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Madeleine Dore returns with a brand new podcast, A SOCIAL LIFE, WITH FRIENDS.
Conversations with experts, authors, and friends explore how we can better navigate the joy and the heartbreak of being a person in the world, with other people.
Find episode updates and bonus material in the a companion newsletter at www.asociallifewithfriends.com
Created, produced and hosted by Madeleine Dore
Support from DM Podcasts
Artwork by Rachel Derum
Looking for my other podcast, Routines & Ruts? You can visit the full archive of episodes at www.extraordinaryroutines.com/podcast or find on Apple iTunes, Spotify or wherever you like to listen by searching "Routines & Ruts"
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On bringing people together from 2023-12-11T08:55:48
In this episode, host Madeleine Dore asks how can we get better at bringing people together—both over the holiday period, and everyday?
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On improving your social life from 2023-11-27T02:21:56
In this debut episode host Madeleine Dore asks, how do we start improving our social lives?
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- Wri... Listen
Introducing: A social life, with friends from 2023-11-20T02:54:16
Madeleine Dore returns with a brand new podcast, A SOCIAL LIFE, WITH FRIENDS.
Conversations will explore what it’s like being a person in the world with other people—all the joys...
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Coming soon: A social life, with friends from 2023-10-31T23:27
On Monday 27 November, Madeleine Dore returns with a brand new podcast, A SOCIAL LIFE, WITH FRIENDS.
Conversations will explore what it’s like being a person in the world with ot...
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Looking for Routines&Ruts? from 2023-10-30T07:18
Are you looking for my previous podcast, Routines & Ruts?
You can visit the full archive of episodes at extraordinaryroutines.co...
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Benjamin Law on time optimism and managing post-project blues from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.887069
My guest today is writer Benjamin Law, who has contributed to over 50 publications and has authored, co-authored and edited more than a handful of books, including the Quarterly Essay on Safe Sc...
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Vanessa Marian on embracing failure and being a lifelong learner from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.865518
Dancer and movement director Vanessa Marian Varghese describes her career as a succession of failures – trying to start an online homewares store and failing, trying to be an art director and fa...
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Lauren Martin on feeling lost, and finding comfort in the words of women from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.856402
Lauren Martin is a writer and the founder of Words Of Women, a labour of love she started when she was searching for...
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Annie Louey on building a career in comedy and finding motivation within yourself from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.789051
Annie Louey is a fresh comedic talent who putting it all into her career and immersing herself in the world of presenting and comedy
While time is on her side, Annie is well aware of ...
Pip Lincolne on heartbreak, wobbly routines and solitude from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.785700
Prioritsing yourself isn't selfish, says writer, crafter and blogger behind Meet Me At Mikes, Pip Lincolne – but it sure can be difficult.
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Sarah Jane Adams on inevitable uncertainty, self-sabotage and joy from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.773345
Poet May Sarton once wrote, "People who have regular jobs can have no idea of just this problem of ordering a day that has no pattern imposed on it from without."
This week’s guest has nev...
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Kira Puru on gentle routines, frugality and making mistakes from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.766319
Every strength we perceive in ourselves or others perceive in us, has a flipside that feels like a weakness.
Often it’s our traits that make us extraordinary that can make us feel most ord...
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Lucy Peach on the connection, creativity and truth in our cycles from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.752100
We live in a linear world – with linear schedules, and linear expectations of our energy, or our time, our bodies. But what if we don’t move throughout our days in straight lines, but rather ebb...
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R&R mini: On letting your pile of good things grow from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.749415
This week's mini episode asks, can a small good thing help with overwhelm?
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Tyson Yunkaporta on how creativity is inseparable from life from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.737898
Author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World Tyson Yunkaporta speaks to how when we reduce creativity to a mark...
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R&R mini: On allowing for distraction from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.735415
This week's mini episode asks, how do allow both attention and distraction into our days?
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Kylie Maslen on invisible illness, boundaries and shared understanding from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.731904
"If we’re going to get serious about talking about disability and mental health, then we need to talk about what that really looks like for everyone involved.” –Kylie Maslen
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R&R mini: On the beauty in the break from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.690211
The final episode for season three asks, how do we find the beauty in the break and determine our preference for rest?
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On moving out of the indecision spiral from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.682787
This week's quandary is about how to make a decision when you're caught in a yes/no spiral. Madeleine unpacks the standstill of indecision, how to handle the regret we can feel, and mixes many m...
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On ten lessons for self-doubt (and life) from 2022-04-21T18:48:19.673036
In this week's quandary, Madeleine answers her own quandary! With her first book I Didn't Do The Thing Today now in book stores,...
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On the antidote to being afraid of the work from 2022-02-20T06:33:01
In this final episode of season three, Madeleine explores the fear behind perfectionism — and how often the only antidote to being afraid of the work, is to do the work.
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On writing, publishing, and the snowball of courage from 2022-01-25T03:57:33
In this special episode, Madeleine answers all your questions on writing and publishing a book — with answers exploring themes such as courage, process, and patience that are relevant to any pro...
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On asking: what if nothing changes? from 2021-12-30T02:15:35
This week's quandary is all about making and sticking to resolutions—and why it might be more worthwhile to expand ourselves, rather than fixate on changing ourselves.
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On feeling guilty for resting when there's still more to do from 2021-12-22T01:57:17
This week's quandary is about how to know when you need to go easy on yourself and rest, and when you need to push through complacency to get things done.
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On being consistently inconsistent from 2021-12-14T11:10:38
This week's quandary is about being inconsistent. Madeleine shares how she embraced one of her biggest productivity-guilt stumbling blocks.
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- Routi... Listen
On overcoming the hesitation behind asking"how" from 2021-11-29T02:50:48
This week's quandary is several in one: how to know if something is good enough, how to determine your life purpose, and how to know where to start. Madeleine unpacks the hesitation behind askin...
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Season 3: Introducing productivity-guilt therapy(ish) from 2021-11-21T10:00
It's been a minute! To introduce season three, host Madeleine Dore reflects on disappearing for a while to write her first book, I Didn't Do The Thing Today.
Also, to delve further ...
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Wrap episode: Lessons on wobbling and modulating from 2020-12-31T08:21:24
Thank you for listening to the second season of Routines & Ruts! To stay tuned for season three, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform.
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Annie Raser Rowland on frugal hedonism and living more creatively with less from 2020-11-30T00:49:22
“Frugal hedonism is partly about noticing when less is more, and that applies to activity just as much as in the realm of consumption.” – Annie Raser Rowland
Artist, horticulturalis...
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R&R mini: On'puddle theory'and how to do things you're putting off from 2020-11-27T08:28:02
In this mini episode, Madeleine shares her trusted "puddle theory" from the DIY workbook, TIME, SPACE & QUIET.
Download the pudd...
Hilary Jacobs Hendel on emotions, types of shame, and slowing down from 2020-11-22T20:48:21
“Ultimately the goal is to communicate our wants, needs, fears and boundaries confidently and effectively.” – Hilary Jacobs Hendel
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R&R mini: On ruminating and worrying about what people think from 2020-11-22T04:22:44
This week's mini episode asks, how do we spend less time ruminating and worrying about what other think?
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Greg Quicke on the life lessons we find in the cosmos from 2020-11-15T21:08:56
“Often we think within our 10-foot radius that everything is happening to us. Step outside of that 10-foot radius and you’ll frequently see that the same things are happening to others aroun...
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R&R mini: On the practice of saying no from 2020-11-14T01:55:04
This week's mini episode asks, how do we learn to ask generously and say no kindly?
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R&R mini: On letting go and how to survey your'shoulds' from 2020-10-31T05:13:57
This week's mini episode asks, how do we let go of what we think we 'should' be doing?
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Pandora Sykes on finding the rightful, good enough life from 2020-10-25T21:00
Pandora Sykes is a writer, journalist and broadcaster—but as she shares in this conversation, she’s a gatherer. In the book, Listen
R&R mini: On indecision and the fear of better options from 2020-10-25T01:54:01
This week's mini episode asks, how can we get out of the indecision spiral?
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Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour of love fuelled by time and curiosity. If you'...
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Sarah Wilson on showing up, going to your edge, and living an enlarged life from 2020-10-18T22:13:28
Sarah Wilson is a former journalist and TV presenter, best-selling author and activist, whose latest book This One Wild and...
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R&R mini: On empty time and not feeling crammed from 2020-10-16T11:54:55
This week's mini episode asks, can empty time be a gift—and can we find it in a crammed life?
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Kemi Nekvapil on defining your own relationship to routine and diminishing self-judgement from 2020-10-11T10:08:22
From working as a baker and a chef, to an actor and yoga teacher across the globe, Kemi Nekvapil has lived many lives. Now as a credentialed life coach, a speaker and author of The Gift of Askin...
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R&R mini: On doing your thing from 2020-09-30T09:59:13
This week's mini episode explores the different types of doing – and what gets in the way of doing our thing.
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Hugh Mackay on where we hide and compassionate love as a daily discipline from 2020-09-27T12:00:15
Why do we sometimes hide from our selves, and where are we hiding?
In his latest book The Inner Self: The joy of discover...
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Season 2: What replenishes you? from 2020-09-14T09:33:26
Ever feel like you're not doing enough, or doing too much?
In the break between podcast seasons, I’ve been inspecting the space between the doing and not-doing and asking what it means to ...
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Wrap episode: Perfectionism, discomfort and showing up from 2020-06-14T08:00:07
Throughout this season I’ve reflected with my guests on various topics relating to our creatives lives, including process, productivity-shame, mistakes, money, vulnerability, self-compassion, un...
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Ingrid Fetell Lee on how to find joy right where you are from 2020-05-24T08:12:07
We often hear that emotions such as joy are cultivated within, but for designer Ingrid Fetell Lee, there is a strong possibility that it can be found in our surroundings.
For over a decad...
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Matthew Evans on creative lessons from farming and cooking from 2020-05-17T10:00:13
Matthew Evans is a former chef and food critic, turned Tasmanian smallholder, restaurateur, food activist and star of the SBS tel...
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Creativity in a pandemic: There is no one way from 2020-05-10T09:06:51
There is no one way to navigate a pandemic. This routine-collage and slice of creative life during COVID-19 showcases these differences as well as unifying reflections.
Bringing toget...
Kylie Lewis on finding new routines, self-compassion and collective vulnerability from 2020-04-19T07:39:06
For this week’s guest, knowing we are enough permeates everything she does.
Kylie Lewis is a coach, consultant, and Certified Dare to Lead™ and Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, based o...
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Luke Currie-Richardson on creating your own measures for your day, career, and life from 2020-04-12T07:02:01
In Luke Currie-Richardson's own words, he may not know what he does for a living, but he knows why he wake up in the morning.
Luke is a descendant of the Kuku Yalanji and Djabugay peoples,...
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Jai Long on being intentional over busy, letting go, and recognising privilege from 2020-03-29T10:53:09
For this week’s guest, resilience is what has helped him navigate the highest of the highs, and lowest of the lows, many times over.
Jai Long is a photographer, educator and creative entr...
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Samuel Leighton-Dore on a tiered routine, toxic masculinity and detaching from creative success from 2020-03-22T09:10:12
There’s a quote going around on from Glennon Melton’s book, Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed and it reads: “You have been offered the gift of crisis. As Kathleen Norris reminds us, th...
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Beci Orpin on the upsides of busyness, freelancing and resilience from 2020-03-15T08:44:26
Beci Orpin does her best work when she is busy,
With a creative career spanning more than twenty years, the Melbourne designer, artist, and illustrator has left her colourful fingerprint o...
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Oliver Burkeman on embracing limitations, stale goals, and unclenching from routine from 2020-02-23T07:15:08
This week's guest has spent the last few years delving into the topic of limitations through researching and writing his latest book on time.
Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journa...
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Tina Essmaker on not knowing what's next from 2020-02-16T07:57:09
Tina Essmaker is a coach, writer and speaker and in early 2017, she had the opportunity to reimagine career and her four burners when she transitioned out of the The Great Discontent, a publicat...
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Ryder Carroll on intention over productivity from 2020-01-26T07:00:05
As John Lennon put it, “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”
As a loyal proponent of the Bullet Journal, I've seen first hand how the immensely popular analo...
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Amanda Palmer on blanket compassion, rest and redefining success from 2020-01-19T07:00:01
This week’s guest is unquestionable gifted in an astonishing array of disciplines – Amanda Palmer is a singer, songwriter, filmmaker, playw...
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Adriana Picker on burnout and mundane self-care practices from 2020-01-12T07:00:05
Adriana Picker has a career many illustrators would pine for – she’s illustrated four books, held numerous exhibitions of her illustrations and paintings, and her list of clients includes Vogue,...
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Clare Bowditch on patience, book writing and ambition from 2019-12-29T09:00:01
When Clare Bowditch was 21 years old, she made a promise to herself: that she would one day write a book.
The promise came during a period of unrest, unworthiness, and uncertainty for the ...
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Introducing Routines&Ruts from 2019-12-15T08:00
Five years ago, I started a project called Extraordinary Routines. It's been a labour of love that has given me an excuse to ask crea...
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