Podcasts about extraordinary routines

“You have to live spherically—in many directions. Never lose your childish enthusiasm—and things will come your way.” —Federico Fellini This week's delightful guest, Madeleine Dore, reminded me of this wonderful quote while reading her book, one that I know you will love as much as I did: I Didn't Do The Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt. We talk about widening the measure and meaning of a day beyond our to-do lists, discovering the call of a new topic, shaping a big idea “blob of clay,” how she collects all the great quotes and stories for her book, why she sees herself as more of a guinea pig than an expert (and freelancer valuing independence even more than business owner), and how she decides when to sunset a project, rather than “maintaining something at all costs.” This crossover episode originally aired on the Free Time podcast on April 25, 2023. More About Madeleine: Madeleine Dore is a writer and interviewer exploring how we can broaden the definition of a day well spent. As a labor of love, Madeleine spent over five years asking creative thinkers how they navigate their days on her popular blog Extraordinary Routines and podcast Routines & Ruts. The lessons culminated in her first book, I Didn't Do The Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt. Madeleine continues to write, speak and ask questions—but mostly tries to hold things lightly.

Madeleine Dore, author of ‘I Didn't Do The Thing Today' on rethinking writing routines and ruts, how to rid ourselves of the pressure to do more, embracing imperfection in the creative process, and her unique approach to her Substack newsletter.*ABOUT MADELEINE DORE Madeleine Dore is a writer, interviewer and author of I Didn't Do The Thing Today'. As a labour of love, Madeleine spent over five years exploring how we can broaden the definition of a day well spent in her popular blog Extraordinary Routines and podcast Routines & Ruts. She continues to write, speak and explore themes of creativity and connection—but mostly tries to hold things lightly.*Follow Madeleine:Instagram: @madeleine__dore)Madeleine's Substack: On ThingsMadeleine's blog Extraordinary RoutinesLinks & Resources Discussed:

“You have to live spherically—in many directions. Never lose your childish enthusiasm—and things will come your way.” —Federico Fellini This week's delightful guest, Madeleine Dore, reminded me of this wonderful quote while reading her book, one that I know you will love as much as I did: I Didn't Do The Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt. We talk about widening the measure and meaning of a day beyond our to-do lists, discovering the call of a new topic, shaping a big idea “blob of clay,” how she collects all the great quotes and stories for her book, why she sees herself as more of a guinea pig than an expert (and freelancer valuing independence even more than business owner), and how she decides when to sunset a project, rather than “maintaining something at all costs.” More About Madeleine: Madeleine Dore is a writer and interviewer exploring how we can broaden the definition of a day well spent. As a labor of love, Madeleine spent over five years asking creative thinkers how they navigate their days on her popular blog Extraordinary Routines and podcast Routines & Ruts. The lessons culminated in her first book, I Didn't Do The Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt. Madeleine continues to write, speak and ask questions—but mostly tries to hold things lightly.

In our third episode of our Summer Series, we revisit Kate's conversation with Madeleine Dore which was a hugely popular ep to kick off 2022. We hope you can apply her energy to your 2023 new year! Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer, interviewer and founder of Extraordinary Routines. Since 2014, Dore has been asking creative thinkers how they navigate their days on her popular blog Extraordinary Routines and podcast Routines & Ruts. Her interviews, life-experiments, and articles have appeared in Sunday Life, Womankind, BBC, and more and her latest offering is her first book, I Didn't Do the Thing Today: On letting go of productivity guilt, published in Australia and the in the US in January 2022. Check out this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod). Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Six via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us and we look forward to bringing you brand new episodes from March 2023!

I'm a productivity junkie in recovery. I've read just about every productivity and habit change book you can think of. From time blocking and “inbox zero”, to nootropics, I've tried almost everything. And while I've certainly learned many tactics, I've also learned that most things don't last. We all need to find what works for us individually; and maybe accept that we are not, or at least don't have to be, so productive all the time.  In a quest to boost her own productivity, my guest on this week's podcast discovered that the secret is to reframe and redefine it altogether.  Listen and learn: How all types of creativity can be a form of productivity How not to succumb to the comparison trap and find what works for you Whether joy and ease motivate you, or fear and pain What's behind this increased focus on achieving productivity Links Madeleine's Website ABOUT OUR GUEST Madeleine Dore spent five years researching how creative people organize their lives through her popular blog, Extraordinary Routines, and her podcast, Routines & Ruts. The lessons culminated in her first book, I Didn't Do The Thing Today. Like the Show? Leave us a review Check out our YouTube channel Visit www.yogabody.com

We're long-time fans of Madeleine Dore, a writer and interviewer who's spent five years asking creative thinkers how they navigate their days on her popular blog Extraordinary Routines (and podcast Routines & Ruts). And in this episode, we chat to Madeleine about what she's learned from the project and the book it inspired: I Didn't Do The Thing Today. This lively episode delves into a completely different way to think about productivity, and freeing yourself from productivity guilt in general. Psst! Don't forget to head to the blog at Rachel's List to win one of 3 x copies of Madeleine's book (winners announced Friday, June 24!) More about Madeleine Extraordinary Routines https://extraordinaryroutines.com/ Madeleine's website https://www.madeleinedore.com/about Win the book! https://www.rachelslist.com.au/blog/holding-things-lightly-an-extract-from-i-didnt-do-the-thing-today-a-giveaway/ Buy the book https://www.booktopia.com.au/i-didn-t-do-the-thing-today-madeleine-dore/book/9781922351500.html? 

Madeleine Dore is a writer. She's recently released her first book, I Didn't Do The Thing Today, all about letting go of productivity guilt (which I talked about on episode 157 of Steph's Business Bookshelf (listen here)). In her writing, both in the book and in her Extraordinary Routines newsletter, she brings in such a breadth of different quotes and references. So in this conversation I ask her more about how she reads, dig into her process of note taking and collation, and how writing a book impacts the way she reads. Madeleine is such a pleasure to talk to, I hope you enjoy this conversation. Find out more about Madeleine here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Madeleine Dore is my guest today, a writer and interviewer exploring how we can broaden the definition of a day well spent. Her book I Didn't Do The Thing Today is gentle wise and insightful look at letting go of productivity guilt and it is out now. It's a truly wonderful look at how we unravel the relationship between our output with inner self worth. With Madeleine's excellent writing interspersed with lots of other wise voices, this book helps the reader feel less anxious, stressed or disappointed and takes productive routines off a pedestal and helps us embrace the messy middle bits. For the past five years, Madeline has been asking creative thinkers how they navigate their days on her popular blog Extraordinary Routines and podcast Routines & Ruts which I highly recommend you check out. Hope you enjoy this conversation!- Buy I Didn't Do The Thing Today here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781922351500- My books:.https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon- My favourite 2020 books: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/my-favourite-reads-of-2020-9bf19342-f535-4856-ab1a-d523f5ecd98a- My 2021 picks: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/2021-books-i-m-excited-about-619ab32f-f22e-4282-a0e7-71732055e3c7- Twitter: Twitter.com/emmagannon- Instagram: Instagram.com/emmagannonuk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We all aspire to be more productive, get our systems and processes firing and our businesses running like a well-oiled machine. I don't know about you but some days I just can't get there. The to-do list seems endless and the fabulous process I thought would get me from A to B and save me SO much time just isn't working. So, when it comes to productivity hacks and extraordinary routines, I thought I'd called in an expert. Today's guest, Madeleine Dore is  a writer, interviewer and host of podcast Routines and Ruts.  Over the last five years Madeleine has been searching for the secret to productivity, asking countless creative thinkers to share their routines and how they navigate their day. We're exploring what productivity means, and how to get rid of productivity guilt when we didn't manage to do the ‘thing' today.We also chat about:Productivity secrets and Madeleine's unexpected discovery when researching  her book; Why we need to stop worrying about ‘wasted time';Creating space for creativity and why it's so important;Do routines really matter and what to do when you get stuck in a rut.Why the story you're telling yourself might lead to burnout and disappointment rather than success.Madeleine's new book I Didn't Do The Thing Today is available now from allgood booksellers.Connect with Madeleine on Instagram here or visit the website Extraordinary Routines.This episode is brought to you by The Pricing Formula.If you struggle to price your products and services, never know what margin to add, wonder when and how often to increase your prices, or if you can't afford to take a salary then you need to try The Pricing Formula.My signature service is a practical, proven and realistic way to set your prices. It works for both product and service based business and it's tailored to help you design a profitable and sustainable business and a life you'll love.I cover all the bases from mindset to the practical and there's loads of easy to use plug and play templates included. And you don't need to be a numbers expert because, with a few simple steps, I'll show you exactly how to set the perfect prices for your business.It's time to take pricing out of the too hard basket. My signature 1:1 service, the pricing formula is available now. But if you'd prefer to work at your own pace, registrations are now open for the new pricing formula course. Learn more.Not sure if coaching is right for you? Book a Discovery Call NOW.Join the conversationDiscover the Secrets of Successful Business Facebook page Follow Justine on Instagram @flossifiles or @secretsofsuccessfulbusinessHost: Justine McLean – Flossi CreativeProducer: Leah Stanistreet – Snappystreet CreativeEditorial: Darian Allan - Choosing JoyEditorial: Kanika SachdevMusic: Francesco D'AndreaThis show is powered by Buzzsprout

Welcome back to a new season of the Solo Collective, with Rebecca Seal. We are delighted to have you with us. This episode is a fascinating conversation with Madeleine Dore, founder of the website Extraordinary Routines, which started off as a way for Madeleine to try to find herself an optimum routine by interviewing other people about theirs, but quickly turned into an exploration of the myths around productivity and the complex ways in which our personal productivity becomes enmeshed with our ideas of self worth. Madeleine has just written a fantastic book, I Didn't Do The Thing Today which is about letting go of productivity guilt (and much, much more). She is also host of the Routines and Ruts podcast. Madeleine is based in Australia. The Solo Collective is sponsored by Tide business banking: banking made easy for sole traders and small businesses. We are also sponsored by Pension Bee, which has a flexible pension product specifically for self employed people. More from Madeleine Dore:Find her on Instagram: @extraordinary_routinesHer website: https://extraordinaryroutines.com/More from Rebecca Seal:Instagram: @bexseal ; @the_solo_collectiveTwitter: @RebeccaSealWebsite: How To Work AloneThis series is produced by Hester Cant See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, I talk with Madeleine Dore, a writer and interviewer based in Melbourne, Australia. Madeleine's work explores how we can broaden the definition of a day well spent. As a labour of love, Madeleine spent over five years asking creative thinkers how they navigate their days on her popular blog Extraordinary Routines and podcast Routines & Ruts. In this episode, we talk about embracing your ruts, when routines help us and when they hurt us, and how Madeleine plays in her practice. We also talk about the writing process behind her new book, I Didn't Do The Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt. Find out more about her work: www.Madeleinedore.com Check out Madeleine's new book: I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt ++++ Our FREE WORKSHOP: Developing a Creative Process is coming up on February 24th 6-7pm Central time. Join us! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amightypractice/support

Madeleine Dore, I DIDN'T DO THE THING TODAY: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt How to release productivity guilt and embrace the hidden values in our daily lives, for anyone who has ever felt the pressure to do more, be more, achieve more, this antidote to our doing-obsession is the permission slip we all need to find our own way. How to release productivity guilt and embrace the hidden values in our daily lives. Ever have that kind of day? You know, those days where you add more to your to-do list than you check off; you can't find your keys or your motivation; and no matter how many bullet journals you buy, you never seem to grasp your full potential. Writer and Routines & Ruts podcast host Madeleine Dore knows those days all too well. In I DIDN'T DO THE THING TODAY, Dore gives us permission to leave the cult of productivity and embrace the creativity and freedom found in a bulletpoint-free life. A companion for the days that don't go as planned, I DIDN'T DO THE THING TODAY offers a reprieve from our productivity obsession, unpacking various ways we encounter productivity guilt—including comparison to others, striving for perfection, and our great expectations—to point to how a day doesn't have to be optimized, but simply occupied. Over the past five years, Madeleine has interviewed hundreds of creative people about their daily routines for her popular blog, Extraordinary Routines, and podcast, Routines and Ruts. I DIDN'T DO THE THING TODAY is the culmination of everything Madeleine has learned about how to reframe and at times reject our obsession with output, optimization, and productivity.

If you enjoy this episode and want more bonus insights, big ideas, and recommendations to improve your own reading, check out the bookmark membership on Patreon. About the book Any given day brings a never-ending list of things to do. There's the work thing, the catch-up thing, the laundry thing, the creative thing, the exercise thing, the family thing, the thing we don't want to do, the thing we've been putting off (despite it being the most important thing). Even on days where we get a lot done, the thing left undone can leave us feeling guilty, anxious, or disappointed. After five years of searching for the secret to productivity, Madeleine Dore discovered there isn't one. Instead, we're being set up to fail. I Didn't Do The Thing Today is the inspiring call to take productivity off its pedestal — by dismantling our comparison to others, aspirational routines, and the unrealistic notions of what can be done in a day, we can finally embrace the joyful messiness and unpredictability of life. For anyone who has ever felt the pressure to do more, be more, achieve more, this antidote to our doing-obsession is the permission slip we all need to find our own way. Source: https://extraordinaryroutines.com/book About the author Madeleine Dore is a writer and interviewer exploring how we can broaden the definition of a day well spent. For the past five years, Madeleine has been asking creative thinkers how they navigate their days on her popular blog Extraordinary Routines and podcast Routines & Ruts. She has contributed columns and features to Sunday Life, BBC WorkLife, ArtsHub, 99u, Womankind, Kill Your Darlings, The Design Files, ABC Life and more. Madeleine regularly conducts life experiments and hosts events to explore how creativity isn't just something we do, but how we approach our lives. Source: https://extraordinaryroutines.com/about Big idea #1 — Be a day artist One of the underlying ideas is this concept of being a ‘day artist', or seeing each day as a work of art. Being creative, rather than doing creativity in how we live. This means being creative with the elements of a day, even when that day doesn't go to plan. There's a nice quote in the book from Helena Bonham Carter that says;“Everything in life is art. What you do, how you dress, the way you love someone and how you talk, your smile and your personality, what you believe in and all your dreams, the way you drink your tea, how you decorate your home, or party ,your grocery list, the food you make, how your writing looks, the way you feel. Life is art.” It's a great reminder that we get to choose how to live. It's quite a freeing idea. Taking this approach involves a little bit more play, and wonder and curiosity.  Maybe you don't start the day by ‘eating the frog' or doing the most unpleasant thing first, but maybe you start the day with something that's pure pleasure instead. There's a fantastic example in the book, about a chef who starts the day with a bowl of porridge with a dollop of clotted cream on top, along with some brown sugar, and he just thinks that's the best way to start the day because by breakfast, he's already won the day! A perfect example of prioritizing delight over dread. Being a day artist might mean making changes to your environment, having a corner of a room dedicated to reading, for example. It doesn't need to be that you need lots of extra space, but maybe you just use your space differently. There's example in the book from Austin Kleon, who talks about having a really clear, crisp, clean work area with his computer where he writes, but then a really messy desk, which is where he does all his messy collage work. It means letting go of expectations, or at least holding them much more lightly and letting things surprise us, which can then allow us to explore what we really want, not just what we think we “should” be doing. Now, we can't seek constant novelty in life, but we can be much more attuned to it and leave space for surprise, even if it's just for an hour or 10 minutes in our day. Big idea #2 — Embrace the wobble There's lots of wobbling in our days. Maybe something takes longer than planned, or there's a distraction, an interruption, or a drama. Whatever it might be, embracing the wobble means that we might need to find ‘puddles' of time, rather than needing perfect blocks of uninterrupted time in order to get things done. It's more about self-awareness, than self-regulation, which a lot of productivity guidance can be a bit heavy on. Wobbling is a constant adjustment, we're constantly twisting and turning and balancing and bumping into things. But berating ourselves for our inconsistency takes up the precious time that we're telling ourselves off for wasting in the first place. There is no dress rehearsal in life, this is it. Maybe we need to stop letting ambition get in our way. Sometimes ambition can be a good thing, but sometimes it can be a pursuit of recognition from others, rather than a focus on doing things that we want to do. It's obviously not all bad, but maybe being more micro-ambitious, a term that she took from the wonderful Tim Minchin, is a healthier and more flexible approach that allows us to focus in what's in front of us, in the present instead of what's next. Psst, have you subscribed to the bookmark newsletter? If you liked this, you might like my twice-monthly email with book reviews and ideas of what you should be reading, and listening to, next. Click here to subscribe. Big idea #3 — Kindness over busy-ness None of us need telling twice about the modern scourge of busy-ness. It's such a barrier to connection and it's a fast track to burnout. Kindness, Madeleine says, is the antidote to burnout. Kindness with ourselves and with others. Whether that's a chat with the person serving you at the post office, or making a donation to charity, or texting a friend to say hi, incorporating a bit more kindness into our days, rather than busy-ness, can be a nice way of slowing down and remembering what's important. Kindness extends to ourselves by knowing that rest is not a bad thing. Hobbies don't need to be a side-hustles, and we can challenge all the things we tell ourselves that we should do. Otherwise it's easy to find ourselves too busy to actually enjoy life. There's a really nice analogy in the book of being like a sponge. Sometimes we're in absorption mode soaking up, resting, learning, taking in knowledge etc, but too long in absorb mode will leave us kind of sodden and a bit soggy and wet. So we need to be squeezed. We need a bit of pressure to balance us out. Ultimately, Madeline says;“Maybe we can't expect to enjoy every day, but we can find it endearing. When we reach the end of the day, instead of berating ourselves, what we did or didn't do, we can be charmed by the ordinary moments of living and what our days can bring.” Which I think is a rather nice way of thinking about life. Let's connect LinkedIn Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's guest is Madeleine Dore, a Melbourne-based writer and interviewer exploring how we can broaden the definition of a day well spent. For the past five years, Madeleine has been asking people about how they navigate their day on her popular site Extraordinary Routines and podcast Routines & Ruts. Most recently, she's written a book called I Didn't Do The Thing Today, out this week. I flew through an early copy and bring up some of my favorite insights from the book in this conversation. We also talk about finding richness in ruts, the paradox of choice and “infinite browsing mode", leaving space for surprise in our days, two kinds of perfectionism, the difference between standards and expectations, cringing at old work, and more. I loved speaking with her and I'm excited to hear your thoughts on finding richness in routines. Show Notes:- There are currently two spots open in my one-on-one creative consulting! If you want to work with me, learn more here and book a free session with me to see if it's a correct fit. - I mention my Podcast Kit in this episode. You can find it here (22% off with code twentytwo)- If you happen to already have a podcast and want to learn more about growing it, check out our Market & Monetize kit (22% off with code twentytwo)- Since we talk about interviewing in this episode, if you want to learn more, we have a kit called Art of an Interview (22% off with code twentytwo)- All Let it Out Kits are 22 percent off, including our special holiday Remix Your Resolutions kit. Offer code: twentytwo- Subscribe to our newsletter to get show notes sent straight to your inbox- Follow @letitouttt on Instagram- Photo credit: Prue Aja If you liked this episode, try out:Episode 364: Squishy Hearts, "Rejection as Protection", Inner Teenagers, Dating & Breakups with Mari Andrews, Author & Illustrator [UPDATED REPOST] Sponsors:SaneBox: magically remove distractions from your inbox with a free two-week trial. Get a $25 credit when you go to sanebox.com/letitoutBombas: With every purchase of clothing, an equal item is donated to people in need. Get 20% off at bombas.com/letitoutCalm: Discover the #1 mental wellness app! Get 40% off a Calm Premium subscription at calm.com/letitout

Did you do the thing today? And if you didn't, how do you feel about the fact you didn't do the thing? Today we are talking about procrastination, guilt, perfectionism and the worry of wasted time with writer and podcast host, Madeleine Dore.  Madeleine has spent the last five years asking creative thinkers how they navigate their days on her popular blog Extraordinary Routines and podcast Routines & Ruts.Mentioned throughout the episode: Book: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold BennettRoutine and Ruts podcast episodes: Hilary Jacobs Hendel on emotions, types of shame, and slowing downPre-order Madeleine's book, I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt in Aus and in the US here - www.madeleinedore.com/booksFollow Madeliene on Instagram:  @extraordinary_routinesListen to Madeleine's podcast, Routines and Ruts: https://extraordinaryroutines.com/podcastLearn more about Extraordinary Routines here: www.extraordinaryroutines.comLearn more about Madeleine and her work here: www.madeleinedore.com

How do routines function in our everyday lives, and how can we harness the power of routines to better serve students with autism and other disabilities?  Guests Mark Howard (Training Specialist at STAR Autism Support), Doriliz Vila (Board President, Centro de Estimulación Integral) and Tiffany Goire (Program Coordinator, CEI) join host Johnandrew Slominski to discuss the extraordinary power of routines.

Thank you for listening to the second season of Routines & Ruts! To stay tuned for season three, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform.You can also stay in the loop by signing up to the free Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Episodes mentioned:Period preacher' Lucy Peach talked about the connection, creativity and truth in the menstrual cycleAcademic and author of Sand Talk Tyson Yunkaporta shared thoughts on how time, routine and patternsSelf-taught astronemer Greg Quicke on the cycles of the universeWriter Kylie Maslen on  likening living with invisible illness to watching the stormAuthor and psychotherapist Hilary Jacobs Hendel on the ebb and flow of emotionsWriter and activist Sarah Wilson spoke about on tilting and modulating over finding balance

The final episode for season three asks, how do we find the beauty in the break and determine our preference for rest? Mentioned:Explore the DIY workbook mentioned: TIME, SPACE & QUIET Re- by designer Molly Grover * * *Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour of love fuelled by time and curiosity. If you'd like to support the podcast, please share with a friend, or say thanks with a coffee!To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter. 

“Frugal hedonism is partly about noticing when less is more, and that applies to activity just as much as in the realm of consumption.” – Annie Raser RowlandArtist, horticulturalist and co-author of The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More talks about  creating a life less dependent on the comforts of consumption and more focussed on extracting maximum pleasure from the most essential parts of being human.In this conversation, we speak about the routines of a frugal hedonist, limiting the burden of choice in our days, working on the things that might never be seen, recalibrating, relishing, the pleasure of experiences, how we can have the “Getting Feeling” from learning things, not just buying things, busyness as an obsession, and how comparison shapes our ideas of wealth and consumerism.* * *Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour of love fuelled by time and curiosity. If you'd like to support the podcast, please share with a friend, or say thanks with a coffee!To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.

In this mini episode, Madeleine shares her trusted "puddle theory" from the DIY workbook, TIME, SPACE & QUIET.Download the puddle priority list and the DIY workbook at sideprojectessions.com and make time, space and quiet for the things you're putting off.  * * *Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour of love fuelled by time and curiosity. If you'd like to support the podcast, please share with a friend, or say thanks with a coffee!To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.

This week's mini episode asks, how do we spend less time ruminating and worrying about what other think? * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, where you can also join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions to make time for the things that replenish you. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

 “Ultimately the goal is to communicate our wants, needs, fears and boundaries confidently and effectively.” – Hilary Jacobs HendelPsychotherapist and author of It's Not Always Depression: Working the change triangle to listen to the body, Discover Core Emotions and Reconnect with Your Authentic Self  talks about the importance of emotional education to help us connect to each other and ourselves. In this conversation, we talk about how emotions live in the body, why we avoid feelings and how to judging them, slowing down, the power of feeling, dealing and relating, the different types of shame, guilt and boundaries, moving through small traumas, how we are made up of parts, and how something as simple as learning to take a compliment can help us sit with emotions.Find more resources at www.hilaryjacobshendel.com* * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, or join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

 “Often we think within our 10-foot radius that everything is happening to us. Step outside of that 10-foot radius and you’ll frequently see that the same things are happening to others around you at the same time. Perhaps that can make it easier if we’re able to see that it is not just all about us.” – Greg QuickeSelf-taught bush astronomer and author of Is The Moon Upside Down? Greg Quicke talks about the powerful lessons for everyday life we can find in the cosmos. In this conversation, we delve the awe-inspiring ways astronomy can stretch our minds and hearts—how it can be a reminder that we’ve got nothing to lose, and the relationship between order and chaos. We talk about meeting challenges with joy, how to find and follow your flow, cultivating patience, and choosing to see beauty in the ordinary and extraordinary.* * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, or join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

This week's mini episode asks, how do we learn to ask generously and say no kindly? * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, where you can also join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions to make time for the things that replenish you. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

"If we’re going to get serious about talking about disability and mental health, then we need to talk about what that really looks like for everyone involved.” –Kylie MaslenAuthor of  Show Me Where It Hurts: Living with Invisible Illness Kylie Maslen discusses how creating a shared understanding of someone’s day to day can help break down the barriers between the well and unwell. In this conversation,  we discuss the importance of routine to reduce decision fatigue, but also the flip side of this constant vigilance. We also delve into burnout, the ableist idea of equating output with our worth, the Pomodoro technique, isolation and loneliness, community, and Kylie introduces me to spoon theory as a way to create boundaries but also be generous with other people’s energy. * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, or join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

This week's mini episode asks, how do allow both attention and  distraction into our days? * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, where you can also join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions to make time for the things that replenish you. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World Tyson Yunkaporta speaks to how when we reduce creativity to a marketplace, we overlook how we are all creative. “Creativity is now widely regarded as a vaguely defined skill-set falling randomly on individual geniuses. Deep engagement encompassing mind, body, heart and spirit has been replaced by a dogged ethic of commitment to labour, enthusiastic compliance with discipline imposed by authority," writes Tyson. In this conversation, we meander through topics including routine as the death of relation to people and place, the involuntary ruts we experience from being entangled in a system, allowing flow in your environment, not being a brand, checks and balances, and how ambition can be directed towards leaving tools for generations to come – and the most powerful of those tools being story. * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, or join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

This week's mini episode asks, how do we let go of what we think we 'should' be doing? * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, where you can also join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions to make time for the things that replenish you. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

This week's mini episode asks, how can we get out of the indecision spiral? * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, where you can also join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions to make time for the things that replenish you. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Pandora Sykes is a writer, journalist and broadcaster—but as she shares in this conversation, she’s a gatherer. In the book, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?, her writing and columns and in the acclaimed weekly podcast The High Low she co-hosts with Dolly Alderton — Pandora is constantly collecting, exploring and dissecting the work of writers, psychologists, culture critics, philosophers, scientists on everything from life’s trivialities to the political—and how the two are interconnected.In this conversation, we speak about how smaller worries can sometimes feel the biggest, how we can be driven by feelings like guilt and envy rather than feel stifled, satisficing, arrival fallacy, healthy boredom, tick-boxing and finding our own version of what what is rightful, rather than right. * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, or join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Sarah Wilson is a former journalist and TV presenter, best-selling author and activist, whose latest book This One Wild and Precious Life explores how vital individual change is in a world demanding more of usIn this conversation, we speak about using routine to bookend your days, tilting rather than abiding by strict rules, cool aloneness as an antidote to loneliness, how you can always add an AND, the concept of creative fending, reframing a rut as going to your edge, soul-nerding, and showing up to our appointment in life – in our own way.  For details on the 2021 This One Wild and Precious Life book tour, visit sarahwilson.com* * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, or join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

This week's mini episode asks, can empty time be a gift—and can we find it in a crammed life?  * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, where you can also join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions to make time for the things that replenish you. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

From working as a baker and a chef, to an actor and yoga teacher across the globe, Kemi Nekvapil has lived many lives. Now as a credentialed life coach, a speaker and author of The Gift of Asking and host of The Shift Series short form podcast, she credits exploring various career paths as helping draw her own definition of success and how she spends her time.In this conversation, we speak about letting go of shoulds, how you connect the dots looking back, not giving advice, parenting, having a weekly routine, writing, and defining your own relationship to productivity. * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, or join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

This week's mini episode asks, can a small good thing help with overwhelm?* * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, where you can also join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions to make time for the things that replenish you. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

We live in a linear world – with linear schedules, and linear expectations of our energy, or our time, our bodies. But what if we don’t move throughout our days in straight lines, but rather ebb and flow in cycles?In this conversation, author of Period Queen: Life hack your cycle and own your power all month long Lucy Peach delves into cycle amnesia, period shame, truth bombs, post-project blues, freelancing, and giving yourself permission to both finish and begin.* * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, or join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

This week's mini episode explores the different types of doing – and what gets in the way of doing our thing. * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, where you can also join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions to make time for the things that replenish you. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Why do we sometimes hide from our selves, and where are we hiding?In his latest book The Inner Self: The joy of discovering who we really are, social researcher Hugh Mackay explores our top twenty hiding places, including busyness, perfectionism, guilt, ambition, work and even the pursuit of happiness. In this conversation, we talk about how creativity can narrow the gap between who we pretend to be or hide, and who we really are. We talk about compassionate love as a daily discipline, writing, walking as a crucial part of the work day, being a night owl, and delve into our common hiding places such as work busyness, projection, ambition, and perfection – and how we can find our common humanity inside ourselves. * * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, where you can also join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions to make time for the things that replenish you. To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Ever feel like you're not doing enough, or doing too much?In the break between podcast seasons, I’ve been inspecting the space between the doing and not-doing and asking what it means to replenish.So I’m delighted to introduce Rest & Recreation. It's a weekly mini-episode that gives you a moment of R&R, but also a reminder that we aren’t just what we do or don’t do, but also what we see in the spaces in between. As well as the new mini-episodes, I’ll be speaking the usual interviews with inspiring people. This seasons is not just about their creative lives, but their entire lives – how they see the world and what brings them extra-alive. Looking forward to sharing with you very soon!* * *Support this podcast on Patreon  with a monthly pledge, or join for virtual Momentum Mornings deep work sessions. Stay tuned, please subscribe to the show wherever you hear your podcasts and sign up to the semi-regular Extraordinary Routines newsletter.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Are you missing out if you only consider productivity in terms of your own accomplishments? Is it possible to celebrate small everyday wins instead?

Are you purposeful in your copulation? After 3 costumed, drug-fueled days at the Renaissance Faire, second generation sex-positive revolutionary Jessica Cohen leaves the company of her favorite strawberry blond 16th century mercenary trifecta - after tupping every wench, tapping every keg and snorting every substance - to head home to sleep a few hours before Monday comes. But when bong rips & 6 packs fail to induce slumber, Jessica and her boyfriend Kevin resort to acrobatic, energetic, singleminded sex…well, until the audible pop. Do you get to name the sex act when you break your partner doing it? #FollowTheFaire #WhosGuardingTheQueen   Song: ‘Bad Guy’ (Nightcore, with Billie Eilish)    Saturday’s Bawdy Storytelling Livestream is themed ‘Jackpot!’, and it features storytellers Adam Ross, Luna Malbroux, Misha Bonaventura and Caz Killjoy, with music by Jefferson Bergey. It’s  happening THIS Saturday, July 18th at 7 PM Pacific/10 PM Eastern  Tickets are now available at https://bit.ly/BawdyJackpostLS   What time is that for YOU? Use this: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html    Make sure you’re notified of all upcoming Livestreams - and find out when live shows resume - by signing up at https://bawdystorytelling.com/subscribe   Episode Links (MARTY, please add links for the 5 things as you did last week)   5 Things that make us Happy This week’s focus: Creativity in the face of Uncertainty   1. Author Charlie Jane Anders Is creating a book about storytelling that is designed for this moment in time. Check this out: “From author Charlie Jane Anders, Never Say You Can’t Survive is a how-to book about the storytelling craft, but it’s also full of memoir, personal anecdote, and insight about how to flourish in the present emergency.” Charlie Jane is an old friend, and I can’t wait to buy the book! Till then, they’re releasing a chapter a week on tor.com   2.  Have you ever tossed a coin into a fountain and felt the fear fly off your fingertips, right along with that penny? Hold your breath and Make a wish.    3. “There is no one way: a collection of reflections, routines and advice for creative life in a pandemic” Extraordinary Routines takes a look at how artists are coping during COVID.   4. My friend Catherine Burns (Artistic Director of The Moth) introduced me to the work of Krista Tippett, best known for the award-winning podcast and radio show On Being . Here Krista Tippett answers “How can I find my footing in a shifting world?” I love how she talks about stories here. Link:  Oh and On Being has also created this Care Package for Uncertain Times.   5. Ready to build your own world? Study Shantell Martin’s TED Talk on How Drawing can Set you Free    BONUS: I love coloring books. I have a huge set of colored pencils and often color when I’m stressed (and before you say it: Nope, I don’t stay inside the lines!). This one sounds perfect for right now    We’re gonna get through this, y’all! But I need your help: Send uplifting articles & links for Bawdy’s 5 things to be Grateful For, let me know if you want to be credited, and we’ll spread the good word. Email your inspiration to dixie@BawdyStorytelling.com -  & Thanks!   Patreon: Wanna make sure Bawdy’s podcast and livestream events (& one day, our live events) continue?  A global pandemic and economic devastation means that the live events that once kept Bawdy Storytelling afloat..well, they’re gone. So join us on Patreon; Bawdy would not exist right now without it. Bawdy’s future is dependent on Patreon to get us through this… we’ve always been listener supported, but right now, Patreon is our everything - and becoming a member of our Patreon ensures that Bawdy can make it through this difficult time. And the rewards you get in exchange for your support are getting better: Our $10/month Patreon supporters now receive - in addition to ad-free episodes of the podcast - new rewards like free tickets to our Livestream shows, access to the livestream recordings, our behind-the-scenes story coaching series, story videos from the live show & more. Thanks so much for your support during this catastrophic loss of show revenue, friends! Want to ensure that Bawdy make it through the Apocalypse? Become a Member at https://www.patreon.com/Bawdy   Wanna support Bawdy in ways other than on Patreon?  Venmo: Venmo.com/BawdyStorytelling.com Paypal: BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com Zelle: BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com (& Thank You!)   Purchasing Bawdy Merchandise is another way to Help: Bawdy Storytelling offers a new line of fragrance & lube for your favorite podcast fan: #BawdyGotMeLaid perfume, Bawdy Butter, hair & bawdy oil, #BawdyGotMeLube & more. It’s at BawdyStorytelling.com/Merchandise #BestGiftEver Want a Bawdy Buttplug? Email me, let’s make that happen!   Check out our Bawdy Storytelling Fiends and Fans group on Facebook - it’s a place to discuss the podcast’s stories with the storytellers, and share thoughts with your fellow listeners - and help Dixie make the podcast even better. It’s at https://www.facebook.com/groups/360169851578316/ Upcoming Bawdy Storytelling LIVE Events:   This weekend’s Bawdy Storytelling Livestream is themed ‘Jackpot!’, and features storytellers Adam Ross, Luna Malbroux, Misha Bonaventura and Caz Killjoy, with music by Jefferson Bergey - and it’s happening THIS Saturday, July 18th at 7 PM Pacific/10 PM Eastern  Tickets are now available at https://bit.ly/BawdyJackpostLS   What time is that for YOU? Use this: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html   Remember: Our Livestream shows have a limited capacity, so don’t wait! Make sure you’re notified of all upcoming Livestreams by signing up at https://bawdystorytelling.com/subscribe Subscribe to our email list & find out about upcoming Livestreams and more, before anyone else: https://bawdystorytelling.com/subscribe   Thank you to the Team that makes this podcast possible! Team Bawdy is: Podcast Producer & Livestream Technical Director: Marty Garcia Sound Engineer: David Grosof Archivist / Video: Joe Moore & Bawdy Creator & Podcast Host Dixie De La Tour & Thank you to Pleasure Podcasts - we’re proud to be part of your sex-positive podcast collective! 

Throughout this season I’ve reflected with my guests on various topics relating to our creatives lives, including process, productivity-shame, mistakes, money, vulnerability, self-compassion, uncertainty, self-sabotage, self-growth, joy, setbacks, privilege, letting go, solitude, resilience, busyness, heartbreak, patience, mental health, limitations, and learning.To wrap this first season, I wanted to share some lessons on the thing that almost prevented it from ever getting started – perfectionism. Perfectionism tells us that in order to make progress, to put what we have created into the world, it must be perfect. My intention was to wrap this first season by sharing the lessons I had accumulated specifically about the creative process and perfectionism. But as I wrote and as the days unfolded, I realised these lessons pertain to much more than our creative lives – they pertain to our entire lives.  In the same way perfectionism stalls progress in our creative lives, it can stall progress in our societies. This non-exhaustive list of parallel lessons might apply to your ongoing engagement with being anti-racist or an activist, or they might apply to your creative process, or your career, or your life, your relationships, or your environmental efforts, your scrutiny of yourself, your need for rest, your showing up in the world. Most of all, I hope they are helpful in highlighting that anything we want to do or change, begins with sidestepping perfectionism, fear, denial and shame. It begins with us taking responsibility for ourselves and our actions.Mentioned linksHow To Be Anti-Racist by Ibram X KendiAkilah Hughes piano metaphor and What A Day podcastArtist Sir John Instagram story by author, podcaster, and CEO of Hello Seven Rachel Rodgers Me and White Supremacy book by Layla F SaadAnti-racism work is supposed to be hard by Scott WoodsIbram X Kendi on Unlocking Us with Brene Brown Interview with Dom Roberts on Mood with Lauren Elizabeth“The internal work, the integrating and rearranging and and re-educating our psyches and hearts, that’s the hard work, that’s the work nobody will hold you accountable for. Do that too. Do that the most…” – Kendra AustinInterview with Luke Currie Richardson on Routines & Ruts Additional links:A Small Needful Fact poem by Ross Gay How do you measure a life? School of Visual Arts 2016 commencement address by Carrie Mae WeemsWhite Debt essay by by Eula BissRemember, no one is coming to save us essay by Roxanne Gay‘There cannot be 432 victims and no perpetrators…’ essay by Amy McQuire Always was, Always Will be with Marlee Silva podcastInclude Aboriginal culture as a subject in schools change.org petition* * *Thank you for listening to the first season of Routines & Ruts, to stay tuned for season two, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform.You can also stay in the loop by signing up to the free Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore using Hindenburg. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

We often hear that emotions such as joy are cultivated within, but for designer Ingrid Fetell Lee, there is a strong possibility that it can be found in our surroundings. For over a decade, Ingrid has been devoted to answering the question: "How do tangible things create intangible joy?" both through her blog, The Aesthetics of Joy and her incredibly insightful book, Joyful: The Surprising Power Of Ordinary Things To Create Extraordinary Happiness.Ingrid's ongoing investigation explores the powerful connection between our surroundings and our emotions, and shares how we can find more joy in daily life – even in difficult times. In this conversation, we talk about the aspects of joy that are challenged now but why it’s more valuable than ever, finding ways to zoom out, the relationship between joy and resilience, planning what’s important but giving yourself permission to be flexible, why sometimes we just aren’t ready yet, surprise, and allowing for the rise and fall of joy and sorrow. Read Joyful: The Surprising Power Of Ordinary Things To Create Extraordinary HappinessWatch Where Joy Hides and How To Find It on TED TalksFollow @aestheticsofjoy on Instagram* * *For behind the scenes transcripts, show notes, inspiring quotes and more, explore A Routines & Ruts Companion, a paid weekly newsletter exploring gentler ways to connect to our routines and creativity. * * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore using Hindenburg. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Matthew Evans is a former chef and food critic, turned Tasmanian smallholder, restaurateur, food activist and star of the SBS television series Gourmet Farmer alongside his family.As the author of over a dozen books including On Eating Meat: The truth about its production and the ethics of eating it, Matthew also has a lot to share on the writing process, but what struck me in this conversation is the wonderful overlaps between life on the farm and the creative process.We talk about what happens when productive work loses its meaning, daily life on the farm and how there is always more to do, accepting your limitations, how being behind is inevitable and mostly a good sign, the beauty of boredom, and how sometimes you have to launch in to avoid getting stuck in a research phase or perfectionism. * * *For behind the scenes transcripts, show notes, inspiring quotes and more, explore A Routines & Ruts Companion, a paid weekly newsletter exploring gentler ways to connect to our routines and creativity. * * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore using Hindenburg. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

There is no one way to navigate a pandemic. This routine-collage and slice of creative life during COVID-19 showcases these differences as well as unifying reflections.Bringing together over 60 difference perspectives – from dozens of listeners and  more than thirty artists and creatives I’ve previously interviewed – you can hear how other people are coping, their routines and their ruts, and maybe feel less alone in your own. * * *For behind the scenes transcripts, show notes, inspiring quotes and more, explore A Routines & Ruts Companion, a paid weekly newsletter exploring gentler ways to connect to our routines and creativity. * * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.This podcast is produced and edited by Madeleine Dore using Hindenburg. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.* * *A very special thank you to each of you who shared your experiences and advice in the survey – you made this slice of creative life possible. Alongside your written responses, featured in this episode in order of appearance: Jeffrey Phillips – illustrator @jeff_the_peffMari Andrew – writer, artist and speaker @bymariandrewStavroula Adameitis – artist and designer @fridalasvegasBethany Simons – writer, performer and director @bethsimstagramAnu Kumar – documentary photographer @kumar_anuShannyn Higgins – photographer @shannynhigginsSarah Nargorcka – artist and cartoonist @gorkiegorkGabrielle Tozer – writer @gabrielletozerJulia Busuttil Nishimura – cook and author @juliaostroMatthew Henry – designer and photographer @oakandinkNeha Kale – writer and critic @nehakaleJudith Lucy – comedian and host of Overwhelmed & Dying podcastFrankie Ratford – designer and founder of @thedesignkidsTai Snaith – artist and host of A World of One’s Own podcast @taisnaith_booksCarly Findlay OAM – writer @carlyfindlayMark Lobo – photographer @markloboEbony Bižys – craft artist, designer and blogger @hellosandwichHonor Eastly – writer and podcaster @honor_eastlySpencer Harrison – artist @spenceroniMama Alto – performer @mama.altoFrankie Valentine – stripper, performance artist, costumier and writer @frankievalentineMelanie Stapleton – florist @ceciliafoxChaz Hutton – illustrator @instachaazFrances Haysey – writer @lovedbyfrancesTess McCabe – designer and publisher @tessmccabeAmrita Hepi – dancer and choreographer @amrita_movesJuliet Sulejmani– illustrator @thejulietreportMelanie Knight – artist, producer, and art therapist @dead_letter_clubLorelei Vashti – writer @loreleivashtiJames Lemon – ceramic artist and teacher @jameslemonSarah Firth – comic artist, author and graphic recorder @sarahthefirthPrue Aja – photographer @prue_aja_photographerPeter Drew – artist @peterdrewarts and Together Soon Enough posters

Every strength we perceive in ourselves or others perceive in us, has a flipside that feels like a weakness.Often it’s our traits that make us extraordinary that can make us feel most ordinary – and vice versa –creating an internal contradiction.Figuring out our contradictions and squaring off those sides of ourselves can take years, decades, but often when we do accept or even reveal them, that’s really when we connect with ourselves and others. Isn’t that what we’re looking for? In ours we are most fascinated by their flaws, maybe most comforted. This week’s guests certainly makes it easy to connect and adore her wonderful contractions – and puts them front row and centre in her Twitter bio. Performer, photographer, visual artist, DJ and vocal powerhouse Kira Puru describes herself as an “opinionated imposter” – in it exploring the fickleness of confidence but also the humbleness of learning to be wrong. Ahead of her latest single launch, Idiot,  in this conversation Kira Puru discusses mental health, navigating the logistics of living through a pandemic and sometimes curling up like an armadillo, giving yourself leeway to be overwhelmed, balancing the artistic and the political, frugality, mistakes and that tension between leaning towards chaos and leaning into routine. Follow @kirapuru on Twitter and Instagram * * *For behind the scenes transcripts, show notes, inspiring quotes and more, explore A Routines & Ruts Companion, a paid weekly newsletter exploring gentler ways to connect to our routines and creativity. * * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.This podcast is produced, edited and mixed by Madeleine Dore using Hindenburg. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Newsletter launch: A Routines & Ruts Companion will be launching 1 May and to celebrate, if you sign up now you will get 50% off ($5US/month instead of $10US/month). Sign up here for behind the scenes transcripts, show notes, inspiring quotes and more. * * *There’s something to enjoy in everything, and this week’s guest appears to have  a knack for finding it.Jen Gotch is an optimist, a visionary, the creative powerhouse behind the beloved brand ban.do and the now best-selling author of The Upside of Being Down.The memoir is a manifestation of the fact that our struggles can lead to our greatest successes, and it shares the many lessons Jen has learned in her life, from navigating a winding career-path, to tackling the stigmas associated with mental health challenges.In this conversation, we talk about mental health, solitude, the book writing process, self-doubt, how we don’t have to feel bad about inconsistency, being actively not busy, giving ourselves grace, the myth of perfectionism and how enjoyment can be found in the most unlikely places and times. Follow @jengotch on Instagram * * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.This podcast is produced, edited and mixed by Madeleine Dore using Hindenburg. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Newsletter launch: A Routines & Ruts Companion will be launching 1 May and to celebrate, if you sign up now you will get 50% off ($5US/month instead of $10US/month). Sign up here for behind the scenes transcripts, show notes, inspiring quotes and more. * * *For this week’s guest,  knowing we are enough permeates everything she does. Kylie Lewis is a coach, consultant, and Certified Dare to Lead™ and Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, based on the research of Brené Brown.. Her interview series turned book, The Leap Stories explores how there’s no single path to success and no formulaic way to conjure the courage to take a first or next step toward a fulfilling work life. In this conversation, we talk about navigating our days imperfectly, how it’s normal to have ‘horizontal days, taking it one moment at a time, self-compassion, collective vulnerability, boundaries during this time, comparison, and aiming for enough. Follow @ofkin on Instagram * * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.This podcast is produced, edited and mixed by Madeleine Dore using Hindenburg. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

In Luke Currie-Richardson's own words, he may not know what he does for a living, but he knows why he wake up in the morning.Luke is a descendant of the Kuku Yalanji and Djabugay peoples, the Munaldjali Clan of South East QLD and the Meriam people of the Eastern Torres Strait Islands. His younger years were spent as a basketball player, and from 2012 to 2018, he was a company dancer in Bangarra Dance Theatre.Recently, Luke has hosted a short Buzzfeed documentary Pay the Rent. He has also worked as a model, sessional teacher, poet, photographer and mentor. But all of this falls under the umbrella of a storyteller. For Luke, irrespective of the medium, the why remains the same: to be the best ancestor he can be for all generations. This approach proves that 'being the best' is a term of your own making, your own measure. In this conversation, Luke delves further into this idea of it’s not what you do it’s the way that you do it, navigating the loss of work during this time, his thoughts on routine being more about priority than rigid structures, the toxicity of sayings like “the show must go on” and “fake it till you make it,” the power of asking for help and taking care of your mental health, and knowing when to walk away from something. Follow @balaluke on Instagram * * *In a special episode of this very podcast, I’ll be sharing your reflections and challenges, routines or ruts in these extraordinary times. If you’d like to share your reflections, routines and ruts, start the survey here or visit  www.extraordinaryroutines.com/surveyTo stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.This podcast is produced, edited and mixed by Madeleine Dore using Hindenburg. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Poet May Sarton once wrote, "People who have regular jobs can have no idea of just this problem of ordering a day that has no pattern imposed on it from without."This week’s guest has never had a problem with ordering her own day, in fact, the fashion icon has long resisted the structures often imposed from without. Sarah Jane Adams is a self-made antique jewellery dealer, designer and became an international model in her sixties, responsible for the #mywrinklesaremystripes social media movement celebrating the beauty in ageing. Her new book, Life In A Box: An Unorthodox Memoir illustrates the deeply personal connection that we have with our belongings and our lives. But, as you’ll soon hear, Sarah Jane Adams lives her life very much outside the box. We talk about how her daily life resembles a sliding tile puzzle toy, how there is no such thing as certainty, being a misfit, living with openness and joy, solitude, self-sabotage and pressing the reset button.* * *In a special episode of this very podcast, I’ll be sharing your reflections and challenges, routines or ruts in these extraordinary times. If you’d like to share your reflections, routines and ruts, start the survey here or visit  www.extraordinaryroutines.com/surveyTo stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.This podcast is produced, edited and mixed by Madeleine Dore using Hindenburg. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

We’re navigating a truly extraordinary time – a collective rut. While we will all have varying degrees of change and challenges, and there is no right or wrong way to navigate this time, there is always the possibility of learning. I learn so much from the people I interview, as hope you do too. But I’d also like to learn from you. In a special episode of this very podcast, I’ll be sharing your reflections and challenges, routines or ruts in these extraordinary times. If you’d like to share your reflections, routines and ruts, start the survey here.Hopefully we can share what comforts and what helps, and maybe feel a little less alone and more resilient.For this week’s guest, resilience is what has helped him navigate the highest of the highs, and lowest of the lows, many times over. Jai Long is a photographer, educator and creative entrepreneur. Most recently, he has been at the helm of three successful businesses – including Free the Bird wedding photography Heartbreak Booth, workshops for creatives navigating business, complemented by his incredible podcast, Make Your Break.But it wasn't always this way. In this conversation, Jai shares the story behind his success, confidence and drive – and the times he has been forced to press the reset button, or simply chosen to let go. We talk about being impactful rather than busy, how we are all wired differently, not putting your spark out for other people, the complicated relationship between money and the idea of designing your life, failure, fear, and so much more. * * *Share your refections, routines and ruts at www.extraordinaryroutines.com/surveyTo stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.This podcast is produced, edited and mixed by Madeleine Dore using Hindenburg. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

There’s a quote going around on from Glennon Melton’s book, Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed and it reads: “You have been offered the gift of crisis. As Kathleen Norris reminds us, the Greek root of the word crisis is "to sift", as in, to shake out the excesses and leave only what's important. That's what crises do. They shake things up until we are forced to hold on to only what matters most. The rest falls away.”What’s left, as this week’s guest points out, can actually be joy in the slowness. Gold coast based artist Samuel Leighton-Dore is a satirical cartoonist, a painter, ceramic artist, filmmaker, a regular contributor for SBS Sexuality and author of the graphic novel 'How to be a big strong man'.Samuel has rare ability to be both light-hearted and joyful, and deep and reflective – proving that laughter can be balm for uncertain times. In this conversation, Samuel share his three-tiered approach to balancing various projects, the little things you can do to feel more disciplined working from home, toxic masculinity, the connection between ambition and depression, failure,   untangling your identity from creative success. * * *Share your refections, routines and ruts at www.extraordinaryroutines.com/surveyTo stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.This podcast is produced, edited and mixed by Madeleine Dore using Hindenburg. Special thanks to Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Beci Orpin does her best work when she is busy,With a creative career spanning more than twenty years, the Melbourne designer, artist, and illustrator has left her colourful fingerprint on countless projects, from books and homewares, to regular art exhibitions, and collaborations with celebrated brands. While she reflects on the busyness of her day to day and how it has laid the foundations for her impressive career, she hesitates to prescribe to the cult of busyness, and instead sees the important of sleep, downtime, and developing close relationships with friends and family. What Beci teaches us is that instead of being busy as a means of escape or a form of pride, our time should be filled wherever possible with the things we enjoy in order to flourish.In this interview, we talk about how she gets so much done, personal projects, the precarious nature of freelancing, money, emailing, family, criticism and resilience. Extraordinary Findings:– Grief Awards Chart– Take Heart Take Action book– Article on comparison and redefining success– Jacky Winter Group– Read the archive: Beci Orpin and Raph Rasid– Follow Beci Orpin on Instagram or visit beciorpin.com* * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Prioritsing yourself isn't selfish, says writer, crafter and blogger behind Meet Me At Mikes, Pip Lincolne – but it sure can be difficult.  In this conversation, Pip opens up about the difficult period she faced after the end of a 23-year-relationship – and the book it has since inspired, When Life Is Not Peachy. We delve into winding and twisting path Pip took to a creative career and writing books after she left high school in year eleven, but also  feeling like an outsider, parenting and creativity, falling back into yourself, wobbly routines, social media and success, fitting in writing around a day job, solitude and resilience.Extraordinary Findings:– Read When Life Is Not Peachy by Pip Lincolne– Illustrator Gorkie– Sign up to Pip's 'Something good for the weekend' newsletter– Find Pip Lincolne on Facebook and Instagram or meetmeatmikes.com* * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott from Soundmind Editing for the mixing and Ellen Porteus for the cover art. 

Annie Louey is a fresh comedic talent who putting it all into her career and immersing herself in the world of presenting and comedyWhile time is on her side, Annie is well aware of the long road to success – from her own observations, it takes at least ten years to pave a career in comedy, so it’s time to begin now. But what’s refreshing about the 10-year time line, is that it also shows the need for patience. It’s not a moment of spontaneous success, it’s what’s underneath that that counts – it’s about bouncing back from a bad gig, rejection or setback, and putting yourself out there once again. We speak ahead of her upcoming Melbourne Comedy Show, Annie Louey’s Big Break, which is both a hilarious and thoughtful recount of how she was dumped on the opening night of her last Comedy Festival show.In this episode, we talk about how to step into being an artist even when you don’t feel ready, the importance of preparation, setting targets in our career, imposter syndrome freelancing routines, how admin is the key part of creative careers bike riding and how to find motivation within yourself. Extraordinary Findings:– See Annie Louey's Big Break at the Melbourne Comedy  Festival– Interview with fashion designer Jenny Kee on the highlight is always coming – Mari Andrew's illustration  on success– Find Annie Louey on Twitter and Instagram or at annielouey.com* * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott from Soundmind Editing for the mixing and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

This week's guest has spent the last few years delving into the topic of limitations through researching and writing his latest book on time.Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist living in Brooklyn. He writes a popular weekly column for The Guardian on social psychology, productivity and the science of happiness, called This Column Will Change Your Life and is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking.In this conversation, we delve into how he has moved through a rut from the book writing process, how goals can become redundant very quickly, the Kanban method, self-control and distraction, parenting, shadow working, insomnia, the difficulty of doing nothing and how we can get out of a rut by breaking our own rules. Extraordinary Findings:– The Summer Day by Mary Oliver– David Cain's newsletter Raptitude– Hofstadter's law– Debbie Millman's ten year plan exercise– Already Free by Bruce Tift – Braintoss app– Kanban method– Self Control app– The Moves That Matter by Jonathan Rowson– Why do we feel so busy? It’s all our hidden ‘shadow work’ article by Oliver Burkeman – Notes from my previous conversation with Oliver Burkeman on not having a routine* * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott from Soundmind Editing for the mixing and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Tina Essmaker is a coach, writer and speaker and in early 2017, she had the opportunity to reimagine career and her four burners when she transitioned out of the The Great Discontent, a publication she started with her former husband and business partner.She took what she describes as a gap year to figure out what she wanted to next and eventually returned to her roots as a social worker, now helping the creative community to navigate uncertainty and take action on their ideas. In this conversation we speak about why we sometimes flail when we don’t have constraints in our days and careers, the dance between scheduling and spontaneity, chunking tasks in your week, finding space for yourself after a divorce and what can help when you’re dealing with a period of change, hurt or uncertainty.Extraordinary Findings:- Freakonomics episode on how to get more grit in your life- Ask Polly advice columns by Heather Havrilesky- Laugh, Kookaburra by David Sedaris - Follow Tina Essmaker on Instagram or visit tinaessmaker.com* * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott from Soundmind Editing for the mixing and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Lauren Martin is a writer and the founder of Words Of Women, a labour of love she started when she was searching for something to help herself and other women who were feeling lost. In this episode, Lauren delves into the intricacies of self-initiated work and the thoughtful process behind writing and curating her popular newsletter, blog and Instagram account. We talk about flat days and good days, social isolation, how routine helps when you’re in a rut, comparison, the tension between being a night-owl but being clearest in the morning, as well as how personal projects can buoy us. * * *Follow Words of Women on Instagram or visit wordsofwomen.comTo stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott from Soundmind Editing for the mixing and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Dancer and movement director Vanessa Marian Varghese describes her career as a succession of failures – trying to start an online homewares store and failing, trying to be an art director and failing. Finishing a law degree but not wanting to pursue it.But when she didn’t know what she was going to do with her life, she took a dance class and learned something.Now, that curiosity and learning has blossomed into a career in dance and thriving business, Groove Therapy. We talk about how the secret to life is being a student, allowing business and ideas to grow without pushing, going easy on yourself with your daily habits and finding the beauty in faffing. Extraordinary Findings:– How to Live on 24 Hours A Day by Arnold Bennett– We Are All Going to Die project by Stefan Hunt – Deep Work by Cal Newport– Madeleine's favourite sleep mask– Follow Vanessa Marian on Instagram or visit groovetherapy101.com* * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

As John Lennon put it, “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” As a loyal proponent of the Bullet Journal, I've seen first hand how the immensely popular analog system goes far beyond planning and teaches you to be more intentional with list-making – and life. If there is one person who understands intentionality beyond our plans it’s this week’s guest. Ryder Carroll is an author, digital product designer, and inventor of the Bullet Journal method. Diagnosed with learning disabilities early in life, Ryder was forced to figure out alternate ways to be focused and productive. Through years of trial and error, he developed a methodology that extends far being a simple organisation tool and into a philosophy.Best described as a “mindfulness and intentionality practice that’s disguised as a productivity system” it becomes whatever you need it to be. In this conversation, Ryder discusses empty goals and starting with the small ‘whys’, how journaling can help us capture and see patterns in work and life, creating your own structure as a freelancer and independent creative and more.Extraordinary Findings:– New to the Bullet Journal? Start here with a video tutorial– The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll– Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker PhD– Follow Ryder Carroll on Twitter or visit bulletjournal.com* * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott Stronach for editing, Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

This week’s guest is unquestionable gifted in an astonishing array of disciplines – Amanda Palmer is a singer, songwriter, filmmaker, playwright, pianist, author, director, blogger and ukulele enthusiast.It’s easy to compile Palmer’s successes and accredit it all to a perfect, productive creative schedule. But the as Amanda freely admits, there was a time when her relationship with productivity was punishing.In this episode, Amanda talks about how we can crush progress with perfection both as a culture, and as individuals.We talk about reframing and resizing your suffering, why we need blanket compassion, the importance of sleep, parenting and creative routines, setting boundaries, pausing projects, and finding your own internal measures for success.Extraordinary Findings:– Find tour dates for There Will Be No Intermission– This is Water by David Foster Wallace– Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker PhD– Esther Perel at CreativeMornings – Follow Amanda Palmer on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook– Support Amanda Palmer on Patreon * * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott Stronach for editing, Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

Adriana Picker has a career many illustrators would pine for – she’s illustrated four books, held numerous exhibitions of her illustrations and paintings, and her list of clients includes Vogue, Gourmet Traveller, Mecca Cosmetics, and T2.Despite the impressive bio and dream projects, Adriana opens up about a particular variety of creative rut that can be spurred on by doing the thing you love to a point of exhaustion.Adriana is candid about the privileges and pitfalls of working on dream projects – and shares how she had to return to the mundane, ordinary, basic elements of self-care to rebuild after burnout.We talk about the book writing process, seasonal routines, saying no, productive rest, and whether you’re in the ebb or the flow, the winter-fallow or the blossoming spring – it’s all relevant and important to the creative process.Extraordinary Findings:– Pre-order Petal: The world of flowers through an artist’s eye by Adriana Picker – Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott– Follow @adrianapicker on Instagram* * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott Stronach for editing, Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

My guest today is writer Benjamin Law, who has contributed to over 50 publications and has authored, co-authored and edited more than a handful of books, including the Quarterly Essay on Safe Schools, Moral Panic 101. His memoir, The Family Law, was adapted into three seasons of an award-winning SBS TV series, which Benjamin created and co-wrote.He is also a columnist, playwright, radio host, and regular guest on TV shows like Q&A, The Drum, and The Project.Which is all to say, Benjamin is an expert in shifting gears. While he credits his colour-coded iCal for his time-management prowess, after our conversation, I’m convinced his curiosity and energy plays an important role in making Ben one of Australia’s most prolific and beloved writers. Join me in listening to Benjamin Law as he takes us through a typical day, how he manages several projects on the stovetop at any given period, and advice for moving through post-goal blues. Extraordinary Findings:– You've accomplished something great, now what? NY Times– It's time to become a time realist NY Times– Follow @mrbenjaminlaw on Twitter* * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott Stronach for editing, Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

When Clare Bowditch was 21 years old, she made a promise to herself: that she would one day write a book.The promise came during a period of unrest, unworthiness, and uncertainty for the now musician, actor, radio presenter and entrepreneur.There was one particularly comforting caveat to this promise: that she would wait until she was in her 40s to write it, when it was all behind her.Fast forward two decades, and Bowditch has written that very book, Your Own Kind of Girl published by Allen & Unwin.It’s the result of patience and a promise, and the overlooked art of relinquishing pressure from our life ambitions.In this debut episode of Routines & Ruts, Clare Bowditch discusses taking it one step at a time, the book writing process, and how letting go can bring us the most extraordinary experiences.Read the full show notesBecome A Routines & Ruts Companion to read the full transcript Your Own Kind of Girl  by Clare Bowditch * * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes. You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott Stronach for editing, Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

 Five years ago, I started a project called Extraordinary Routines. It's been a labour of love that has given me an excuse to ask creative people nosey questions about how they spend their days. Time and time again, I saw there are always two sides to the shape of our days – there’s the discipline, habits, processes, order and structure. Then there’s the challenges, the set backs, the imperfections, the countless distractions. I wanted to dive further into these two sides, to show them in real time, and invite you to be a fly on the wall, too. So I’m delighted to tell you about something I’ll be sharing with you very soon – it’s called Routines & Ruts, and it’s my very first podcast.  To stay tuned, please subscribe to the show and feel free to sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram. Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott Stronach for editing, Ellen Porteus for the cover art, Kayla Robertson for podcasting guidance. Looking forward to sharing the first episodes with you... very soon!

In today's Sunday Soother Advicecast, Catherine has her first-ever interview guest! Madeleine Dore, writer, creative, and force behind the popular Extraordinary Routines joins Catherine for a conversation about creativity, perfectionism, vulnerability, habits, journaling, the "shadow artist," and lots more.The Sunday Soother Advicecast is a spin-off the popular newsletter, The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews. Submit your questions anonymously at this link; or email your question to Catherine here.Resources mentioned in this episode:Link to review the Sunday Soother on iTunesCatherine's Morning Pages group challengeThe Extraordinary Routines siteMadeleine's piece, "Everything I learned from (finally) completing The Artist's Way"Extraordinary Routines on InstagramMadeleine's websiteThe Artist's WayMore on Morning PagesGretchen Rubin's habit-forming quiz

Madeleine Dore is the writer, interviewer and creative force behind Extraordinary Routines, the brilliant interview project that investigates the intersection between creativity and imperfection - featuring the lives, challenges and triumphs of our favourite creatives.This episode is a bonus companion to our interview on the podcast about creating extraordinary routines - and is based on Madeleine's month-long experiment on morning routines to see how they could help her win the day.She experiments with famous morning routines - from working from bed, to 'eating a frog' - to see how they can improve her morning, and her entire day. Try them for yourself and let us know how you fare!You can also download the Morning Routine's Workbook where this experiment is shared in detail over at Extraordinary Routines.Enjoy!

Madeleine Dore is the writer, interviewer and routine explorer behind Extraordinary Routines, the brilliant interview project that investigates the intersection between creativity and imperfection - featuring the lives, challenges and triumphs of our favourite creatives.In this episode we explore:how our habits create our liveshow we can move through fear and blockswhy we should focus on our strengths rather than our weaknessand how routines can help us win the dayMadeleine herself is a creative force, growing Extraordinary Routines while also launching the event series Side Project Sessions for a “peer-pressured productivity session”. Madeleine has a wealth of knowledge about routines, habit setting, habit tracking and bullet journalling, and has written for ABC Life, Arts Hub, The Design Files, Kill Your Darlings and countless others.I hope this conversation provides some inspiration for translating your goals into a reality, embracing your imperfections and your humanness, and for moving through fear to create an extraordinary daily routine.

This week we welcome Madeleine Dore to discuss our open tabs. Madeleine is a freelance writer and founder of Extraordinary Routines, a project featuring interviews, life-experiments, and articles that explore the intersection between creativity and imperfection. (Long-time listeners will remember when we talked about Madeleine’s month-long experiment of having absolutely no social life) She’s written for BBC, 99u, Sunday Life, Kinfolk, and about a million more, and just recently she founded the free event series Side Project Sessions to help create a space for people to work on their passion projects. Remember! We are now an ENHANCED podcast. That's right - If you listen to our podcast in Overcast or Pocket Casts, or Castro, you can get super special images, links, and chapter breaks in your player while you listen. Featured links from our discussion - Want to get these in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for our text-only tinyletter at tinyletter.com/jackywinter Jeremy: Talking Design with Stephen Crafti Podcast Bianca: Quickstarter by Kickstarter / Lessons from being the worst freelancer / Side Project Sessions Madeleine: Introvert or Extrovert - Here’s how to boost your productivity / Madeleines Top Ten Email Newsletters / Swiss Miss Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down: Ask Polly If you like the show or these links or think we sound like nice people, please go and leave us a rating or review on iTunes. It helps other people find the show and boosts our downloads which in turn lets us know that what we're doing is worth doing more of! Jacky Winter Gives You The Business is produced by Areej Nur To subscribe, view show notes or previous episodes head on over to our podcast page at http://jackywinter.givesyouthe.biz/ Special thanks to Jacky Winter (the band, with much better shirts than us) for the music. Listen to them over at Soundcloud. Everything else Jacky Winter (us) can be found at http://www.jackywinter.com/

In this week’s podcast we watch ice-skaters and unreliable narrators in Craig Gillespie’s film I, Tonya (2:10). Then we investigate the cultural obsession with creative people’s daily routines (16:30). And finally, we watch the black-humoured YA romcom series, The End of the F***ing World (32:04).

This special edition was recorded live at Donkey Wheel House in Melbourne on Tuesday 15 August 2017, in front of a live audience of 50 women as part of the women in business week of the Victorian Small Business Festival. Based on my book ‘The Leap Stories’, this event featured a panel of women who had taken the leap in their careers to start their own businesses who were keen to share their experiences and insights. MCed by Tess McCabe, publisher & founder of Creative Minds Publishing and hosted by Kylie Lewis, founder, Of Kin on the panel were Emma Kate Codrington of Emma Kate Co., Kate Vandermeer of The Super Cool and Madeleine Dore of Extraordinary Routines. This episode is great for anyone considering starting their own business, side gig or would like to be a bit braver in their working life. We give an insiders guide on what you need to consider, how to get yourself organised and put together the building blocks for moving forward. This is the full recording of the whole evening, and you may like to jump ahead. Around the 8 minute mark is the introduction of our guest speakers. Around the 11 minute mark is the start of the panel discussion. And around the 65 minute mark is the start of the audience Q & A. I hope you enjoy this special episode, and if you’d like to purchase your own copy of The Leap Stories book, please visit ofkin.com/leap

In our inaugural episode, guest host Madeleine Dore of Extraordinary Routines chats to illustrator Gorkie (Sarah Nagorcka) and writer and activist Jax Jacki Brown about their creative practices, as well as the challenges of balancing their creative careers. Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer and founder of the interview project Extraordinary Routines. Her interviews, life-experiments, and articles regularly explore creativity, everyday life and the imperfection in between and have appeared in Sunday Life, 99u, Womankind, BBC, and more. Jax Jacki Brown is a disability and LGBTIQ rights activist, writer, public speaker and disability sexuality educator. Jax was named one of the 25 LGBTI people to watch in 2015, in 2016 she made the Lesbians On The Loose (LOTL) Power List as an Agent of Change and in 2017 was appointed to the Victorian Ministerial Council on Women's Equality. Through her work, Jax provides a powerful insight into the reasons why society needs to change, rather than people with disabilities. Sarah Nagorcka AKA Gorkie is a writer and cartoonist based in Melbourne. Recently shortlisted for the 2016 Overland NUW Fair Australia Prize, her illustrations appear regularly in Lateral Magazine and occasionally pop up on Reddit, where she receives criticism for drawing like a four year old.