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 4 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 271
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Why can't I worry less and enjoy the here and now more?
This issue is the scourge of our modern age. The way we zone out, live on autopilot or spend all our time lamenting either the future or the past, instead of what's unfolding right before our eyes. H…
00:14:38 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
Expert beginner
Hi. I'm a beginner. By that I mean curious, enthusiastic, a learner, playful. I don't have everything sussed out. Would you want to be any other way? The world seems to expect that though - flawless …
00:19:09 |
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Grief, death and dying
Hope you don't mind me nudging the podcast into edgier territory but here we go... Some reflections on my experiences of the great leveller, what it revealed to me about life, myself and others. We'l…
00:29:51 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Who's turned up to your inner parts party today?
At the beginning of most days I check-in with myself by wondering who's showing up inside - urges, desires, feelings sensations and mental preoccupations. We call these our parts, and getting to know…
00:21:06 |
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Is constant doing an addiction?
I could be way off here - drawing parallels between substance abuse, and that urge to perpetually do and make, that drives people like us. But maybe there's something to this. The fact is that excess…
00:08:37 |
Sat 19 Aug 2023
Follow the fun
One of my favourite improv principles, and one those of us with a tendency to pragmatism and practicality, would do well to remember. This one's all about gravitating towards that which makes life wo…
00:08:30 |
Thu 17 Aug 2023
Recipe for a deeply unfulfilling day
When you're neither in nor out on the day ahead, it's possible to kind of halfheartedly do all the things, instead of committing your attention to one thing deserving of it, or checking out altogethe…
00:13:15 |
Tue 08 Aug 2023
Please can we talk about the inner critic?
It could be a faceless voice, all cynical and nit-picky about everything that’s wrong. Maybe it’s a fully fleshed out character in your mind’s eye - a haughty, enthroned judge sat above everyone and …
00:13:37 |
Thu 03 Aug 2023
Cave Mondays
Some days, events, arbitrary points in time come with emotional baggage. For me it's Mondays, a heaviness, a melancholic sigh, and the dread of expectation. Which is totally at odds with reality. Thi…
00:14:04 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Knowing when to quit
When a DIY job begins to turn sour, Chris gets his 1000th lesson in knowing when to back away because he's hungry/angry/lonely/tired. This one's all about feeling into our tendency to get swept along…
00:14:58 |
Sat 29 Jul 2023
Relentlessness & 'experiential fatigue'
I've landed home after ALL the adventures during June and July. Yet fun and joy and can bleed into one long conveyor belt of stuff coming at you, much like the obligations and responsibilities of day…
00:13:39 |
Fri 28 Jul 2023
What the world needs more of
Love? Kindness? Hugs? Well they'd certainly help but I think there's a more pragmatic option too - human connection. What does that even mean though? And how do you get more of it when so much seems …
00:16:51 |
Tue 25 Jul 2023
Procrastination Vs your instincts
"When we fail to prioritise the things we should, it is often because the dominant instinct takes more than its fair share." - this quote from Cicci Lyckow Bäckman might just explain why we sometimes…
00:16:00 |
Mon 24 Jul 2023
Why can't I enjoy the here and now?
Here's a timeless struggle I hear in coaching - what gets in the way of just being content with the way things are instead of feeling tense and irritated by it (or how things COULD be different). Joi…
00:21:09 |
Sat 22 Jul 2023
Ever abandoned yourself?
We've all got behaviours, habits, characteristics about ourselves we'd like to change. How do you react when they show up? With regret, shame, anger? What if that's like abandoning yourself...
This i…
This i…
00:15:38 |
Fri 21 Jul 2023
When something's a LOT of effort so you avoid doing it
Ever avoid or distract yourself from complicated, seemingly huge jobs because there's too many unknowns? Here's what could be going on.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this wit…
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this wit…
00:15:36 |
Fri 21 Jul 2023
What to do when you don't know what to do and EVERYONE is watching
This morning I woke up with a start. To a memory of one of the scariest scenes I've ever played. And it wasn't even improv. Here are some reflections from the front line of terror.
This is a public e…
This is a public e…
00:11:01 |
Fri 30 Jun 2023
Ending gracefully (or not)
Do you wave longingly as guests depart, or shut the door and get on with life? Do you race from one thing without finishing the other?After a long weekend's improv retreat, I chew over our tricky emo…
00:19:19 |
Tue 27 Jun 2023
When a bad thing happens, what's the story you tell yourself?
In all of us, there's a part forever scanning for evidence to confirm all our worst fears. And when it finds evidence, a story begins to play. What's yours? Here's mine and how I'm trying a different…
00:16:21 |
Mon 26 Jun 2023
What if you don't need to learn anything? Only UNlearn what’s in the way.
A late night improv experience of being in a slug cult reminds me - that the big themes we wrestle with as humans; like confidence, creativity, resilience, honesty isn't stuff we can learn or be taug…
00:16:25 |
Mon 26 Jun 2023
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