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PLAY LIST
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THE JOY OF LIVING CREATIVELY
SERIES ONE
OBSTACLES TO CREATING
This series airs October and November of 2007, with new shows appearing every Tuesday.
Show 1: Doubting Process
In the first episode of the “creative obstacles” series, we learn what happens when you don’t allow yourself to take the bad with the good.
Show 2: Fearing Difficulty
In the second episode of the “creative obstacles” series, we explore how creating is primarily about courage.
Show 3: On Being Too Nice
In the third episode of the “creative obstacles” series, we look at the idea that self-censorship and “being too nice” present serious obstacles to creativity.
Show 4: Chasing Ghosts
In the fourth episode of the “creative obstacles” series, we explore the idea that searching for models in the past prevents creativity from flowering in the present.
Show 5: Responding Defensively
In the fifth episode of the “creative obstacles” series, we look at how our psychological defenses can get in the way of authentic creating.
Show 6: Minding Your Emotions
In the sixth episode of the “creative obstacles” series, we examine the idea that there is a difference between having emotions and being a slave to your emotions.
Show 7: Feeling Individual
In the seventh episode of the “creative obstacles” series, we look at the idea that a creative person’s sense of individuality is a special sort of challenge.
Show 8: Projects Morphing
In the eighth episode of the “creative obstacles” series, we examine the idea that the anxiety produced in us when our creative projects shift and change shape can cause us to flee the encounter.
Show 9: Blaming Others
In the ninth episode of the “creative obstacles” series, we look at the idea of how easy it is to blame others for our lack of creative output—and why we don’t want to do that.
SERIES 2
HONORING YOUR CREATIVE SPACE
This series airs December of 2007 and January of 2008, with new shows appearing every Tuesday.
Show 10: Your New Impeccability
In the first episode of the “honoring your creative space” series, we learn why you have to rebuild your personality in order to make space for creating.
Show 11: Picking Your Space
In the second episode of the “honoring your creative space” series, we examine the art of picking the right physical space in which to create.
Show 12: Protecting Your Space
In the third episode of the “honoring your creative space” series, we look what it takes to protect your creative space from visitors, emails, and other distractions.
Show 13: Honoring Your Space
In the fourth episode of the “honoring your creative space” series, we look at the notion that it matters what you do in your creative space and that some activities are more honorable than others.
Show 14: Adding Spaces
In the fifth episode of the “honoring your creative space” series, we examine what other creative spaces you want to nurture, in addition to your primary one.
Show 15: Like Taking Your Medicine
In the sixth episode of the “honoring your creative space” series, we look at the idea of returning to your creative work periodically during the day.
Show 16: The Space-Time Continuum
In the seventh episode of the “honoring your creative space” series, we examine why you want to slow down time so that you can create more deeply.
Show 17: At Home, Choosing
In the eighth episode of the “honoring your creative space” series, we look at how active choosing helps you make the most of your creative time.
Show 18: Your Mind on Brownies
In the ninth and last episode of the “honoring your creative space” series, we look at the abundant joys that arise when you actually honor your creative space.
YOUR PURPOSE-CENTERED LIFE
SERIES ONE
ART OF MAKING MEANING
This series airs October and November of 2007, with new shows appearing every Tuesday.
Show 1: Getting Started
In the first episode of the “art of making meaning” series, we explore the good things that happen when you begin to make meaning.
Show 2: The Terrain of Meaning
In the second episode of the “art of making meaning” series, we learn why making meaning is not a cultural imperative.
Show 3: Crafting Your Life Purpose Statement
In the third episode of the “art of making meaning” series, we look at the first step in making meaning, identifying your most cherished principles.
Show 4: Creating Personal Meaning
In the fourth episode of the “art of making meaning” series, we look at the idea that each individual is the sole and complete arbiter of meaning.
Show 5: The Subjectivity of Meaning
In the fifth episode of the “art of making meaning” series, we look at why meaning is always subjective and never objective, and what that implies for personal meaning-making.
Show 6: Internal Obstacles I
In the sixth episode of the “art of making meaning” series, we examine the internal obstacles to donning the mantle of meaning-maker.
Show 7: Internal Obstacles II
In the seventh episode of the “art of making meaning” series, we continue our examination of the internal obstacles to donning the mantle of meaning-maker.
Show 8: Advice for Believers
In the eighth episode of the “art of making meaning” series, we take a look at why believers, if they are to be faithful, must also be meaning-makers.
Show 9: Existential Magic
In the ninth and last episode of the “art of making meaning” series, we look at how exciting and useful personal meaning-making can be.
SERIES TWO
HOW PURPOSE HEALS DEPRESSION
This series airs December of 2007 and January of 2008, with new shows appearing every Tuesday.
Show 10: Purpose and Depression
In the first episode of the “how purpose heals depression” series, we look at the fundamental relationship between making meaning and eliminating depression.
Show 11: Prevailing Theory
In the second episode of the “how purpose heals depression” series, we look at how depression is labeled a biological, social, or psychological thing—but rarely an existential one.
Show 12: One Meaning Casualty
In the third episode of the “how purpose heals depression” series, we look at what happens when life loses its meaning and a meaning crisis is precipitated.
Show 13: Forcing Life to Mean
In the fourth episode of the “how purpose heals depression” series, we examine the idea that depression lifts when we “force life to mean.”
Show 14: The Pain of Not Mattering
In the fifth episode of the “how purpose heals depression” series, we look at why the feeling that our efforts do not matter causes us to lose our sense of purpose.
Show 15: Opting to Matter
In the sixth episode of the “how purpose heals depression” series, we examine the idea that mattering is an available option—and one that helps eliminate depression.
Show 16: Purpose and Action
In the seventh episode of the ‘how purpose heals depression” series, we look at the idea that purpose, for it to be real, must be expressed in concrete actions—actions that then help heal depression.
Show 17: Feeling Successful
In the eighth episode of the “how purpose heals depression” series, we examine the idea that purpose wanes if we do not experience success—or at least the feeling of success.
Show 18: Healing Depression
In the ninth episode of the “how purpose heals depression” series, we look at the idea that, if your depression is a result of meaning crises and a lack of purpose, it can be healed when you opt to matter and make new meaning.
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