Beyond the basement

Beyond the basement

By Chris KenworthyComedyEducationSelf-ImprovementImprov
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Beyond the basement episodes

  • The cost of doing
    I have a theory about people like us. It's that how intensely we 'go at' something - how productive we are, correlates with the ensuing period of retreat. Or winter as I now call it. After a period of steady DIY and growing my business, winter came and then lingered. The frost was harder than I expected. Yet that's no bad thing. We can learn a lot, if only we can resist the temptation to get back on it and doing again.

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    16 min
  • Are you overburdened?
    If you're a superhuman doer, someone who likes to get on and progress, maybe you're prone to slumps? Perhaps you find yourself staring into space, unable to get motivated. It could be that you're overburdened.

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    15 min
  • Fake it 'til you make it
    When we're not sure what's going on, or what to do next, pretending that you do is often enough to nudge in that direction. It can give you and the people around you, the confidence to get started, and make sense of the situation. This is another principle from improvised comedy and drama that can help in life too. We'll be exploring it at the next Leeds improv Co-Lab play session on June 6th. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/chriskenworthy?

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    14 min
  • Mistakes and failing in improv
    What does it mean to mess up, get things wrong, or for things to otherwise not quite work out as we'd planned? Happy little accidents is the theme of our next improv Co-lab session in Leeds. Yet there's something for everyone on how we relate to our inevitable mistakes.

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    10 min
  • Where do you float between masculine and feminine?
    The more I coach, the more I think gender isn't a helpful distinction between human beings. Even the terms ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ make me nervous. Here's a deconstruction and (perhaps) a more helpful way of making sense of who we are in the world.

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    20 min
  • Temporary chaos zones and stuffed kitchen drawers
    This wonderful metaphor for what happens when we don't healthily process our thoughts and feelings, came from a client recently. Sooner or later the drawer will overflow, or worse, burst...

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    18 min
  • 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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    13 min
  • 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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    31 min
  • 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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    10 min
  • 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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    17 min

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Join Chris for unscripted reflections on the wild, tender and playful experience of being human. Each episode is like an intimate voice-note to you, with lively insight from the edge of discovery. People say you’ll recognise yourself in these adventures and encounters. And hear clarity, perspective and truth - with deep appreciation for life’s messy magic as it’s really lived through your body.