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Conversations about Creativity
45. Is Ted Lasso a Good Coach?
Listen now (39 min) | Links: Apple/Spotify The biggest lie we’ve been told is that playing from a place of anger improves performance. Today’s episode is a conversation with Andrés Alvarez. Dre first came on the show way back in Episode 11 where we discussed meta-cognition, group think, poker, chess, and basketball…
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  • You’re a storyteller and want to learn more about creativity.

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59. I inhabit a character most when I can find their spirit of playfulness...
Listen now (35 min) | Not everything you do has to be perfect. Logan Floyd and I met at an improv class through The Squirrel Comedy Theater in New York City (@TheSquirrelNYC). Logan most recently performed the lead role of Velma Kelly in the national tour of Chicago: The Musical…
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  • You want to keep up with my writing and publishing (you can buy a copy of Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball: Memoir of a Namibian Odyssey here).

I also have a couple of one-offs:

  • Mental Health and Narrative Therapy

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61. Why do we think removing a sick person from a sick system fixes anything?
Listen now (66 min) | Through the lens of narrative therapy we’re looking at people being defined, and their identities being authored, within larger systems and communities. Travis Heath is an associate professor at University of Denver, specializing in narrative therapy. He earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado, his MA from Pe…
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  • The Omicron wave.

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Bonus: Where did Omicron come from and what should we do now?
Listen now | Omicron came from arithmetic. Cases of the Omicron variant are surging in New York City with 31,024 new cases reported Saturday and the daily average approaching 20,000…
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