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Hey, Cool Life!

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Health & Fitness
Mental Health
A minipod of Hey, Cool Job! with a focus on mental health and creativity by New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi.
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Episodes

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 44; 2/18/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity. Episode 44 is about how to have faith in the process to minimize indecision. And reframing failure as a construct.

Feb 18, 2019•19 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 43; 2/17/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 43 is how the same material that fuels your imagination, ingenuity and intelligence also fuels your addiction. And that the shame around your “Thing” goes away if you talk about it.

Feb 17, 2019•14 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 42; 2/15/19

Hey, Cool Life! is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 42 is about managing big news days, the only things you can control when life gets large and what won’t move the needle on success but what can alter your perception of it.

Feb 15, 2019•8 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 41; 2/14/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod on mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 41 is about love and the addict’s brain. Non-transactive love, the love of strangers and how giving love may help you feel it more than receiving it.

Feb 14, 2019•15 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 40; 2/13/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 40 is about living in the past as it relates to large, time-consuming work and the anxiety of living in the future when you must market or publicize it. And forgiving yourself for being imperfect and thereby making imperfect art.

Feb 13, 2019•14 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 39; 2/11/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 38 is about recovery and evolving friendships, how creating new work can be the only way you learn to appreciate old work and hope.

Feb 11, 2019•17 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 38; 2/10/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 38 is about trying to find gentleness at the beginning of your career, how getting better and getting big can be at cross purposes and the importance of knowing why you’re making art in the first place.

Feb 11, 2019•17 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 37; 2/8/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 37 is about body dysmorphia and how to cope when it’s intolerable to be inside your body.

Feb 08, 2019•9 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 36; 2/7/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 36 is about how emotionally expensive your recovery can be for your loved ones and how that isn’t a value judgment on your pursuit.

Feb 07, 2019•13 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 35; 2/6/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 35 is about how and why taking dream-adjacent jobs can be soul crushing.

Feb 06, 2019•12 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 34; 2/5/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 34 is about how goal-oriented creativity can hogtie experimentation and make you risk-averse in your work.

Feb 06, 2019•11 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 33; 2/4/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 33 is about explicitly granting yourself permission to never be Instagram famous and behaving accordingly.

Feb 05, 2019•13 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 32; 2/3/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity. Episode 32 is about not focusing on “sunk costs” in new work, the discomfort of experimenting in unfamiliar media and the magic of reading aloud.

Feb 03, 2019•14 min

Hey, Cool Life Episode 31; 2/1/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity recorded by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 31 is about identifying your addiction.

Feb 01, 2019•16 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 30; 1/31/19

Hey, Cool Life! is a #micropod about mental health and creativity recorded by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 30 is about what to do in anxiety-inducting situations.

Jan 31, 2019•19 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 28; 1/29/19.

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity. Episode 28 is about intuition and how it feels and sounds nothing like I thought it would.

Jan 29, 2019•10 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 26; 1/27/19

Hey, Cool Life! is a #micropod about mental health and creativity recorded by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 26 is about daily practices, patience and being your own audience.

Jan 27, 2019•15 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 25; 1/26/19

Hey, Cool Life! is a #micropod about mental health and creativity. Episode 25 is about resentments and the crucial data you collect when you stand up for yourself.

Jan 26, 2019•10 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 24; 1/25/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity recorded by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 24 is about the freedom of longhand drafting for books and scripts. And the joy of muting your friends on social and texting them instead.

Jan 25, 2019•18 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 23; 1/24/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod recorded by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 23 is about self-harming to self-soothe, mindfulness around physical pain and suspending negative thought in the moment.

Jan 24, 2019•18 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 22; 1/23/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity recorded by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 22 is about the gentlest, most effective way of getting out of your head. Also, friendship.

Jan 23, 2019•14 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 21; 1/22/19

Hey, Cool Life! is a #micropod about mental health and creativity. Episode 21 is about taking input days to nourish output days, “feed brain” and taking time to appreciate the work of friends.

Jan 22, 2019•16 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 20; 1/21/19.

Hey, Cool Life! is a #micropod about mental health and creativity. Episode 20 is about becoming a reclusive creative and the imposter syndrome around it. And how not responding to emails is a small, uncomfortable act of defiance.

Jan 21, 2019•14 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 19; 1/20/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity recorded by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 19 is about how false deadlines can stymie the waviness of first drafts.

Jan 20, 2019•12 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 18; 1/19/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity recorded by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 18 is about scheduling weekends so you don’t get sad, another reminder not to be late for leisure, and social anxiety around plans.

Jan 19, 2019•13 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 17; 1/18/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity recorded by Mary H.K. Choi. This one is about mono-tasking.

Jan 18, 2019•11 min
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