Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley

In the final installment of my conversation with Christine Chitnis, travel writer, photographer, and author of the books, East Coasting, Patterns of Portugal and Patterns of India, we get a sneak peek at what’s up to next and hear about the big-picture ideas that are guiding her work these days. And she answers my fast final five questions about favorite foods, books, and music.

We covered:

- Her upcoming trips (one with a group to Portugal, and another to Oaxaca to take photographs for a book)

- The artist whose studio she visited this summer, and how that work is inspiring her

- The power of taking long walks with good friends

- Why her two guiding words for this year are “collaborate” and “scale”

- The book writing class she’s launching next year

- Setting up her work life to both make more money and be able to take more time off

- The books and music she can’t get enough of, and the meal she would really love it if someone made for her.

Follow Christine on Instagram @chritine.chitnis.

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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In this second part of my conversation with Christine Chitnis, bestselling author of “East Coasting,” “Patterns of Portugal,” and “Patterns of India”, photographer, and travel writer, we get in to the squishier side of writing–the thoughts and beliefs that go into creating and sharing work.

We talked about:

- How to get more comfortable with sharing your work–because you can’t just “write it and they will come”

- How a negative review of “Patterns of India” changed the way she approached “Patterns of Portugal”

- The thing she tells herself when she’s feeling daunted by the revision process

- Writing about big topics in articles with short word counts

- Dealing with the fear of aging out of your career

- Feeling like everyone else at the conference is a lot younger than you are

- Being a travel writer with three young kids

- Reworking the ingrained idea that a mom shouldn’t leave her kids

- Her very best tool for feeling like a well-balanced human in the midst of working and caretaking

Follow Christine on Instagram @chritine.chitnis.

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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This week I am talking with Christine Chitnis, bestselling author of “East Coasting,” “Patterns of Portugal,” and “Patterns of India.” Her travel writing has appeared in publications including “The New York Times,” “Vogue,” and “Travel and Leisure.” Christine also helps other writers create winning book proposals and book marketing strategies. And she's a great follow on Instagram where her photos of gorgeous places and nature provide a welcome break in your scrolling.

We covered:

- The path from grant writing, to writing for small local publications, to writing for “The New York Times” and “Vogue”

- The power of having different kinds of projects going simultaneously

- Her biggest limiting factor: childcare

- Transitioning from writing about lifestyle to writing about travel

- Why it’s crucial to think of writing as a business, and not just a creative endeavor

- The kinds of things she does to “restore my creativity”

- How her morning routine is actually chaos

- How she blocks off time for writing, and where it happens

Follow Christine on Instagram @chritine.chitnis.

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

Thank you for listening!

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In this final installment with Leigh Medeiros--who is like a personified pep talk for pursuing your creative work--we talk about her most delightful visions for the future and exactly what happens in her cacao ceremonies, as well as:

- Why Leigh finds many social media videos incredibly inspirational (reframing what you might otherwise consider 'mindless scrolling')

- The importance of expanding your creative capacity

- Why she loves learning from drag queens

- Which social media videos are giving her hope--and getting her to take notes

- Why she's a huge fan of January

- And we have a little love fest for condiment-heavy cuisines.

For detailed show notes, with links to everything we discuss--plus bonus photos!--visit katehanley.substack.com.

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In this second part of my interview with "The One-Minute Writer" author and screenwriter Leigh Medeiros, we dive in to the squishier parts of writing and being creating, including:

- Why it's crucial that you share your work without disclaiming it

- The screen play she almost gave up on because her inner critic was going bananas--a hilarious and so relatable store

- Why it matters that you pursue your art (prepare for goosebumps)

For detailed show notes, with links to everything we discuss--plus bonus photos!--visit katehanley.substack.com.

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Leigh Medeiros is an award-winning screenwriter, author, and all-around creative who, when she isn't making her own work, is help others make theirs. Leigh is the author of "The One-Minute Writer: 396 Micro Prompts to Spark Creativity and Recharge Your Writing." She also write a column for Script Magazine called "The Climate Screenwriter," is the co-producer of the Writing Climate Pitch Fest, and founded the Linden Place Writer's Residency in Bristol, Rhode Island (where, full disclosure, I was a resident last year). Leigh is the kind of person who recharges your batteries--she's funny, feisty, thoughtful, and generous beyond measure.

In this first part of her interview, we unpack:

- How screenwriting is like a bad boyfriend

- How her focus on writing screenplays with a climate angle is the perfect intersection of her own personal Venn diagram

- Using fellowships to spur new ideas (whether you actually get them or not)

- The podcasts that list a fire under Leigh's butt to start writing about climate

- How "merging your siloes" uplevels your work and your being

- Leigh's morning cacao ceremony and the unexpected beings she shares it with

- The hacks she uses to stay focused when actually try to, you know, write

- Superheroes have capes--writers should have a talisman, too

For detailed show notes, with links to everything we discuss--plus bonus photos!--visit katehanley.substack.com.

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In this third and final part of my interview with Katy Bowman, a biomechanist and leader of the “movement” movement, we get a peek at her next project, the life changes she’s envisioning, and what she learns from birds.

- A sneak peek at her next project, which involves a lot of psychology

- The author who inspired Katy to think about living life differently

- Her desire to write a more beautiful book

- The connection between clutter and creativity, and why she’s staring to work on getting rid of physical things and clear obligations out of her schedule, too

-Why clutter is a hindrance to creative work

- Her family’s mission statement

- The recent book she picked up in an airport and ended up staying up until 4am to finish

- Exactly what goes in her morning beverage and exactly when she drinks it

- Why 5:30 am is her favorite time of day

- A plug for checking out the "dawn chorus", i.e., listening to birds in the morning and learning a little bit about what those early morning songs are communicating

Visit Katy at nutritiousmovement.com or follow her on Instagram @nutritiousmovement

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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This week’s guest, biomechanist Katie Bowman, is the author of 11 books on movement, including the bestselling “Move Your DNA” and her most recent book, “My Perfect Movement Plan.” Katy is also the founder of Uphill Press, an independent publishing company that has sold more than 300 ,000 copies of its books and had them published in 16 languages.

Today we're talking about all the inner stuff that goes into Katy's writing, the thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, likes, dislikes, resistance, et cetera, including:

- Why she’d rather start a new project than promote a project that is already finished

- How remembering that writing books is an opportunity for her to process her knowledge helps her not get too wrapped up in how well a book is received

- The similarities between non-constructive feedback and farts

- What she tells herself when her inner critic is chiming in

- Unhitching your age from how you feel in your body

- How getting older has impacted her creative urgency and output

- The self-care approach that helps her choose what to eat, understand the way her mind works, and even introduced her to her husband

Visit Katy at nutritiousmovement.com or follow her on Instagram @nutritiousmovement.

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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This week my guest is biomechanist Katy Bowman, author of eleven–count ‘em, eleven–books that explore how to improve health and boost well-being through movement, including the best-selling “Move Your DNA,” as well as her newest, “My Perfect Movement Plan.” Her back catalog includes “Rethink Your Position,” “Movement Matters,” “Dynamic Aging,” “Grow Wild,” “Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief,” “Diastasis Recti,” “Don't Just Sit There,” “Whole Body Barefoot,” and “Alignment Matters.” In fact, Katy has published so many books that she founded her own independent press, Uphill Books.

She has also been named one of Maria Shriver's Architects of Change for her work to change the way we move and understand our need for movement, and is the founder of the movement education company Nutritious Movement, based in Washington state, where she lives.

We covered:

- How writing a book is really an exercise in processing everything she’s learned for herself (in addition to being a way to communicate information)

- Finding the kind of writing that feels like a downhill flow instead of an uphill slog

- Matching your output to your phase of life

- How to find the quiet you need to write in a noisy world

- Balancing the necessity and allure of technology with a hunger for real-world, in person, nourishing experiences (what she calls “nutrient-dense” experiences)

- How she works movement into her writing process

- How walking boosts creativity

- How she makes the most of her mornings (and why she doesn’t have coffee until she’s done this one thing each morning)

Visit Katy at nutritiousmovement.com or follow her on Instagram @nutritiousmovement.

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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In this final installment of my talk with Chelsey Goodan,* author of Underestimated: The Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls, we talk a lot about the many, many perks of embracing your particular brand of weirdness, as well as:

- The power of friends to keep you inspired

- What teens AND adults can do to find their people and make meaningful friendships

- The payoff that comes from paying attention to what in your life needs to change

- Using a milestone birthday–even one that’s a ways off–as fuel

- Chelsey’s current favorite book on creativity

- The Netflix show you should watch with your teen

* This episode is a re-play that originally aired in March.

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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