Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley

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Being a Better Person Online: Keeping Relationships Strong in the Age of Texting EP: 547 Oct 04, 2021

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All our connectivity makes a lot of things easier, but there are some things where you don’t really want to take the easy route: for example, fostering day to day closeness to people you love. Survey That Found that Americans Spend 59 Hours a Week on the Internet

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DAY FIVE of the First-Ever Give a Shit Challenge: Commit to Something EP: 546 Oct 01, 2021

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Well, you commit to something. Something that helps keep a very manageable amount of your energy directed toward making a difference. I'll also share how I came to be secretary of the PTO--and why I'm so glad I did, despite the meetings.

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DAY FOUR of the First-Ever Give a Shit Challenge: Get Out Your Wallet EP: 545 Sep 30, 2021

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In what I think might end up being the shortest How to Be a Better Person podcast episode ever, your tiny assignment today is just ridiculously simple. But hearing why it matters so very much will help inspire you to do it.

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DAY THREE of the First-Ever Give a Shit Challenge: Elevate the Need EP: 544 Sep 29, 2021

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You may not have 50,000 followers on Instagram or a million followers on tiktok, but you still have influence. Today’s piece of the challenge is to take the information you gathered on who is already doing the work on the thing you want to help address, and use your influence to help spread the word about their work and their needs.

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DAY TWO of the First-Ever Give a Shit Challenge: Find Someone Who’s Doing the Work EP: 543 Sep 28, 2021

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Here’s a crucial thing to keep in mind when it comes to making a difference on issues big and small, global and local: You don’t need to be the savior rushing in a white horse. In fact, you'd likely only make things worse. Instead, your task today is to find someone who's already working on the thing you care about, so you can add your support to the cause.

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DAY ONE of the First Ever Give a Shit Challenge EP: 542 Sep 27, 2021

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This week on the podcast I’m doing something a little bit different. Because I’ve gotten such a great response to my free I Give a Shit sticker (it's a nice antidote to the I give zero effs thing that’s been floating around) and because there are just so many things happening in the world that, if you are a person who gives a shit, can really weigh on you, this week we're going to relieve some of that angst by doing something about the stuff that’s weighing heavy on our hearts.

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Ask Yourself This Question to Figure Out What Your Anger Is Trying to Tell You EP: 541 Sep 24, 2021

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Your emotions aren’t here to torture you; they’re messengers, giving you information about what you value, need, and want. Here's one question to ask yourself to figure out what information your anger is trying to convey. (Then it won’t have to try so hard to get your attention.)

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What’s Your Anger Story? EP: 540 Sep 23, 2021

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Each of us has a set of beliefs about anger that we’ve been carrying around since we were little. By taking a little time to think about what those beliefs are, you can get a little more objectivity and perspective on this emotion that so often prevents you from thinking clearly.

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Breaking the Cycle of Anger, an Interview with Andrea J. Lee EP: 539 Sep 22, 2021

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I wanted to talk to someone who could help us think about anger in new ways and potentially interrupt any of our habitual patterns around it so that we’ve got some space to learn some new skills for dealing with it. The person I’m talking to today is Andrea J. Lee. Andrea is the author of the blog "We Can Stop Being Abusive" on Substack, the controversial article "I Verbally Abused my Husband: Here's How I Stopped," published in the Washington Post and the book We Need to Talk for small business owners.

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Reasons Why You Might Feel Angry All the Time EP: 538 Sep 21, 2021

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There’s nothing wrong with anger management strategies, which are fine but, to use a healthcare analogy, learning how to manage anger is trying to mitigate symptoms, instead of treating the root cause. Let’s look at some of the many, many things that can give rise to anger so that you can see what root causes that you might be able to address.

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