Humanly Paula Kusinska

Hello Creators,

This month marks 3rd anniversary of my very first episode so I'd love to celebrate with you and share a few tips on how to start any passion project.

What did I learn after 3 years of podcasting?
It’s not only about where the new skill takes you but rather what adventure it takes you on. What are you learning along the way about the process of creation.
Constraints let you focus on the art of doing instead of worrying about the embellishment. Start simple, don’t fall into gear choice paralysis.
Don’t kill the project before it turns into something tangible. Commit to it without time pressures and let it unfold naturally. It might take you to interesting places even if you don’t arrive at the destination you had in mind.
Improv your way into solocasts. Outline is there to ground you into the topic but don’t let it overpower your message. Trust you are always prepared. 
Finally, Remember - sometimes the reason why you even started was to learn something about yourself. And maybe it wasn’t all about podcasting after all.
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Hi creators,
 
As a polyglot, I have a fond relationship with language. It's alive, it evolves, it reflects culture.

Over the years, with each new language I mastered, I experienced different facets of me emerge. At times expanding, other days contracting depending on the linguistic container.

Above all, learning a foreign language allows you to live life more than once having access to a wider pool of meaning and non-obvious points of view.

In my newest podcast episode, I'll take you on a journey where I share how I experienced self-expression through various languages (Polish, English, French, Turkish, Japanese) and how the linguistic component truly reflects the cultural pool of meaning.

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Hello creators,

Tune into the newest episode of Humanly, where I talk with Rubi Nicholas, a comedian crowned TV's Funniest Mom in America on Nick@Nite, who shares her life-inspired punchlines and above all, how comedy fuels her joy of life. 
You’ll also learn more about:
how life synchronicities brought her to comedyhow your personal growth and cultural upbringing can feed your arthow to nurture your WHY for pursuing artIf you want to see more of my writing, sign up for my newsletter: https://humanlystories.substack.com/

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Hello Creators, 

Instead of balance sheets of wins &losses, I'd love to share my favorite books that shaped me this year. I love old-school pen and paper and the parallel reality we create when immersing ourselves in a good book so welcome to my world!

The right book always finds its way to the right owner.  It usually echoes our own inner explorations and rabbit holes we chase. I hope to give you a nudge you need to follow your own curiosities.

Here's the list of books that I talk about:
Dr Richard Shwarz No bad parts
Stephanie Foo What my bones know 
Gabor Mate The myth of normal 
Morgan Housel Psychology of money 
Jason Feifer Build for tomorrow 
Bonnie Gramus Lessons in chemistry 
Amy Tan The joyluck club 
Sayaka Murata Convenience store woman
Sadia Shepard The girl from foreign


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Hello Creators, 

Join me in my newest episode where I discuss ways to tap into your authentic self. I'll share my experience of joining improv theatre and aerial arts and how it shaped my perspective on realigning my inner world with external projections.

Embodied self-expression teaches you not to overthink it. It also gives you perspective on progress - success and failure are two sides of the same coin.
If you feel blocked, embodied creativity can get you into a sense of flow, and create a connection with yourself. It gives you clarity on where you want to go.
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Hello Creators,

Don't let emotions get to your head. Be rational. 

Ever since we learn to walk, we absorb the narrative that emotions are something you need to DEAL WITH. Preferably alone as it might be contagious.

There are bad emotions you keep to yourself. And good emotions that are encouraged to be shared. We tend to forget that they are mere transient waves that give you early signaling before your mind makes the connection. 

We developed a society with the most sophisticated levels of communication but yet we're as lonely as we can get. We fetishize the mind and its capabilities yet discard the most nuanced intelligence force at our disposal - emotional signaling.

Our feelings are not stories about ourselves we need to believe in. They are indicators of needs. The moment we start tuning into our emotions, we start taking notice and understanding what we need at the moment. Maybe your boundaries have been crossed or you don't feel safe with certain crowds or your unhealed trauma rears its head begging for attention.

Your emotions are data points to understand your desires. Having them under your belt allows you to do the radical trimming of anything that isn't aligned with your inner compass. 

Repressing your feelings is taking away your most powerful toolkit to see into yourself. Quite simply, denying your emotions is denying yourself.

Join me and Kim, a holistic licensed psychotherapist specializing in somatic and mindfulness-based modalities and trauma healing, in a conversation where we dive deep into the emotional landscape.

In this episode you'll learn:
How do we hold our feelings without self-identifying?How to understand when your body signals to you when your boundary is crossed.How can we nurture emotional responsibility on a daily basis?

Connect with Kim Stevens on Instagram: @KimChristineTherapy or her personal website: www.KimStevensTherapy.com
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