel, the power of acknowledging what you’ve accomplished, finding your authentic voice, and why we so often gravitate towards the negative rather than “going towards the love.”
New offerings from JocelynNeed fire for your creative ideas? KILN is a creative incubator & a community where half-baked ideas become real. Launching in April of 2024. Registration opens in mid-March. Learn more about KILN here.
Dig into the resources:The people, ideas, and media mentioned in this episode:
• Amelia Hruby and Mary Grace Allerdice
• Sebene’s book You Belong: A Call for Connection
• Subscribe to Sebene’s newsletter: Ancestors to Elements
• Follow Sebene on Instagram
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Exploring the tension between “the urgency of productivity” and the rhythms of “creative necessity.”
Jocelyn contemplates how we can navigate the tension between an external world that is deeply attached to urgency and the “values of technology” and our internal world, where we yearn to create, to play, to rest, and to explore — without a deadline.
Related offerings: KiLN, a creative incubator and community, where we gather to support each other as our half-baked ideas become real. More details coming soon! : ) * Radiant Attention for Self & Collective Car*e, a workshop on Feb 11th led by Jocelyn, which will share techniques & tools for clearing, comforting, nourishing, and rebalancing your energy system. Learn more & register here.
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On the awkwardness of wintering while everyone else is awakening.
Jocelyn reflects on being out of sync with the collective energy of reinvention at the beginning of each new year. She talks about being in the “awkward soup of transformation” and contemplates the discomfort of inflection points, the rhythms of creativity, letting go of heaviness, and the frustration of finding yourself still hanging out in the waiting room.
Resources, Ideas & Links Jocelyn’s new offering Radiant Attention for Self & Collective Care is a 2.5-hour workshop on techniques & tools for clearing, comforting, nourishing, and rebalancing your energy system.* Learn more and register here.
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What does it mean to be satisfiable? And how do you recognize when you have “enough”?
These questions are central not just to our own well-being but to attaining a more just and equitable society. For this conversation, I sit down with writer, facilitator, and activist adrienne maree brown, who recently published the excellent book Pleasure Activism.
We take an in-depth look at how we might define pleasure for ourselves, the wisdom that we can access when we really drop into our bodies, and what it means to figure out how to be satisfiable — to recognize that you have enough.
Key takeaways from this conversation:
- How to invite the “orgasmic yes” into your life
- Why you should do something to awaken your body every day
- How to create more equity by sharing your “idea lineage”
- Why you don’t have to produce anything to feel satisfaction
- Ideas on how to “give without grasping”
Go DeeperSave $60 on RESET, a cosmic tune-up for your workday. RESET is a course created by Hurry Slowly host Jocelyn K. Glei that shows you how to move from a speed-obsessed way of working to a heart-centered way of working. It will teach you how to let go of “productivity shame,” tap into the natural rhythms of your energy and attention, and get into your creative flow. Save $60 on registration through January 15th.
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Favorite Quotes
“I’ll ask people, ‘When was the last time you were satisfied? Can you imagine being satisfied? What are the things that satisfy you in a given day? How do you know that you have done enough in a given day? Do you understand that you don’t have to produce anything to deserve satisfaction?’”
“We’re all so often showing up and giving each other the bare minimum of presence and then surprised that we can’t feel each other, that we don’t actually feel the depth of connection that we’re longing for.”
“There’s something about being in right relationship to change that acknowledges that not all change is meant to be driven, some of it is meant to be experienced in other ways.”
ResourcesThe references and ideas that we mention in this epi:
- An introduction to somatics
- Media justice activist Malkia Cyril
- Centering practice with Sumitra Rajkumar
- Toshi Reagon’s opera The Parable of the Sower
- Matt McGorry and sharing “idea lineages”
- The Audre Lorde Project
- Octavia Butler, author of Parable of the Sower
- adrienne’s books: Emergent Strategy and Pleasure Activism
- Staci Haines who asked the question: “Are you satisfiable?”
- Adrienne’s mentor Grace Lee Boggs
- My online course RESET, a cosmic tune-up for your workday
- Follow adrienne at: Website | Instagram
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How to flip the script on healing and wellness culture by noticing how you already embody all that you yearn for.
Jocelyn reflects on the intersection of capitalism, productivity culture, and the wellness industry and how they each try to lure us into focusing on what we lack, what we are not, what we have yet to accomplish. She offers an alternative perspective: That healing can only occur right here in this moment and that if we accept ourselves as we are, we can see how we already embody so much of what we yearn for.
Resources, Ideas & Links* Jocelyn’s 4-week course “Finding Your Voice: A sacred practice space for honoring self-expression” is now open for registration. Get the $30 off through December 15th.
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A conversation about how to get our bodies (and our brains) onboard with manifesting a new reality.
In this episode, I take a deep dive into the mechanics of healing with Dina Schapiro. Dina has been a therapist for over 20 years; she’s also a professor, and formerly the director of the graduate arts therapy program, at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. These days, in addition to teaching, she works with clients to offer spiritual guidance and help them integrate plant medicine experiences.
Ideas we explore in this episode:
- How to shift limiting beliefs and get our minds and bodies onboard with new thought patterns
- The difference between what happens when you do talk therapy versus what happens when you work with plant medicine
- How it’s time for our focus to shift beyond simply healing the individual to healing community and healing the Earth
New offerings from Hurry Slowly:Are you ready to move into deeper self-expression? Jocelyn’s brand-new, 4-week course “Finding Your Voice: A sacred practice space for honoring self-expression” is now open for registration. Save $30 on early-bird bookings through December 15th. Learn more and register here.
Resources, Ideas & Links* More about Dina: Her work at Pratt | The Marble House Project
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Disclaimer: The Hurry Slowly podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Any information on this podcast should in no way be construed or substituted as psychological counseling, therapy, or medical advice.
A brief reflection on the voice and how our desire to avoid uncertainty — to know the outcome before we even begin the process — can block the free-flow of self-expression.
Resources, Ideas & Links* Jocelyn’s 4-week course “Finding Your Voice: A sacred practice space for honoring self-expression” is now open for registration. Register before Nov 9 and save $30. : )
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I reflect on the process of unwinding from the limiting beliefs that we hold that create so much hardship.
In the first episode of season 6, I ask: “How can we take our expectations of struggle, turn them inside out, and transform them into an opportunity to feel even more free?”
Resources, Ideas & Links
- Jocelyn’s 4-week course RESET, a cosmic tune-up for your workday is now open for registration. Get the $60 off discount through October 30th!
- Get the recording of the August 2023 Higher Love event: Casting Spells of Worthiness on the power of language, our internal dialogue, and the words we use to encourage others.
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How defaulting to the intellect as our primary channel of knowing cuts us off from deeper consciousness & insight.
In this episode, I talk about the many different ways of knowing that we have access to — intellectual, somatic, energetic, intuitive, ancestral. And how we get cut off from that rich inner landscape of knowing by only seeing certain kinds of knowledge as valid. Then I explore the possibilities and magic that can arise when we open up to deeper receptivity.
Ideas we’ll explore in this episode:
- How over-valuing the intellect can lead us to ignore, dismiss, or mistrust important intuitive information
- How attuning to the insights of the three mind centers — the head, the heart, and the gut — can help open up new consciousness
- How inviting more receptivity into your creative process, and ways of knowing, can help you work in a freer, more open, more inspired way
Check out Jocelyn’s new course, CHANNELAre you ready to connect to your creative life force in a new way? Registration is now open for my new 8-week course, CHANNEL, which empowers you to tune into inspiration, drop into flow, and manifest your creative vision with ease. Learn more and register here.
Dig into the resources:References and media mentioned in this episode:
- Register for CHANNEL, a course about connecting with your creative life force in a new way
- Sherri Mitchell interview on Hurry Slowly
- Bill Duggan interview on Hurry Slowly
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“When I think of self-extraction, I think of pouring out and giving and holding space and showing up for other people, not from a place of overflow, but from a place of depletion.”
Lisa Olivera is a therapist-turned-writer, who feels like a kindred spirit of the pod. She wrote the wonderful book Already Enough: A Path to Self-Acceptance and pens the newsletter Human Stuff, which is where I originally discovered her writing.
In this conversation, Lisa and I delve into big life transitions. We talk about what it’s like to step out from behind the scenes and claim your voice, why we fall into (and stay in) professional roles or careers that we may have outgrown, and how easy it is to slip into patterns of self-extraction where you’re over-giving and neglecting your own needs.
Ideas we explore in this episode:
- The selves that we hide in order to conform to an expected performance of a career or role
- How the need to be helpful and/or of service can lead to self-extraction
- The challenges of moving toward a life that is more aligned and true
- The concept of sharing from the scar and not the wound
- The seasonality of creative cycles and transformation
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Dig into the resources:The ideas and media mentioned in this episode:
- Subscribe to Lisa’s newsletter, Human Stuff
- Lisa’s book, Already Enough: A Path to Self-Acceptance
- The Hurry Slowly episode: Am I allowed to say this?
- Follow Lisa on Instagram
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How we get locked into online personas that keep us from evolving and speaking our truth.
In this episode, I talk about the rise of personal brands and the expectation that we present one continuous persona online — and how that limits the expression of our fullness. How a fear of being inconsistent with how you have presented yourself in the past can stifle your ability to evolve into the future. How a fear of not being palatable to everyone can keep you from speaking your personal truth.
Ideas we’ll explore in this episode:
- How the internet and social media created an environment of “context collapse” where we are no longer allowed to present different aspects of our identities in different settings
- Why we hide certain aspects of ourselves, our passions, and our personas and how we can reconnect with them & begin to show ourselves in fullness
- How opening to small linguistic shifts in how you describe yourself or your offerings can have a domino effect and spark new evolution
Check Jocelyn’s new workshop:Are you ready to move into deeper self-expression? I’m co-facilitating a brand-new workshop in April with writer & meditation teacher Sebene Selassie called “Finding Your Voice: Nurturing Your Sacred Expression in the World” that’s all about leaning into self-expression and discovering the truth that is yours to speak. Learn more and register here.
Dig into the resources:References and media mentioned in this episode:
- Register for “Finding Your Voice: Nurturing Your Sacred Expression in the World,” a new workshop w/ Sebene Selassie & Jocelyn K. Glei
- My new web incarnation at jkg.co
- Jenny Odell interview on Hurry Slowly
- Debbie Millman interview on Hurry Slowly
- Archiving the Self, on the relationship btwn belonging & reinvention
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“We’re always trying to measure ourselves up to who we’re supposed to be, and it takes our attention away from who do I want to be? Who do I feel that I am?”
I talk with writer, teacher, and embodiment coach Prentis Hemphill, who is also behind one of my favorite podcasts, Finding Our Way. As the founder of the Embodiment Institute and a somatics teacher and facilitator, Prentis spends a lot of time exploring how we relate to ourselves and our bodies. We talk about what dignity feels like in the body, how the dominant culture cuts us off from the natural bodily rhythms of life, and why healing always happens in relationship.
Key ideas we explore in this episode:
- What it means to truly honor your body (and what it opens up)
- How we spend most of our lives in “control mode” with regard to our bodies
- How parts of our body can get stuck in the past, running on old narratives
- How curiosity can open up a more liberated experience of being alive
- Why and how our transformations truly get revealed in relationship
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Dig into the resources:The ideas and media mentioned in this episode:
- For the Wild: Prentis Hemphill on Choosing Belonging
- Emergent Strategy: Boundaried Love with Prentis Hemphill
- Listen to Prentis’ excellent podcast Finding Our Way
- Subscribe to the Embodiment Institute newsletter
- Follow Prentis on Instagram
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Artwork by Mike Karolos.
A reflection on the power of tuning into the beautiful weirdness of your own rhythms, ideas, and idiosyncrasies.
In this episode, I talk about how our culture teaches us to look outside of ourselves for answers — to cherish the advice and opinions of others above our own inner guidance. I also share some personal examples of my challenges with embracing my own idiosyncratic approach to doing things, which is often at odds with external models and so-called “expert” opinions.
Ideas we’ll explore in this episode:
- Why we tend to orient toward external advice over our own internal wisdom
- How things naturally flow and manifest when we are able to tune into our natural instincts, rhythms, and style
- What it means to honor ourselves and to “come home” to the beauty of our own uniqueness
Check out Jocelyn’s new course:Are you ready to let go of anxiety and tune into your intuition? For the first time in three years, I’m re-opening my Hi-Fi course, which is all about reconnecting to your own inner wisdom. Registration is open now through January 27, 2023. Visit hifi-course.com to learn more.
Dig into the resources:References and media mentioned in this episode:
- John Wellwood’s book Toward a Psychology of Awakening
- My RESET course, a cosmic tune-up for your workday, which will re-open for registration in February 2023
- My Hi-Fi course, a 6-week journey into the wisdom of the heart, which is open for registration now through Jan 27, 2023
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What are the ideas, thoughts, and habits that rupture, or interrupt, our ability to feel at home?
Through the lens of my own past addictions to alcohol and crime fiction, I explore the dark side of habits in this episode — the anxious, internal routines and dialogues that we are constantly performing and re-performing to keep ourselves from feeling safe, to suppress our self-expression, and to feel unloved.
Questions we’ll explore in this episode:
- Why do we choose to consume media that makes us feel unsafe?
- How does shame factor into our bad habit, or addiction-oriented, loops?
- Can not feeling at home become a habit? Do we get used to the familiarity of not feeling comfortable?
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Dig into the resources:References and media mentioned in this episode:
- Hurry Slowly reflection on Archiving the Self
- Hurry Slowly interview with Sebene Selassie: What It Means to Be Human
- Chani Nicholas explains what a Saturn Return is
- Not linking to any of the crime fiction I mention on purpose! : )
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Writer and meditation teacher Sebene Selassie on coming home to the body, living with chronic pain, and transformation as the act of allowing.
Jocelyn K. Glei on exploring themes of coming home, the relationship between belonging and reinvention, and her new course Tender Discipline.
I talk with Sherri Mitchell, the author of Sacred Instructions, about how to access our inner gifts and step into spiritual maturity.
I talk to Kamal Kapadia, the co-founder of Terra.do, about building communities of care and getting out of the climate doom cycle.
I talk to artist and organizer Amahra Spence about who gets to make art and how we can create spaces that support radical imagination.
I talk to educator and activist Nkem Ndefo about trauma, resilience, and building the capacity for transformation.
I talk to writer and facilitator Miki Kashtan about how capitalism and extractive mindsets cut us off from the natural flow of life.
Oliver Burkeman on why we try to control time, how perfectionism holds us back, and the problems with a “when-i-finally” mindset.
I chat with designer & community builder Kat Vellos about how to cultivate deeper intimacy, connection, and trust in our friendships.
I talk to writer and activist Mia Birdsong about why the ideals of the American Dream are keeping us lonely, isolated, and disconnected.
As we begin to cautiously emerge, I talk to gathering guru Priya Parker about how to create gatherings that transform our communities.
We’re emerging from the pandemic on wobbly legs — with much to integrate. It’s a uniquely vulnerable and promising moment.
A deep dive into the painful new consciousness the pandemic has called forth, and why I’m leaving “productivity talk” behind.
Hurry Slowly listeners share stories of the “strange gifts” that emerged out of the hardship, pain, and uncertainty of 2020.
A talk & live Q&A on how to build a practice of “tender discipline” to help you move through your workday w/ gentleness and confidence.
Writer Sean Blanda on the WFH revolution and why it’s over-hyped, unproductive, and maybe even a little bit inhumane.
Why you’re feeling so depleted right now, and how to develop a new — more tender — attitude toward productivity.
Meditation teacher Sebene Selassie on living in a culture of domination, the pathology of productivity, and finding our way to belonging.
Massage therapist Rich Mhlanga on how to be embodied and stay emotionally grounded in a world without touch.
How overwork, self-criticism, and creative misalignment create layers of anxiety that suppress your intuitive voice.
Therapist and meditator Mark Epstein on how to reckon with uncertainty and take a deep dive into the self.
On healing, being present, and how to stop postponing self-acceptance and see yourself as “enough.”
Journalist Courtney E. Martin on how to find your “first question” — the core curiosity that carries you through life.
Astrologist Chani Nicholas on how to uncover your life’s purpose and set the boundaries you need to protect it.
A simple practice that will help you nurture your ideas, find your purpose, and heal in the new year.
Activist adrienne maree brown on how we define pleasure, the wisdom of the body, and what it looks like when you have “enough.”
Writer Mira Jacob on creativity, self-promotion, and transforming the hardest conversations of her life into a stunning graphic memoir.
A deep conversation about healing, self-transformation, and how to unpack the neurotic stories we tell ourselves about who we are.
An intro to the new season of Hurry Slowly on waking up, letting go, and the ups and downs of pursuing personal transformation.
Journalist Rob Walker on attention, originality, and why noticing the things other people are missing is essential to the creative process.
Artist Jenny Odell on the power of actions that can’t be optimized and withholding your attention as an act of resistance.
How the desire to be “productive” metastasizes into a toxic form of work shame that makes you feel like you’re never doing enough.
Debbie Millman on the challenges of being an over-achiever, synthesizing your success too quickly, and making a 10-year plan.
Scott Barry Kaufman on the benefits of quieting your ego and how having more faith in humanity leads to greater faith in yourself.
How acknowledging that transformation is slow and subtle — not dramatic and overnight! — will help you be kinder to yourself.
Sebene Selassie on confronting your inner critic, finding emotional clarity, and asking: “What am I not willing to feel?”
Forget about other people’s rules. Why working from personal principles is the best approach to productivity.
Paul Jarvis on why more isn’t better, staying small is good for business, and setting “upper bounds” reduces your stress.
BuzzFeed’s Anne Helen Petersen on errand paralysis, fake burnout cures & why we’re all obsessed with being better workers.
Jocelyn K. Glei on why inefficiency is a strength when it comes to making remarkable creative work.
Deep Work author Cal Newport on why we need a digital declutter, his new theory of attention, and the magic of “analog social media.”
Jocelyn K. Glei on her “busyness breakdown,” why 50% of Americans are experiencing burnout, and what we can do about it.
Thomas Page McBee on fighting implicit gender bias at work, creating better power dynamics, and facing your “shadow self.”
Tim Harford on why your bad habits are good again. Procrastination, letting stuff pile up & slow-motion multitasking all have an upside.
Jocelyn K. Glei on our obsession with getting things done, and how a more “tender discipline” can unlock clarity and creativity.
Priya Parker on how to get off auto-pilot, let go of our scripts, and create gatherings that make space for transformation.
Adam Grant on the untapped potential of appreciation, how to ask for help, and the dangers of “generosity burnout.”
Host Jocelyn K. Glei on offering feedback that supports creativity and the pitfalls of living in an advice-driven culture.
Adam Greenfield on the startling ways the smartphone is changing our behavior, our awareness, and even our vulnerability.
Writer Jonathan Fields on how “exquisite attention” can unlock new possibilities for luck, connection, and creation.
Psychologist Mary McNaughton-Cassill on why your media diet is driving you mad, and what you can do to find peace of mind.
Philosopher Renata Salecl on how choice anxiety damages our creativity and why we need to embrace the idea of chance.
Designer Paula Scher on how to keep taking risks once you’re established and why big sloppy failures are a great idea.
Writer David Sax on how analog objects and ideas feed our creativity, help us learn, and make memories stick.
Hurry Slowly’s most popular guests comment on how speeding out of control fuels our feelings of anxiety, and what to do about it.
Tami Forman on creating an office culture that supports work-life balance and the tacit gender biases that hold us back.
Sleep and dream psychologist Rubin Naiman on living in a wake-centric world, the problem with “hyperarousal,” and why sleep should be sacred.
Host Jocelyn K. Glei explains why overlooking maintenance tasks is at the root of our toxic relationship with overwhelm.
Designer Matias Corea on the transformative power of travel, long journeys, and taking a break from your work routine.
Facebook’s Julie Zhuo on how she stays calm amidst a daily schedule that demands constant context switching.
Intuition researcher Bill Duggan breaks down the mechanics of how we arrive at aha moments — and why speed only slows us down.
What are the key ingredients in a great conversation? Fanny Auger, from the School of Life in Paris, talks about listening, open-ness, and silence.
Writer Oliver Burkeman debunks the myth of “time management” and explains why getting more efficient just makes you busier.
A supercut of Jason Fried, Austin Kleon, Wendy MacNaughton & more answering the question: “What’s the key ingredient in work-life balance?”
Alissa Walker on how walking changes your relationship to everything — time and the rhythms of your day, your community, and your creativity.
Writer & futurist Alex Pang on the 4-hour workday, the necessity of “inward focus,” and the role of rest & reflection in the creative process.
In this mini-meditation, host Jocelyn K. Glei articulates how understanding what your brain is doing on “auto-pilot” is the key to unlocking your focus.
Scientist Sigrid Veasey on why sleep loss is the silent creativity killer, what to do about middle-of-the-night anxiety, and why you need a “sleep vacation.”
Economist Tyler Cowen on how technology is making us more complacent and less willing to take the risks that drive self-transformation.
Graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton on listening, empathy, and the many benefits of shutting up and taking the spotlight off yourself.
Entrepreneur Scott Belsky on the speed of decision-making. When should you be bold? When should you trust your gut? And when should you let it marinade?
Journalist Ann Friedman on staying sane in the face of a relentlessly negative news cycle and why you don't need to process everything in “real time.”
Artist Austin Kleon on when to use analog tools vs digital tools in your creative process, and why constraints (and slowness!) can super-charge your creativity.
Marathon swimmer Kim Chambers on stepping outside your comfort zone, calculated risks, and the calm that lives on the other side of fear.
Designer Craig Mod on how you can break free from the shackles of “attention slavery” and regain control over your powers of concentration.
Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix, on how spending more time outside boosts your creativity, reduces stress, and counteracts negative thinking.
Basecamp co-founder and CEO Jason Fried on how to find a slow and steady approach to work in a world of constant interruptions.
A sneak preview of Hurry Slowly—a new podcast about how to level up by slowing down—featuring clips from upcoming interviews w/ Ann Friedman, Jason Fried, Craig Mod, and Florence Williams.