Beyond the basement

By Chris Kenworthy

Come explore what it is to be alive - the questions, ideas, and experiences that shape us. Like a personal voicenote, each short episode is an honest, intimate deep-dive into what people like us love ... more

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The podcast currently has 251 episodes available.

Beyond the basement episodes:

May 15, 2023 No, coaches don't have it all sussed
Like all humans, us coaches can be messy, fallible contradictions too. Just in case we give the impression we're always living a best life. Would you want it any other way?

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13min
May 11, 2023 Imperfect progress, imperfect “goals”
How do you set realistic, meaningful goals as a perfectionist?

How do you prioritise the process over the outcome?

Fellow coach and friend Vix Anderton and I talk about imperfect action, reframing goals as something more inspiring, living your goals in the present and more.

In this short yet juicy conversation we shared laughter and joy on a topic that can sometimes leave us feeling like failures.

We covered: play and movement 🙃the power of asking why ❓embodying your goals 💛 and the importance of experimenting.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AHPjhIzfIKg

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31min
May 09, 2023 Play it big
This principle of improv invites us to reveal more of our inner world, to make more of a scene of ourselves. Not just in pursuit of more watchable performance, but so other people know what's going on for us, in life. Why leave it all to guesswork? Play it big. Link to event: bit.ly/improvleeds

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10min
May 08, 2023 A singular cause of most misery: feeling bad for feeling bad
Last night I did a duff improv performance. Rather than languish in pity, here I volunteer the experience, diving into some of the helpful tricks the head and heart play when you're emotionally activated by a tricky situation.

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17min
May 02, 2023 What you want, what you need. What's the difference?
This month, Ellie Lloyd-Jones (another big hearted, talented, smart, beautiful coach) and I are taking a bunch of purposeful business folk out into Derbyshire for a half-day of immersive conversation and connection in nature. Here's what hosting NetWalking Leeds (a mini version of this) taught me so far about humans when they give themselves just this. Link to the event, if you're curious to join: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/elevate-with-ellie-57510010673#events

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19min
April 27, 2023 Ever been judgey?
Right or wrong, good or bad. Does your inner critic run the show; noticing, categorising and criticising? Here's a new way of looking at judgement and being judgemental. It could just be the greatest gift you never knew you had...

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23min
April 25, 2023 Follow your feet
How this simple principle in improvisation might help us out of a tight spot, when we don't know what to do next. We'll be playing with this theme at improv Co-lab this coming Thursday, my open event for improvisers in Leeds https://www.tickettailor.com/events/chriskenworthy

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11min
April 23, 2023 Women who wa*k (fooling & improv)
Joanne Tremarco's improvised performance of a show by this name inspires Chris, almost to the point of complete emotional dysfunction, late night at the Liverpool improvisation festival. To the point he even gets her name wrong. Here I'm very excited by fooling, a performance technique I did in a workshop earlier in the day with JOANNE

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25min
April 17, 2023 Improv dairies: a weekend of fables, folk and fun
Dragons, giants, magic, castles and gophers. This weekend's improv intensive on storytelling and movement had it all. Here comes the feels and reflections on everything that went down. Link to information about Chris Mead, who led the weekend: https://chrismead.co/

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40min
April 12, 2023 Are humans essentially selfish?
Today's emergency question that we're playing with, from Richard Herring's book of the same name. Do we instinctively act out of self interest? Are we just animals? Is there such a thing as a truly selfless act? Naturally, you'll discover all the answers to life's big questions, here in a windy park in Leeds.

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14min

FAQs about Beyond the basement:

How many episodes does Beyond the basement have?

The podcast currently has 251 episodes available.