Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan
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Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan
Episode 05: Kerry Larkin - Making space for a beautiful life
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Show Notes:
- Kerry’s quilt kickstarter (~3:00)
- Vipassanā mediation/retreats (~5:30)
- Sitting practice meditation (~12:55)
- We discuss morning routines and I’m a complete nerd for people’s routines - here are a few examples of morning routines from other thought-leaders (~14:40)
- Sam Harris morning guided meditation (~17:05)
- Julia Cameron The Artist’s Way (~22:00)
- Sam Harris guided meditation app (~23:00)
- Auburn University Rural Studio (~19:15)
- Director of Rural Studio and Kerry’s mentor: MacArthur Fellow Samuel Mockbee (~20:38)
- “You are the architect of your education” and other quotes
- Director of Rural Studio and Kerry’s mentor: MacArthur Fellow Samuel Mockbee (~20:38)
- Philadelphia Charter High School for Art and Design (~25:40)
- Big Yellow Arrow (no link, because, believe it or not, this was before Instagram ruled everything we do! Just imagine an 80-foot yellow arrow carried around and positioned across the country...brilliant!) (~27:16)
- Remaining permeable to new ideas - Debbie Millman and Ingrid Fetell Less discuss this on an excellent episode of Design Matters (~32:20)
- The idea of streamlining your life to free your mind to focus on your passions (~33:30)
- My Five-Cut Friday’s Playlists - see all of the playlists on my Spotify account (~45:50)
- Kerry’s Five-Cuts with the theme “Searching for Space"
- My Five-Cut Fridays for April 12, 2019 (the date of the release of this episode)
- A list of five books hand-picked by Kerry:
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön
- Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner
- You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin by Rachel Corbett
- His Dark Materials (Trilogy) by Philip Pullman
- Where to find Kerry online:
- Personal website (KerryLarkin.com)
- Comma Workshop (CommaWorkshop.com)
- Instagram (@commaworkshop)