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EP #08: What If? An Exploration of Alternative Lives
What if? What if we had made different life choices at specific crossroads in our lives? What if we had said “yes,” or even “no”? In what kinds of situations do we start wondering about how different things could have looked, how different life could have looked - and what’s the appeal of wondering at all?
In this week’s episode, we find that among the many forces behind this question, some of the major drivers for us include a) imagining how our past selves would have acted if they had the wisdom and knowledge we have now, b) wondering how life would have looked if key people in our lives had made different decisions (or if circumstances had been otherwise), c) when we’re feeling insecure, or perhaps even need reassurance, about the life path we’re currently on, and d-z (which you can hear about on the episode!). What ends up happening when we ask this question is equally complex, as we position the appeal of our alternative live(s) according to the emotional needs we have at present. Whether we over-romanticize, downplay, or neutrally portray alternative lives all depends on where we’re at in our current ones.
In a very on-brand fashion , we give ourselves permission to engage in an unhinged reflection activity to take the conversation to a deeper level: openly sharing concrete alternative lives that we wonder about for ourselves. We’ll try not to spoil your incentive to listen to the episode but if hearing about our daydreams of being a chef, couples therapist, lawyer, trad wife (wait, what?), a metal singer, and more speaks to you, we hope you join us for the delulu journey that is the majority of this episode. As we engage in our on-mic daydreaming, we also try to make sense of how we can connect our alternative lives to our present one. What we find, not surprisingly, is that while it may be impossible to fully experience all other paths and possibilities, a simple connection to them might be enough.
Episode Breakdown
00:00 - 4:30: Lightbulb Moments
4:31 - 8:06: Creative Lab
8:07 - 13:04: Motivation + Colour Palette Activity
13:05 - 26:29: What lies behind the "What If?" question?
26:30 - 01:24:54: Imagine 5 alternative lives. How can we engage with these alternative lives in our present ones?
Don’t Be a Stranger!
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What is it like for you to explore the “What If” question? What kinds of alternative life paths do you wonder about and why do those paths speak to you? Let us know what your thoughts are, on these questions or today’s episode, by sending us an email at [email protected]!
References
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
Sound Credits: see here
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By Sitara Nath and Cristina ŞomcuteanWhat if? What if we had made different life choices at specific crossroads in our lives? What if we had said “yes,” or even “no”? In what kinds of situations do we start wondering about how different things could have looked, how different life could have looked - and what’s the appeal of wondering at all?
In this week’s episode, we find that among the many forces behind this question, some of the major drivers for us include a) imagining how our past selves would have acted if they had the wisdom and knowledge we have now, b) wondering how life would have looked if key people in our lives had made different decisions (or if circumstances had been otherwise), c) when we’re feeling insecure, or perhaps even need reassurance, about the life path we’re currently on, and d-z (which you can hear about on the episode!). What ends up happening when we ask this question is equally complex, as we position the appeal of our alternative live(s) according to the emotional needs we have at present. Whether we over-romanticize, downplay, or neutrally portray alternative lives all depends on where we’re at in our current ones.
In a very on-brand fashion , we give ourselves permission to engage in an unhinged reflection activity to take the conversation to a deeper level: openly sharing concrete alternative lives that we wonder about for ourselves. We’ll try not to spoil your incentive to listen to the episode but if hearing about our daydreams of being a chef, couples therapist, lawyer, trad wife (wait, what?), a metal singer, and more speaks to you, we hope you join us for the delulu journey that is the majority of this episode. As we engage in our on-mic daydreaming, we also try to make sense of how we can connect our alternative lives to our present one. What we find, not surprisingly, is that while it may be impossible to fully experience all other paths and possibilities, a simple connection to them might be enough.
Episode Breakdown
00:00 - 4:30: Lightbulb Moments
4:31 - 8:06: Creative Lab
8:07 - 13:04: Motivation + Colour Palette Activity
13:05 - 26:29: What lies behind the "What If?" question?
26:30 - 01:24:54: Imagine 5 alternative lives. How can we engage with these alternative lives in our present ones?
Don’t Be a Stranger!
Subscribe to Mixed Media Minds on whichever platform you listen to us on to catch our weekly episodes!
Check out our Substack and subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay connected to our Mixed Media Minds pluriverse: https://mixedmediaminds.substack.com!
What is it like for you to explore the “What If” question? What kinds of alternative life paths do you wonder about and why do those paths speak to you? Let us know what your thoughts are, on these questions or today’s episode, by sending us an email at [email protected]!
References
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
Sound Credits: see here