Hey, Cool Life!

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 74

Phone calls chapter 2! Why we have to have them. Why you can’t fail at them. And how to get out of the obsession that the other person is judging you.

Apr 05, 2019•13 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 73

Phone calls! Chapter 1: How to endure the performance anxiety and the dread of that pop quiz feeling. And what to do!

Apr 04, 2019•12 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 72

Are you waiting for permission to do something? Is your answer no but your actions and beliefs say otherwise?

Apr 03, 2019•17 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 71

What if there’s no getting “better” at anything? Will you be free or will you bug out?

Apr 02, 2019•10 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 70

Warmer, warmer, colder, colder. A tiny, extremely useful exercise to locate your intuition in all situations.

Apr 01, 2019•15 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 69

More on deadlines. And how there isn’t one when it comes to wellness. Even if you’re impatient and it feels like your calendar/press/everyone else says, “optimize now or die.”

Mar 30, 2019•11 min

How calendar alerts don’t work for me except to cause panic about impending deadlines. But how blocking out appointments to do the work in my calendar makes me feel safe. More SUPER obvious stuff that I am just finding out. And how recovery is eye opening in new collaborations when you’ve never been able to hold down a job before.

Mar 29, 2019•12 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 67.

More on money. Pay freelancers $200 every time you “pick their brain.” It inspires everyone to prepare for the meeting in an appropriate way and invites clarity and zero resentment around expectations and value. Plus, this is business! Pay your friends if they have to wear business hats.

Mar 27, 2019•12 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 66; 3/25/19

Hey, Cool Life! is a #minipod about mental health and creativity from author Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 66 is about emerging from addiction and realizing you’ve been living in administrative squalor your whole career as it relates to scheduling, invoicing and where a random retirement fund is living. And forgiving yourself while being patient as you learn stuff other humans know.

Mar 26, 2019•14 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 65

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micopod about mental health and creativity by New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 65 is about why anyone in their right mind would be sober if they’re not an alcoholic.

Mar 23, 2019•17 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 64

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #minipod about mental health and creativity. Episode 64 is about how to be sober when New York is New Yorking all over you in the best, most exciting and slightly terrifying way.

Mar 22, 2019•16 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 63

Hey, Cool Life! Is a minipod from New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 63 is about how to remove the value judgment in people not liking you.

Mar 21, 2019•13 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 62

Hey, Cool Life! Is a minipod by New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 62 is how friendships change when you get sober and become mindful. And how rehearsing “concern troll” speeches about friends’ character flaws may be a sign for everyone to move on.

Mar 20, 2019•14 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 61; 3/18/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 61 is about time. And how unilateral decisions about how long you think things take and how long they actually take merits investigation because lol.

Mar 18, 2019•12 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 60; 3/16/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 60 is about the anxiety cycle of knowing that you don’t know and attempting to ignore it. And a note on emotional black holes and energy vampires.

Mar 16, 2019•12 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 59; 3/15/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a micropod about mental health and creativity by New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 59 is about the mental toll and physical expense of people pleasing.

Mar 15, 2019•13 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 58; 3/12/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by author Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 58 is about surrender around your appearance as a person with food addiction and body dysmorphia.

Mar 12, 2019•12 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 57; 3/9/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by author Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 57 is about how worrying can ramp up when it’s time to rest. And how anxiety can roll over from the day before and that it’s uncomfortable but okay.

Mar 09, 2019•13 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 56; 3/6/19

Hey, Cool Life! is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by author Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 56 is about how not to take rejection personally.

Mar 06, 2019•15 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 55; 3/5/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity. Episode 55 is about what to do on the days you wake up gaslighting yourself into believing that you’re healed/recovered/normal/all better. And the underlying control issues and what they may mean.

Mar 05, 2019•14 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 54; 3/4/19

Hey, Cool Life! is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by author Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 54 is the depression and self-judgement that accompanies a day where you don’t make something.

Mar 04, 2019•8 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 53; 3/1/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 53 is about how punitive we can be to ourselves for our anxiety and depression and how subconsciously searching for culprits to our moods and feelings can be exhausting in end of itself.

Mar 01, 2019•13 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 52; 2/27/19.

Hey, Cool Life is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 52 is about medication, depression, anxiety and intervention. And how mindfulness and gentleness cannot disrupt the really heavy shit when you need outside help.

Feb 27, 2019•12 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 51; 2/26/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 51 is about the wellness industrial complex and the zeitgeisting of mental health awareness. And how paying for something doesn’t get you out of doing ANY of the work. Plus, how no amount of money will get you ready to hear what you need to hear when you need to hear it.

Feb 26, 2019•14 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 50; 2/25/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 50 is about how meditation strengthens the muscle that resists fuckshit and addictive distractions. And what familiar but nebulous phenomena like “focus” or “intuition” actually feel like.

Feb 25, 2019•17 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 49; 2/24/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 49 is about sobriety in recovery for other addictions. And the simplest way to decide whether or not a work opportunity is right for you.

Feb 25, 2019•11 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 48; 2/23/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 48 is about how gentleness and surrender around large projects improve overall perspective and quality. And how inviting mindfulness of “fake mini deadlines” within projects can be kinder to your body and mind.

Feb 23, 2019•15 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 47; 2/21/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 47 is about self-perception, Karl Lagerfeld and **trigger warning for eating disorders: the most visceral way to know whether or not you may have an ED.

Feb 21, 2019•14 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 46; 2/20/19

Hey, Cool Life is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 46 is about the futility of rehearsing confrontation and the delusions that compel you rage-quit jobs and people without true closure.

Feb 20, 2019•17 min

Hey, Cool Life! Episode 45; 2/19/19

Hey, Cool Life! Is a #micropod about mental health and creativity by Mary H.K. Choi. Episode 45 is about acknowledging mistakes as you collect data about yourself. And how repeated mistakes is data unto itself. Especially regarding addiction. Plus, an invitation to use something special that you’re saving for future you as a kindness to now you.

Feb 19, 2019•10 min

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