Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan

Episode 05: Kerry Larkin - Making space for a beautiful life


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Show Notes

  • Kerry’s quilt kickstarter (~3:00)

  • Vipassanā mediation/retreats (~5:30) 
  • Sitting practice meditation (~12:55) 
  • We discuss morning routines and I’m a complete nerd for people’s routines - here are a few examples of morning routines from other thought-leaders (~14:40) 
  • Sam Harris morning guided meditation (~17:05) 
  • Julia Cameron The Artist’s Way (~22:00) 
  • Sam Harris guided meditation app (~23:00) 
  • Auburn University Rural Studio (~19:15) 
    • Director of Rural Studio and Kerry’s mentor: MacArthur Fellow Samuel Mockbee (~20:38) 
      • “You are the architect of your education” and other quotes
  • Philadelphia Charter High School for Art and Design (~25:40) 
  • Big Yellow Arrow (no link, because, believe it or not, this was before Instagram ruled everything we do! Just imagine an 80-foot yellow arrow carried around and positioned across the country...brilliant!) (~27:16) 
  • Remaining permeable to new ideas - Debbie Millman and Ingrid Fetell Less discuss this on an excellent episode of Design Matters (~32:20) 
  • The idea of streamlining your life to free your mind to focus on your passions (~33:30) 
  • My Five-Cut Friday’s Playlists - see all of the playlists on my Spotify account (~45:50) 
    • Kerry’s Five-Cuts with the theme “Searching for Space"
    • My Five-Cut Fridays for April 12, 2019 (the date of the release of this episode) 
  • A list of five books hand-picked by Kerry: 
    • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer 
    • When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön 
    • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner 
    • You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin by Rachel Corbett 
    • His Dark Materials (Trilogy) by Philip Pullman 
  • Where to find Kerry online:  
    • Personal website (KerryLarkin.com) 
    • Comma Workshop (CommaWorkshop.com) 
    • Instagram (@commaworkshop) 
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