Beyond the basement
Beyond the Basement podcast is the playground of Chris Kenworthy - an improviser, facilitator and coach, who’s exploring a broader range of what it is to be human.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 270
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Unlocking happiness summit 2024
Later today I'll be exploring how to unlock more connection and play in your life, with my friend Anya Pearse. Anya is hosting the 2024 Unlocking Happiness Summit. I'll share our conversation on soci…
00:18:06 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Feel the fear and do it anyway = BS
There's a part of you that's utterly terrified to experience certain feelings, and it'll do anything to prevent that. Yet those very same feelings are often what stand between us and what we really n…
00:11:45 |
Sat 16 Mar 2024
Expression isn't indulgent, it's a necessity
There's a particular kind of bliss in sharing what it's like being you, regardless of how that's met. When you write, talk or otherwise create, you're meeting a fundamental human need to be seen/hear…
00:17:42 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
3 levels of listening
Tonight at the Leeds improv Co-Lab, we'll be playing a listening game to reveal more depth in conversation, and get closer to our fellow humans. In this episode I'll explore an Authentic Relating gam…
00:23:31 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Get out the way of the universe
Gosh it's TOUGH bringing an idea to life, isn't it? Especially when you really care about the things you want to create. This could be a career, relationship, business, or (if you're me) a workshop. …
00:21:35 |
Mon 11 Mar 2024
Trance, breathwork and trusting your body
I had a delightful evening huffing and puffing myself into euphoria at a breathwork session, during a recent retreat. Join me on my morning-after walk through a rural valley, reflecting on what it's …
00:19:52 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
Spooky WW2 bunker
There's something about old, abandoned relics of recent history that hits me in the guy every time. They're so evocative to me, alive with the past presence of humans. Join me as I unashamedly geek o…
00:16:25 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
Reveal your experience, even when it's angry and big
What happens if you DARE to tell the truth about what it's like being you. I've just been on another retreat and I took a risk, when I had a BIG reaction to something that happened there. In this epi…
00:20:24 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
Curiosity: the antidote to fear
Chris stops driving for a wee, where he meets a man with a camera in a layby. This leads to a chance encounter and a rare experience in nature.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss …
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss …
00:11:19 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
You're allowed to enjoy this: lessons I'm doomed to learn over and over again
There's a possibility that the thing you're nervous about doing, could actually go well! Yes, I know. You're allowed to have fun. Despite expecting and preparing for the worst to happen.
This is a pu…
This is a pu…
00:12:10 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
How you walk says everything about who you are
I take a secret phone break from the weekend courses I'm on, all about embodiment. This is the art of how we physically express and relate to the world through our posture, state and physiology - wha…
00:13:09 |
Sun 25 Feb 2024
Determined to defend
I’ve a theory that as we near possibility of those things we want most (at an innermost, spiritual level), we meet and expose layer after layer of defence. Defences unwittingly created in youth to av…
00:25:46 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
3 games to play in nature
When it comes to finding calm and contentment, all the evidence points to how much we pay attention to nature while we're in it. If you know it's good for you, but find your mind races while you take…
00:17:06 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Irreverent & defended
Chris gets ambushed by an inconvenient old friend in front of everyone. This prompts a short reflection on how we relate to the myriad parts of ourselves that we'd prefer weren't there, yet live insi…
00:10:38 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Absolutely perfect
Join Chris on a park bench as we dive into the big P: perfectionism. What it is and how it shows up - as the urge to fix, correct, improve and make better or right.
This is a public episode. If you w…
This is a public episode. If you w…
00:28:10 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
What is love?
'Love yourself' is terrible, ambiguous advice. Same with 'self-love', implying all you need is a bubble bath to heal yourself. To help, I'm sharing three, possibly more helpful, definitions of what l…
00:16:10 |
Thu 15 Feb 2024
What if grief's an everyday thing?
Every time something doesn't work out the way we expected, that's a form of grief, I reckon. Some reflections on navigating the tricky stuff, crouched beneath a mighty oak.
This is a public episode. …
This is a public episode. …
00:21:25 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
F*** goals | choose hope
Today's rant is about toxic goal-setting. Why would anyone set themselves up for failure? I also suggest a healthier, more gentle way to express and get what you want from the year ahead.
This is a p…
This is a p…
00:12:21 |
Sat 10 Feb 2024
Threats, safety and fun
Stood on a hillside, the dog has my back. We're watching out for each other. But all that watching out can get in the way of experiencing what's really going on in the moment. Where there's fun to be…
00:17:50 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
How often do you hold eye contact?
Staring into the eyes of another human is INTENSE. Animals only do it for two reasons, and they both begin with F. So it's no wonder we rarely hold gaze into the eyes of our fellow humans for very lo…
00:18:11 |
Wed 07 Feb 2024
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