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You Can't Do It Alone: Are you feeling disconnected? Listen to this.

September 24, 2023 Holly Shaw Episode 98
You Can't Do It Alone: Are you feeling disconnected? Listen to this.
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Performers & Creators Lab
You Can't Do It Alone: Are you feeling disconnected? Listen to this.
Sep 24, 2023 Episode 98
Holly Shaw

In this episode Holly tackles the issue of loneliness and healing the wounds of community, betrayal and how to find your true people.

We cover a ton in this episode:

  • Shocking effects of loneliness and why you shouldn't ignore it
  • The Outlaw Archetype: what is it and why you may gravitate towards it
  • Reasons why you may have become disconnected in the first place
  • Holly shares her own personal story about community and betrayal
  • Four components of community-what is it really?
  • How you may be blocking yourself from connection with others

BONUS - At the end of this episode Holly leads you through the Community Deep Dive exercise from her book, Making Art In the Middle of Madness.

  • Four Questions you can ask yourself to identify:
    • The communties where you already belong
    • How you actually show up there
    • Where you should invest in more
    • People you may need to walk away from


About Holly Shaw
Before becoming a comedian, Holly Shaw spent a lifetime on stage, T.V. and film as an actor, professional dancer and later as a speaker, coach and hypnotherapist. She's authored two books: the Amazon bestseller, The Creative Formula, as well as  Making Art In the Middle of Madness and she was a regular teacher at SAG/AFTRA's conservatories in San Francisco as well as Los Angeles. Her podcast, Performers & Creators Lab, was named One of the Most Outstanding Podcasts of 2019 by Databird Research. Through all of her offerings she has helped thousands of performing artists, some of them Emmy Award winning and Grammy nominated, overcome stage fright, impostor syndrome, and creative blocks so that they can create the work they were born to make and become undeniably magnetic performers.  To learn more, please visit www.performersandcreatorslab.com

Composer
Dan Cantrell is an Emmy award winning composer and multi-instrumentalist known for his innovative film scoring approach, and his virtuosic abilities on the accordion, piano and musical saw. “Hauntingly beautiful…quirky and energetic” says the San Francisco Bay Guardian.  His extensive scoring catalogue spans a wide range of emotion and style. Dan’s compositions for film and television have earned him numerous awards including an Emmy Award for KQED’s Home-Front,a Golden Gate award for the soundtrack to the documentary Divided Loyalties, and an Annie nomination for his work on three seasons of Cartoon Network’s the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. Visit bellowhead.com

Other Helpful Resources/Loneliness
Why Community Matters So Much and How to Find Yours (Vox)
Loneliness and Social Isolation Linked to Serious Health Conditions (CDC)
Where Did All My Friends Go? A Simple Guide to Finding Your People (Mel Robbins)

Show Notes

In this episode Holly tackles the issue of loneliness and healing the wounds of community, betrayal and how to find your true people.

We cover a ton in this episode:

  • Shocking effects of loneliness and why you shouldn't ignore it
  • The Outlaw Archetype: what is it and why you may gravitate towards it
  • Reasons why you may have become disconnected in the first place
  • Holly shares her own personal story about community and betrayal
  • Four components of community-what is it really?
  • How you may be blocking yourself from connection with others

BONUS - At the end of this episode Holly leads you through the Community Deep Dive exercise from her book, Making Art In the Middle of Madness.

  • Four Questions you can ask yourself to identify:
    • The communties where you already belong
    • How you actually show up there
    • Where you should invest in more
    • People you may need to walk away from


About Holly Shaw
Before becoming a comedian, Holly Shaw spent a lifetime on stage, T.V. and film as an actor, professional dancer and later as a speaker, coach and hypnotherapist. She's authored two books: the Amazon bestseller, The Creative Formula, as well as  Making Art In the Middle of Madness and she was a regular teacher at SAG/AFTRA's conservatories in San Francisco as well as Los Angeles. Her podcast, Performers & Creators Lab, was named One of the Most Outstanding Podcasts of 2019 by Databird Research. Through all of her offerings she has helped thousands of performing artists, some of them Emmy Award winning and Grammy nominated, overcome stage fright, impostor syndrome, and creative blocks so that they can create the work they were born to make and become undeniably magnetic performers.  To learn more, please visit www.performersandcreatorslab.com

Composer
Dan Cantrell is an Emmy award winning composer and multi-instrumentalist known for his innovative film scoring approach, and his virtuosic abilities on the accordion, piano and musical saw. “Hauntingly beautiful…quirky and energetic” says the San Francisco Bay Guardian.  His extensive scoring catalogue spans a wide range of emotion and style. Dan’s compositions for film and television have earned him numerous awards including an Emmy Award for KQED’s Home-Front,a Golden Gate award for the soundtrack to the documentary Divided Loyalties, and an Annie nomination for his work on three seasons of Cartoon Network’s the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. Visit bellowhead.com

Other Helpful Resources/Loneliness
Why Community Matters So Much and How to Find Yours (Vox)
Loneliness and Social Isolation Linked to Serious Health Conditions (CDC)
Where Did All My Friends Go? A Simple Guide to Finding Your People (Mel Robbins)