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Laws of NotionThe Compass Series: Embracing Uncertainty with Christie Aschwanden The Compass Series: Navigating Our Complex State of Affairs is a short mini-series exploring the critical topics at the intersection of science, policy, and human behavior. In Episode 2: Embracing Uncertainty, we discuss the critical role of uncertainty in science and our everyday lives with Christie Aschwanden, an award-winning author, journalist, and the host and producer of Uncertain, a podcast from Scientific American. In this interview with Christie, we talk about the ways uncertainty drives our scientific curiosity and innovation, how embracing uncertainty means embracing creativity, and the downsides of uncertainty being weaponized. Learn more about Christi...2025-05-0220 min
Emerging FormEpisode 132: Evan Ratliff on Creating an AI Voice AgentArtificial Intelligence now permeates our daily lives. What conversations are we not having about AI? And how can creative projects help open these discussions about what is really at stake? In this episode of Emerging Form, journalist Evan Ratliff shares with us how he cloned his voice, connected it to a chat bot, and created a voice agent that took calls and made calls–both to strangers and friends–all in a voice that sounded as if it were him. He shares the project, his questions, his concerns, his discoveries on a new podcast, Shell Game. We speak with him...2025-02-2032 min
Emerging FormEpisode 128: Christie & Rosemerry's Annual ReviewIt’s our annual end of the year episode, in which we review the year that was and assess how things went. We share our revelations and highlights and what we hope to do better in the coming year. We also pick new words for 2025 to help guide our process and look back on our words for 2024 and how they served us.And we have news! Starting this month, Emerging Form is also a radio show on KVNF radio. You can hear us every other Tuesday from 6:30pm to 7pm mountain time.Christie’s essay abou...2024-12-2644 min
Emerging FormEpisode 127: Rebecca Mullen on Turning a Counseling Practice into a BookHow does the writing practice help us know what we most want to say? How do we translate an intimate, interactive personal style into a practical, how-to book? In this episode of Emerging Form, we interview Rebecca Mullen who has spent decades as a marriage counselor and recently translated her experience onto the page. “My process as coach is as question asker,” she says. “When you are writing a book, it’s not a conversation, it is one way. It’s still important to me to be the coach pausing to ask questions, inviting readers to try this on. I wanted t...2024-12-1229 min
Emerging FormEpisode 126: Creativity in Dark TimesHow does creativity help us meet a difficult time? In this episode, co-hosts Christie Aschwanden and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer talk about ways that creative practice can nourish us, how it can help us envision a way forward, how it helps us to widen the lens and see beyond the moment, how it helps us embrace paradox, opens us to connection, and more. We hear from previous guests poet Jack Ridl and astrologer/filmmaker/novelist/musician Holiday Mathis, plus from listeners in our Facebook group, too.Link: Charlie Jane Anders blog post 2024-11-2829 min
Emerging FormEpisode 125: Laura Pritchett on Being Kind to YourselfWhen we asked prolific novelist Laura Pritchett to speak with us about writing fiction, little did we realize that not only would she offer us a host of practical advice about character, revision and ambition, she would also teach us about meeting our art with great self-compassion. We speak about her two new novels out this year, Playing with Wildfire (Torrey House Press) and Three Keys (Random House Books), writing without a plot outline, and much more, including why joy must be a part of a fiction writer’s practice. Laura Pritchett is the author of seven nove...2024-11-1426 min
Emerging FormEpisode 121: Rosemerry's New Poetry CollectionThis week, Christie interviews Rosemerry about her new book, The Unfolding, out on October 1st. Do her a big favor and pre-order it now at this link. Rosemerry explains how the poems came together, how she structured the book and why the cover is pink. It’s a wonderful conversation we know you’ll love. Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer is a poet, teacher, speaker and writing facilitator. Her daily audio series, The Poetic Path, is on the Ritual app. Her poems have appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, PBS News Hour, O Magazine, American Life in Poetry, and Carn...2024-09-1931 min
Emerging FormEpisode 119: Trying a New Form with Holiday MathisHow can trying a new art form vitalize and fuel your creative practice? Christie and Rosemerry travel to Nashville to meet in person with their most frequent guest, Holiday Mathis, and converse about her experiences with learning about writing and performing stand-up comedy. The laughter-filled episode explores developing your creative voice, the benefits of a creative community, meeting your fears and showing up vulnerable in your creative practice, and much more. Holiday Mathis writes the daily horoscope for The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and hundreds of newspapers around the world. In her decades-long syndication she's p...2024-08-2227 min
Emerging FormEpisode 114: Katie Arnold on Zen and Writing and RunningWhat if we dropped our expectations and preconceived ideas about our creative practice? In this episode, we speak with elite runner, author Katie Arnold about how her Zen practice of “coming to whatever you do in your life with a fresh and open mind” has influenced her creative work. We explore the story behind her new book, Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World: Zen and the Art of Running Free, which tells the story of a traumatic wilderness accident and her path to healing. Plus, we discuss the choices we make around including other people’s stories in our writin...2024-06-1332 min
Emerging FormEpisode 109: Christie's New Podcast is Here![image: Christie working with her Scientific American editor, Jeff DelViscio.]We live in a society that wants to know. And yet uncertainty underlies all of science–one of our most essential tools for understanding the world. What is our relationship with uncertainty? Why is this relationship so important? And what does it have to do with creative practice? In this episode of Emerging Form, Christie Aschwanden talks about her new short-run podcast, Uncertain, hosted by Scientific American. We discuss the genesis of the project, the importance of finding people who are also passionate about your pr...2024-04-0430 min
THE TRAVIS MACY SHOWEp. 152 Christie Aschwanden on Her Book, GOOD TO GO: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of RecoveryAuthor of GOOD TO GO: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery and co-host of the podcast EMERGING FORM Christie Aschwanden joins Travis on this week's podcast. Travis and Christie discuss 'Good to Go,' which explores the misconceptions and marketing surrounding recovery in sports. As veteran endurance athletes Travis and Christie know the importance of recovery, but Christie emphasizes the need to let go of the myth of perfect recovery and instead focus on the basics, such as sleep, nutrition, and rest days. Christie also highlights...2024-03-1847 min
Emerging FormEpisode 106: Rosemerry & Christie on How to Step Out of the Self-Loathing SpiralIt happens. We screw up. Sometimes, mid creative process, we realize we need to start over again. In this episode, we look at one of Rosemerry’s recent midnight bouts with “uh oh” and how it became a chance to explore trust in the process and trust in the creative self. “It was so empowering, so exciting, so revolutionary for my creative process to have this ability to be able to move forward with compassion toward myself instead of shaming of the self,” she says. In this heartfelt episode, Christie and Rosemerry explore vulnerability, authenticity, the gift of struggle, radical ac...2024-02-2231 min
Emerging FormEpisode 102: Looking Back on 2023It’s the epiphany episode! Every year Rosemerry & Christie think back on the year in creative practice to see what we had hoped we might explore and do … and what actually happened. So many revelations in this episode! Full of laughter and sincerity, celebration and curiosity. We pick new words for 2024 to help guide our process, and of course, we hand out magic wands … though it’s surprising what happens with them. Christies’s 5280m essay Liz Gilbert interview This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...2023-12-2841 min
Emerging FormEpisode 99: Jacqueline Suskin on Seasonal Rituals and CreativityWhat guidance does the earth offer for creative practice? We speak with Jacqeline Suskin, author of A Year in Practice: Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression about how to rest, when to push, when to engage in reflection, when to seek inspiration. We explore the rhythms of the earth and of creativity, specifically focusing on autumn and how this season might inform your creative practice. Jacqueline Suskin has composed over forty thousand poems with her ongoing improvisational writing project, Poem Store. She is the author of six books, including Help in the Dark S...2023-11-1633 min
Relaxed Running#206 - Exploring the Science of Athletic Recovery with New York Times Best-Selling Author Christie AschwandenChristie Aschwanden is a distinguished science writer, journalist, and former elite athlete, known for her contributions to esteemed publications such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, and National Geographic. Her book, "Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery," is a comprehensive exploration of the often misunderstood realm of recovery in sports and physical performance. Drawing upon her own athletic experiences and in-depth research, Aschwanden unravels the science behind recovery, debunking myths and delving into the effectiveness of various practices. In her New York Times Best-Selling Book "...2023-10-2746 min
Emerging FormEpisode 97: Brad Stulberg on the Benefits of Rugged FlexibilityHow could embracing change help grow and develop your creative practice? We speak with best-selling author Brad Stulberg about “rugged flexibility” and new definitions for stability, how your expectations might be inhibiting your creativity, how the way you define yourself limits or grows your creative potential, and much more. We also discuss why it sometimes sucks to succeed. Brad Stulberg is the bestselling author of Master of Change and The Practice of Groundedness. He writes for The New York Times and is on faculty at the University of Michigan's Graduate School of Public Health. He lives...2023-10-0531 min
The Discover Strength PodcastDiscover Strength Podcast Throwback: "Good to Go" with NYT Best Selling Author Christie AschwandenIn this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, we are thrilled to be joined by NYT Best Selling Author Christie Aschwanden. Christie is a prolific writer for a variety of different media outlets, including but not limited to the New York Times, the New York Post, Runner's World, Men's Journal, and more. She is also the host of the "Emerging Form" podcast, available wherever you listen to podcasts.Christie comes to us to share her experience and knowledge this week on the art, science, and sometimes B.S. involved in "recovery". Her NYT Best-Selling book "...2023-09-2141 min
The Team Behind the TeamE44 | Christie Aschwanden: Debunking Recovery TrendsFrom Ice Baths to Gatorade, this week’s guest Christie Aschwanden joins us from her home in Colorado to discuss her book, GOOD TO GO. Christie covers multiple modalities we use today for recovery, but also debunks some of these methods as well. Is beer hindering or helping your recovery? Is Gatorade the best product for […]2023-04-0641 min
The Team Behind the TeamE44 | Christie Aschwanden: Debunking Recovery TrendsFrom Ice Baths to Gatorade, this week’s guest Christie Aschwanden joins us from her home in Colorado to discuss her book, GOOD TO GO. Christie covers multiple modalities we use today for recovery, but also debunks some of these methods as well. Is beer hindering or helping your recovery? Is Gatorade the best product for […]2023-04-0641 minThe Team Behind the TeamE44 | Christie Aschwanden: Debunking Recovery TrendsFrom Ice Baths to Gatorade, this week’s guest Christie Aschwanden joins us from her home in Colorado to discuss her book, GOOD TO GO. Christie covers multiple modalities we use today for recovery, but also debunks some of these methods as well. Is beer hindering or helping your recovery? Is Gatorade the best product for […]2023-04-0641 min
Emerging FormEpisode 83: David Epstein on Cultivating an Experimental AttitudeOne of the best ways to support your creative practice? Try new things. In this episode, David Epstein, author of the New York Times #1 best seller Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, talks about why many streams of interest, novelty, and beginner’s mind are important. The conversation touches on science, music, sports, art and even parenting. Highlights: Epstein debunks the 10,000 hour rule, shares how he keeps a Book of Small Experiments, navigates Christie & Rosemerry’s ongoing argument about talent, and speaks truth about luck. David Epstein is the author of the #1 New York...2023-03-0935 min
Run with FitpageEp 110: Christie Aschwanden, Award-Winning Journalist on Why Recovery is Common SenseIn this episode of Run with Fitpage, we had award-winning author and journalist, Christie Aschwanden. Vikas and Christie talk about her running and authoring journey, the love they share for running, the importance of the right content, and a lot more in this conversation. Christie Aschwanden is the author of 'GOOD TO GO: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery', and co-host of Emerging Form Podcast, a podcast about the creative process. She’s the former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight and was previously a health columnist for The Wa...2023-03-0147 min
The Change ArtistS6E4 Living into the Vision with Christie Aschwanden"Instead of fighting [sexism] and saying we don't want to do this, let's just stop doing it. Let's just stop using gender as this meta context and the most important thing when writing about women in their fields."This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Christie Aschwanden, science journalist, author, and advocate for the Finkbeiner Test - a checklist to help science journalists avoid gender bias in articles about women in science. She shares her insight around how what we choose, or choose NOT, to say or write about plays a role in driving change. 2023-01-3021 min
Emerging FormEpisode 80: Holiday Mathis Wrote a Novel!“Put on your zeitgeist hat,” says Holiday Mathis, syndicated astrologer and author of How to Fail Epically in Hollywood, “then pour everything you can into the part of your art you can control.” In this episode of Emerging Form, we talk about how to gather “textures” from daily life for creative practice, what she’s learned from writing, editing, publishing and narrating her new novel, the importance of beta readers, dreaming big, and the healthiest relationship to rejection letters we’ve ever heard. Holiday Mathis writes the daily horoscope for The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and hundreds of n...2023-01-2632 min
The BluePrint with Dr. Erik KoremWhy Science is Not an Answer but a Process with Christie AschwandenAcclaimed author and journalist, Christie Aschwanden joins me to discuss why science is not an answer but a process, a process that requires patience and critical examination. Christie explains why the scientific process is a process of uncertainty reduction, why we should critically evaluate the scientific literature because of measurement problems and confounding variables. Christie Aschwanden is the author of GOOD TO GO: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery and co-host of EMERGING FORM, a podcast about the creative process. She’s the former lead science writer at FiveTh...2022-12-3015 min
Emerging FormEpisode 78: End of the year reflectionsHow can looking back at your creative practice over the last year help steer you forward into next year’s creative practice? Join Christie and Rosemerry as they do their annual review of things they’d hoped might happen, what really happened and where they think their creative lives are going next. The conversation reveals several epiphanies about creative practice vs. career, what really matters, and the power of planning (and changing plans). Bonus: they hand out magic wands for you to make your own creative magic. This is a public episode. If you'd like...2022-12-2936 minThe BluePrint with Dr. Erik KoremEffective Recovery Habits, Sleep Procrastination, & Minimal Effective Dose with Christie AschwandenAcclaimed author and journalist Christie Aschwanden joins me to discuss why we need to switch our focus from the latest recovery biohacks to the fundamental habits that drive adaptation. We also discuss sleep procrastination and why the minimal effective dose strategy works for long-term strength gains. Christie Aschwanden is the author of GOOD TO GO: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery and co-host of EMERGING FORM, a podcast about the creative process. She’s the former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight and was previously a health columnist for The Was...2022-12-2318 min
Emerging FormEpisode 75: What is Success?Image: Rosemerry and her daughter definitely succeeded in making a delicious chocolate beet birthday cake. What is success? How have your ideas about success changed over time? Who is someone you think of when you think of a successful person in your field? How has their success made an impact on you? What risks have you taken for success? In this conversation, co-hosts Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and Christie Aschwanden explore the importance of role models, external vs. internal markers for success, and what happens when you meet your goal posts–how does that change your ide...2022-11-1735 min
Emerging FormEpisode 70- Checking in One Year LaterHow has creativity served us in times of trauma? Last year, Christie and Rosemerry released an episode mid-September about the very difficult life events that had occurred for them in August–Christie’s father’s nearly fatal stroke and the death of Rosemerry’s son. As we come back from a much-needed summer break, we revisit the past year to look at how things have changed–and stayed the same. In this episode, our hosts talk about how years of creative practice can be a gift we give our future selves to help us meet a difficult chapter, how sometimes...2022-09-0833 min
Write Now with ScrivenerEpisode 17: Christie Aschwanden, Science JournalistChristie Aschwanden is a journalist, author, and editor, and has written Good to Go: What the athlete in all of us can learn from the strange science of recovery, a book about the science of athletic recovery. She is a runner and cyclist, and has contributed articles to The New York Times, Runner's World, and Bicycling, among others.
Show notes:
Christie Aschwanden
Good to Go: What the athlete in all of us can learn from the strange science of recovery
Emerging Form, Christie's podcast
Learn more about Scrivener, and check out the ebook Take Control...2022-09-0733 min
Emerging FormEpisode 67 – Inspiration from other genresNeed inspiration? Look to other arts. This practice, known as ekphrasis–the art of making art inspired by other art, can “fill the well” and create a rich field of ideas to play with. In this episode, Rosemerry offers a provocative list of specific ways one might engage with another work of art and gives examples from her recent poems responding to the paintings of Vincent van Gogh and the music of our previous guest Kayleen Asbo (episode 27, Creative Communities). And Christie talks about novels she’s read this year by Emily St. John, Anthony Doerr and others that are teac...2022-06-0900 minThe Discover Strength Podcast"Good to Go" with NYT Best Selling Author Christie AschwandenIn this week's episode of the Discover Strength Podcast, we are thrilled to be joined by NYT Best Selling Author Christie Aschwanden. Christie is a prolific writer for a variety of different media outlets, including but not limited to the New York Times, the New York Post, Runner's World, Men's Journal, and more. She is also the host of the "Emerging Form" podcast, available wherever you listen to podcasts.Christie comes to us to share her experience and knowledge this week on the art, science, and sometimes B.S. involved in "recovery". Her NYT Best-Selling book "...2022-06-0140 min
Be Legendary Podcast#167 Research to Reps- Christie Aschwanden Christie Aschwanden, author, journalist, and former elite endurance athlete is our guest on this week's episode of Research 2 Reps Roundtable to talk RECOVERY. Our conversation on the importance of and the prioritization of recovery for athletes opened my eyes to a new approach for recovery - one that I won't just be using on athletes, but also on myself! Check out Christie's book, Good to Go here. And thanks to our podcast sponsors, Sorinex and EliteForm, for making these episodes possible. 2022-04-271h 00
Data RadicalsThe Science Behind Quitting with Christie Aschwanden, Bestselling AuthorScience and data are powerful tools of discovery, but our expectations are often misaligned with what science can actually do. Interpreting and understanding science involves nuance, humility, and an open mind – muscles that we don’t always flex as often as we should.Today’s guest is Christie Aschwanden, journalist and NYT bestselling author. Christie is an expert in understanding the power – and limitations – of science. Christie explains why science isn’t broken, how to get reliable answers from the scientific method, and the science behind why quitting can sometimes be the best decision possible.--------...2022-04-2732 min
Emerging FormEpisode 57: How play can fuel creativity with Catherine PriceImage: Catherine, Christie and Rosemerry Feeling stuck or stumped in your creative practice? Maybe what you need is more fun. In this episode we speak with Catherine Price, author of The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again. Her definition of fun feels utterly apropos of creativity. She defines fun as the spirit of playfulness—in which you engage with no attachment to outcome; connection—in that you share the experience with another; and flow—in that you become so engaged you lose track of time. We discuss these principles, plus the role of permission and how a...2022-01-2031 min
Emerging FormEpisode 56: New Year 2022What does a new calendar year mean for your creative process? In this episode, Rosemerry and Christie return to their creative goals from last year – did they meet them? They talk about Christie’s annual report model for creatives, about how a magic wand might help you identify your creative goals for 2022, and how they are hoping the form might emerge in the next year. Plus they offer new guiding phrases for thinking about creative process and how Christie’s radio gave her the wisdom she needed for the end of the year. A Hundred Falling...2022-01-0630 min
Emerging FormEpisode 55 bonus: We're writing again!In this bonus episode, Christie and Rosemerry read some of the new works they’ve created since the trauma of the last four months.Finding My Friend’s Unwritten Poems, Christie at Last Word On NothingDigging Potatoes, 2021, by RosemerryCondition, by RosemerryPlease note: after we recorded this podcast, we experienced yet another sad event and we need to take a short break to focus on self-care. We will return next month, and when we do, we will have some very exciting news to share. In the meantime, all paid subscriptions will be put on h...2021-12-0208 min
Emerging FormEpisode 55: Why do we do this (creative practice)?Photo: Photo: Rosemerry and Christie celebrating Rosemerry’s birthday on a recent sleety/snowy day in Telluride.In this episode of Emerging Form, Rosemerry and Christie discuss how their recent traumas affected their creative output and how taking a break from writing ultimately helped their creative process. A quick note: after we recorded this podcast, we were hit with yet another cascade of sadness and we need to take a short break to focus on self-care. We will be back in a few weeks, and when we do we will have so...2021-11-2527 min
The Jackie Tann Podcast49. CHRISTIE ASCHWANDEN - Going Deep Into The Science Of RecoveryWith so many companies claiming to have the next best recovery gadget or service and elite athletes promoting the latest sports drink or supplement, it's hard to know what's actually works and what doesn't. In this episode Christie Aschwanden, author of Good To Go: What the Athlete in All Of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery, separates the facts from the good ol'quackery of cashed up companies hoping to make more sales.
“Aschwanden… never loses sight of the gap between anecdote and randomized trial. Ultimately, she pins her conclusions on the best studies in each...2021-10-1632 min
Running and Fitness With Raj# 74 – Christie Aschwanden, science journalist and author deconstructs recovery: What works, what is marketing hype and steps you can take around recoveryEpisode SummaryChristie Aschwanden, science journalist and author of "Good to Go" deconstructs recovery: What works, what is marketing hype and steps you can take around recoveryShow Notes01:55 – Christie introduces herself05:30 – Why Christie wrote a book on recovery12:10 – Things that surprised Christie around recovery 17:15 – Thoughts about stretching20:50 – How to approach hydration28:30 – Fueling after training: Is there a time window?32:30 – Massage and rolling35:05 – What really works for recovery?40:25 – New areas that Christie is excited about44:45 – Recommendations on resourcesFollow ChristieWebs...2021-10-0347 min
Emerging FormEpisode 50 bonus: Finding solace in poetry and musicIn today’s bonus episode, Rosemerry and Christie discuss the poetry and music that have been getting them through this difficult time. Fall (Herbst) by Rainer Maria Rilke The Thing with Feathers by Chris BurskLet X=X, Laurie AndersonNo One, Alicia Keys*Photo by Finn Trommer This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emergingform.substack.com/subscribe2021-09-2315 min
Emerging FormEpisode 50: Creativity in times of traumaThis is the most difficult episode we’ve ever recorded. In the span of two weeks, Christie and her family were thrown into a scary state of limbo and Rosemerry experienced an unthinkable loss. In this episode, we discuss what we’ve noticed about our relationship to creativity in this time of upheaval. Rosemerry explains how her 15-year practice of writing daily poems helped prepare her to meet this moment of grief, and Christie discusses her reluctance to solidify this experience by turning it into written words. We also talk about moving toward uncertainty and our heightened sense of noti...2021-09-1623 min
Emerging FormEpisode 46: Rosemerry and Christie talk about failureFailure is, of course, a big part of life, and learning how to meet it in healthy ways is a major part of creative process. In this episode, Rosemerry presents six or more ways we might fail, drawing from Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life. Rosemerry and Christie talk through the different kinds of failure--their experiences and successful ways to move through each kind of failure. They also talk about second chances, change, public vs. private failure, and the importance of humility. Plus the importance of choosing titles and a two-minute creativity te...2021-07-2233 min
The Primalosophy Podcast#131: Christie Aschwanden on the Science and Pseudoscience of Sports RecoveryChristie Aschwanden is an award-winning journalist and author of the New York Times best-seller Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery. She’s producer and co-host of “Emerging Form,” a podcast about the creative process. Previously the lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight, she’s an Ideal columnist at Wired and a regular contributor to The Washington Post and The New York Times. Her work also appears in publications including Discover, Popular Science, Slate, Consumer...2021-07-0839 min
Emerging FormEpisode 44: How a Creative Career Emerges with Annalee NewitzOpenness and curiosity--how do these attributes contribute to the success of creative endeavors? In this episode of Emerging Form, we speak with science fiction and nonfiction author Annalee Newitz. They talk about back up plans, the relationship between luck and hard work, how writing for free can really pay off, how we frame our experience, challenging our expectations, and creating opportunities. Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the author of the book Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age, and the novels The Future of Another Timeline, and Autonomous, which won t...2021-06-2435 min
Emerging FormEpisode 43: Christie and Rosemerry on Learning to Sit with the StruggleStruggle. It’s an essential part of the creative process. How do we move past the desire to give up and find the energy and time to continue? In this episode, Rosemerry and Christie talk about recent projects and their longtime experience with how to stay with a project when we’d rather give up. We speak about going back to the beginning, how community helps, ways to create accountability, deadlines, finding “what’s at stake,” and how questions are sometimes the answer. David Petersen: Writing NaturallyGeorgia Frances King This is a p...2021-06-1029 min
We Run ThisEpisode #49: Christie Aschwanden and the strange science of recoveryRecovery is important for athletes of all skill levels and abilities but in recent years the actual science behind how our body recovers has gotten a little confusing.
People are bombarded with ads for “cutting edge” recovery products and services: from drinks and recovery shakes to compression sleeves, foam rollers, electrical muscle stimulators, smartwatches, sleep trackers, and cryotherapy.
Christie Aschwanden is here to set the record straight about which the real ways to recovery and all of the unnecessary - and expensive - recovery products and promises to avoid.
Christie is the author of “Goo...2021-06-091h 01
Emerging FormEpisode 40: Envy, with Cheryl StrayedHave you ever felt envious of someone else’s success? In this episode of Emerging Form, we speak with Dear Sugar herself, Cheryl Strayed, and get practical, heart-opening, career-inspiring advice about how to meet this very natural and difficult feeling. We speak of abundance mentality, leaning in to our own heart’s desires, and the “all boats rise” when one of us succeeds philosophy. Strayed talks about times when she has envied and what it taught her, and she also speaks of being envied herself and how she handles others’ projection. Cheryl Strayed is the author of the #1 New...2021-04-2939 min
Emerging FormEpisode 39-Origin StoryCan envy help your creative practice? The origin story of this podcast would seem to offer a resounding yes! In this episode, Rosemerry and Christie recall the strange circumstances (Christie’s word is “mortifying”) in which they first met in 2008--lots of laughter--and how play and vulnerability are now at the heart of their friendship. Christie offers insight about envy and how it can be an invitation to live into your true wishes for yourself. We also talk about STTUC (sensitivity about being the target of a threatening upward comparison), Shine Theory, and why, as the poet David Lee says...2021-04-2233 min
Emerging FormEpisode 38: Creativity and Grief with Kim LangleyKim Langley is the author of Send My Roots Rain: A Companion on the Grief Journey, 60 poems and brief reflections combined with suggestions for mindful activities and journaling. The book was well received by individual grievers as well as hospice, palliative care, social work, chaplaincy, and other helping professionals and so is in its second printing. Kim has facilitated numerous writing/discussion circles based on her book.She has been president of her own speaking/training/coaching company (LifeBalance Enterprises, Inc.) for 20+ years and for more than 10 years has been leading poetry circles, using poetry...2021-04-0832 min
Endurance with Ian SharmanEp. 12 - Christie Aschwanden and Recovery PitfallsThe PodiumRunner Endurance Podcast is hosted by Ian Sharman, a professional ultra runner and coach with over 200 marathons or ultra finishes and more than 50 wins (www.sharmanultra.com, @sharmanian). We discuss training and racing topics with leading sports scientists and how to practically apply research findings for marathoners and ultra runners.Episode 12: Christie Aschwanden and Recovery PitfallsThis episode we’re talking to Christie Aschwanden (@cragCrest, christieaschwanden) Aschwanden is the Test Gym columnist at Elemental, former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight, and a frequent contributor to the Washington Post, Scientific American, Wired, and Nature. A fina...2021-03-301h 08
Emerging FormEpisode 33- Artistic RetreatsPhoto: Rosemerry’s altar for her recent writing retreat. What would it be like to give over completely to your creative self? To get away from daily distractions and responsibilities and just write or paint or dance? In this episode of Emerging Form, Rosemerry and Christie talk about writers' retreats--why going away somewhere to write (or create) is so important, what it might look like, and how you might plan for one. From food prep to altars to finding daily rhythms, we talk about some of the ins and outs. Do you need one? Maybe you can’t af...2021-02-1133 min
Emerging FormEpisode 31: New Year 2021!Photo: Christie & Rosemerry shortly before the pandemic began. (Yes, that is one of Rosemerry’s poems on Christie’s tights.)For creatives, the new year is a chance to look back on what we’ve accomplished and how we’ve grown in the past year, and also a chance to dream about our creative endeavors in the future. In this episode, Christie and Rosemerry have a conversation about how to do your own “year end report,” how a magic wand might help you identify your goals, and how two questions from Motivational Interviewing can help you verbaliz...2021-01-1434 min
The Run Smarter PodcastUnderstanding Nutrition for Optimal Recovery with Christie AschwandenChristie Aschwanden is an american journalist, science writer and author of Good to Go: How to eat, sleep & rest like a champion. Christie's work has had a huge influence on the momentum of this recovery month theme and today, we focus on Nutrition for optimal recovery. After chatting about the book we then draw our attention towards hydration to the recreational runner. How important is hydration and how do we know if we are having too little or too much fluid? We then dive into common nutrition mistakes runners often make, whether it is for recovery, race d...2020-12-1743 min
Emerging FormEpisode 29: Danusha Laméris“You remind me of my humanness by talking about yours,” says this week’s Emerging Form guest Danusha Laméris. We speak with the award-winning poet about how the small stories--what she calls “the understory”--mean as much, perhaps more, as the big headlines, and the creative process around finding and sharing these stories. We talk about the importance of leaning into the complexity and not needing “to be a motivational speaker.” Danusha Laméris’ first book, The Moons of August (Autumn House, 2014), was chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry...2020-12-0329 min
Emerging FormEpisode 28 Bonus: Extended interview with Holiday Mathis (revised audio)Photo: A Holiday Mathis horoscope. [This thing you’re trying to accomplish cannot be accomplished as a linear pursuit. It’s a holistic process. So when you' feel yourself drawn “off track,” maybe you’re actually just working things from a different angle.]**Note: Apologies! We are re-sending this episode, as there was a technical problem in the first audio file. If you haven’t listened yet, this is the better version. In this bonus episode, we continue our conversation with writer Holiday Mathis, who writes a syndicated daily horoscope column and also happens to be a multi-p...2020-11-2916 min
Emerging FormEpisode 28 Bonus: Extended interview with Holiday MathisPhoto: A Holiday Mathis horoscope. [This thing you’re trying to accomplish cannot be accomplished as a linear pursuit. It’s a holistic process. So when you' feel yourself drawn “off track,” maybe you’re actually just working things from a different angle.]In this bonus episode, we continue our conversation with horoscope writer Holiday Mathis, who also happens to be a multi-platinum songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Miley Cyrus, Emma Roberts and many others. We talk about the difference between writing horoscopes and lyrics, more about attending to and chasing the muses, and about...2020-11-2615 min
Emerging FormEpisode 28: The daily grind with Holiday MathisHow do you “reduce the drag” and make yourself the most available to daily output in your creative practice? To help with ideas, we turn to Holiday Mathis, who has written over eight million words in her daily, syndicated horoscopes. Talk about learning how to negotiate the daily grind! In this episode, we talk about how improvisation rules help in daily discipline, about Holiday’s muses and how she serves them and great advice from a soap opera actor. We talk ambition, how she got her start, and the role of the reader vs. the process of the wr...2020-11-1927 min
Emerging FormEpisode 27 bonus: A Day in the Life of Kayleen Asbo“Marvelous things happen when you follow your heart’s truth … open doorways you can’t imagine.” So says our special guest Kayleen Asbo in this special bonus episode with the amazing Kayleen Asbo, cultural historian, composer, musician, writer and teacher. We talk about her “pillars of the day,” and her “bookends,” plus habits she has for cultivating beauty and creating anchors in an itinerant life, plus things she wishes she’d known before that she trusts now--especially about reckless generosity. Kayleen AsboChristie’s upcoming workshop, Level Up: business planning for freelancers This is a public episo...2020-11-1213 min
Emerging FormEpisode 27: Creative Communities with Kayleen Asbo“Find what you long for and be brave and vulnerable enough to offer it to the world.” So says Kayleen Asbo, our featured guest on this episode of Emerging Form in which we speak about how to foster and shape creative community. Asbo is a cultural historian, composer, musician, writer and teacher who weaves myth, music, psychology, history and art with experiential learning. We talk about passion, about ways to help a group find juice, about how a group leader can encourage trust and intimacy, as Asbo says, by leading “with your own breaking open heart.” At their be...2020-11-0538 min
Bregman Leadership PodcastEpisode 208: Christie Aschwanden – Good to Go How can we best relax and recover from stress? Christie Aschwanden is a science writer, former elite athlete, contributor to the New York Times,…
The post Episode 208: Christie Aschwanden – Good to Go first appeared on Bregman Partners.2020-07-1328 minBregman Leadership PodcastEpisode 208: Christie Aschwanden – Good to Go How can we best relax and recover from stress? Christie Aschwanden is a science writer, former elite athlete, contributor to the New York Times,…The post Episode 208: Christie Aschwanden – Good to Go first appeared on Bregman Partners.2020-07-1328 minBregman Leadership PodcastEpisode 208: Christie Aschwanden – Good to Go How can we best relax and recover from stress? Christie Aschwanden is a science writer, former elite athlete, contributor to the New York Times,…The post Episode 208: Christie Aschwanden – Good to Go first appeared on Bregman Partners.2020-07-1328 minBregman Leadership PodcastEpisode 208: Christie Aschwanden – Good to Go How can we best relax and recover from stress? Christie Aschwanden is a science writer, former elite athlete, contributor to the New York Times,…
The post Episode 208: Christie Aschwanden – Good to Go first appeared on Bregman Partners.2020-07-1328 min
Peak EnduranceChristie Aschwanden; author of 'Good To Go, How to Eat, Sleep and Rest Like a Champion.'Episode 49 is an interview with Christie Aschwanden about her book ‘Good to Go, How to eat, sleep and rest like a champion’. In this book, which I really enjoyed reading, Christie looks at all the different modes of recovery and see whether the science backs them up as valid means to recover. She also tries out many of them, which I found fascinating as I could then relate them so much better to myself. I highly recommend this book if you are serious about recovery, and you should be! Are injuries ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? Ther...2020-06-3043 min
Emerging FormSummer BreakHello dear listeners! We are taking a short summer break. We’ve been putting out new episodes every week, and it feels like time to slow down for a moment and reflect. We’ll be back in August with some brand new regularly scheduled episodes. In the meantime, stay well. Thank you for your support. Christie & Rosemerry This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emergingform.substack.com/subscribe2020-06-2500 min
TrueHoopBRING IT IN: Christie AschwandenToday on BRING IT IN, TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with science writer, author of “Good To Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery,” and athlete Christie Aschwanden. She recently wrote an excellent story the safety of re-opening sports. Christie writes for Elemental, co-hosts Emerging Form—a podcast about the creative process. She is the former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight and a contributor at the New York Times, Washington Post, and Slate.She talked about what makes basketball dangerous during the pandemic, the chance of the NBA’s...2020-06-1559 min
Emerging FormEpisode 21: Craig Childs on life in the pandemicHula hooping story tellers on street corners? That’s one topic of discussion in this episode of Emerging Form, part of our miniseries on how creatives are responding to the pandemic. We speak with our friend, author and adventurer Craig Childs, whose new book, Virga and Bone: Essays from dry places, is a celebration of the primacy of land. We talk about the pleasures and challenges of staying in one place, postcards to our pre-pandemic selves, what earthquakes have in common with pandemics and also how to place our present predicament in big time--both future and past. We...2020-06-0435 min
Emerging FormEpisode 20: Creativity and COVID-19 with Tim GreenAre there any trends in how the pandemic has affected creative output in America? In this episode of Emerging Form, part of our miniseries on how creatives are responding to the pandemic, we speak with Timothy Green, editor of Rattle, one of America’s most popular poetry magazines. Timothy has worked as editor of Rattle since 2004 and is the author of American Fractal (Red Hen Press), a contributing columnist for the Press-Enterprise newspaper, and co-founder of the Wrighwood Literary Festival. He lives near Los Angeles with his wife, Megan, and their two children.In this conversation, we ta...2020-05-2834 min
Emerging FormEpisode 16 bonus: An extended interview with Rose EvelethWelcome to our extended conversation with Rose Eveleth, the founder and host of Flash Forward, a podcast about the future. In this bonus episode, we talk with Rose about clarity: how she uses it to guide a project through growing pains. We’ll talk about her process for making monthly goals (so much more useful than a single New Year’s resolution!), how she organizes her goals, about her new book, pros and cons of inviting collaborators in, how ego and fear can sabotage a project, how she loves her lawyer, and about the stages of small business growth. ...2020-04-3025 min
Emerging FormEpisode 16: Growing Pains (with Rose Eveleth)At some point, most creatives experience growing pains--when your project is going well and now you have decisions to make about whether to grow it, to bring in collaborators, or to expand your reach. We’ll also talk about avalanches of opportunity and money grubbing poets. Our guest this episode is the inimitable Rose Eveleth. She is the producer and host of Flash Forward, a podcast about the future. We’ll ask her two questions: 1) When do you know your project has grown beyond something you can do alone and you need to bring in collaborators? and 2) When the crea...2020-04-2329 min
Emerging FormEpisode 15: From rut to self-actualization (with Scott Barry Kaufman)Are you living up to your creative potential? Or are you stuck in a rut? Could it be that the rut is serving you? These are some of the questions we wrestle with in this episode of Emerging Form. We talk about Christie’s sweet spot between struggle and boredom, how fencing (or another new activity) might supercharge your creative process, and LOTS of tips on how to get out of a rut. We finish, as always with a guest. This episode features Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist at Columbia University and author of the new book, Tr...2020-04-0931 min
In The FlowChristie Aschwanden on the Art and Science of RecoveryChristie Aschwanden is a science writer, journalist, and endurance athlete. In her book Good to Go she dives into the science behind recovery and looks critically at many of the popular recovery modalities to answer the question: what actually works? I chat with Christie about the big picture perspectives on recovery and how to gain confidence and stillness as an athlete and prioritize the things that actually benefit performance.2020-04-0344 min
TrueHoopBring It In: Christie AschwandenTrueHoop subscribers are welcome to join us every weekday at 11 a.m. ET for a TrueHoop TV Live video chat. For now: subscriptions are free!Today Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with science writer and athlete Christie Aschwanden. She joined us on BRING IT IN (new name!) to talk about her book, “Good To Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery.” Her dogged research into performance applies as a must-read lesson for staying healthy in times of high stress. The same techniques apply! Her calm, lucid insight is al...2020-03-2053 min
Let's Get Running PodcastRecovery | Part 2 | Christie AschwandenWondering about recovery? This week Shaun talks to Christie Aschwanden, who literally wrote the book on it! (Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery)
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Emerging FormEpisode 13: How to Handle Rejection (with guest Claire Dederer)“We’re sorry, your work does not suit our needs at this time.” These words are so common. Rejection is a difficult reality for most (all?) writers and artists. So how do we handle rejection? Can we use it to improve our work? What does it have to tell us and teach us? In this episode, we talk about a useful phrase in the face of rejection, Christie’s Southeast Asia Problem, and one of the poetry worlds’ best rejection letter writers. Then we’ll talk with memoirist and essayist Claire Dederer and ask her two questions: 1) How do you process...2020-03-1236 min
The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTSChristie Aschwanden: The Strange Science Of RecoveryAbout This Episode:In this week’s episode, we delve into the confusing world of sports recovery with acclaimed science journalist Christie Aschwanden, exploring some of the key takeaways from her book Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery.Guest Bio – Christie Aschwanden:Christie Aschwanden is an award-winning science journalist. She was the lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight for many years and is a former health columnist for the Washington Post. A finalist for the National Maga...2020-02-2656 min