This week host KJ Bell discusses the importance of imagining. He discusses how we are often talked out of using our imaginations at an early age, and how tweaking our own lives with daydreams can expand our creativity.
This week host KJ Bell tackles production. Listen as he recounts his discovery of Sturgeon's Law, makes the case for focusing on quantity before quality, and gives some tips for continuing to produce while stuck.
Listen in this week as host KJ Bell talks about the different kinds of silence and how each of them affects creativity.
In this week's episode host KJ Bell presents the yin and yang of seriousness. Listen as he discusses why we need to not take things so seriously, then why we should take things seriously.
In this episode host KJ Bell talks about help. He hates asking for help, and knows you probably do to. Listen to his arguments for why it's not as bad as either of you think it is.
KJ Bell sort of explains why there have been no recent episodes of An Other Way. He promises to be back next Tuesday with one of the episodes he's been working on during the stressful process of moving far away from everything he's ever known (did we mention he can be dramatic?).
In this week's episode, KJ Bell talks about beauty. Listen as he talks about looking for it everywhere, how creatives should not be locked into one definition of beauty, and how our perspectives on it can shift.
In this week's episode host KJ Bell talks about environment. Listen as he explains the two components to our creative landscape - the physical spaces we create in and the other people that we are surrounded by in that space. Check out the YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/2r0djqJ
In this week's episode, KJ Bell talks about travel; how it can expand one's perspectives, and therefore expand creativity. Doing so doesn't require jumping on a plane.
This week host KJ Bell talks about the conflict that can occur between our hearts and our heads.
This week a physically tired KJ Bell talks about the ways that our practices can tire us out. Listen as he discusses how to combat physical, mental, and emotional fatigue. Brace yourself for a lightbulb moment near the end.
In today's episode host KJ Bell talks about apology. Prompted by his late posting of the episode and the realization that he couldn't do what he had planned, KJ talks about how many of us feel a need to apologize for who we are. Listen as he talks about getting past the stronger parts of us that deny this and getting in touch with those quieter voices that need some attention too. And be sure to check out the new YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb-SWdN1_7vDOO9kSBNWAiA
This week we talk about fear. Listen to host KJ Bell as he talks about his relationship with fear, guides listeners through two exercises from his workshops, and talks about the writing that completely changed his relationship with fear. Also check out the new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb-SWdN1_7vDOO9kSBNWAiA
In this week's episode host KJ Bell talks about parenting the self. Listen as he discusses the idea of the inner artist child and how to deal with them. Also, check out the new video companion to the podcast on YouTube. Check out a new episode every Monday at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb-SWdN1_7vDOO9kSBNWAiA
In this week's episode, KJ Bell talks about inspiration. Listen to his ways to find it, the importance of balancing it with aspiration, and dealing with some of the cultural bias around the very idea of inspiration.