Power Purls Podcast - Conversations With Savvy Knitwear Designers And Everyday Knitters With Compelling Back Stories

You don’t need to be fancy. You don’t need the bells and whistles. You don’t even need intro or outro music. All you need is a mic and a message. Years ago, a wise friend said to me: "do the opposite." These words never left me, and I just heard this phrase while listening to Sarah Wilson’s book. This One Wild and Precious Life. Wilson relates this to the Sanskrit philosophy:  “do what you’re not doing.” Then she says:  “do the opposite.” Maybe it's as simple as walking a different way on your morning walk, or like my way of shaking things up: to record a podcast without intro music.The thought "do the opposite" loosens things up. It helps us think of new solutions, allowing our brain to work on new creative pathways to shift those old habitual grooves. What's you'll learn in this episode: How I started my first "no bells and whistles" podcast, The Morning Cooldown in 2014How this led to my first guest, Hal Elrod, best-selling author of The Miracle MorningHow my lo