{"podcast":{"title":"Daily Creative with Todd Henry","slug":"daily-creative-with-todd-henry-745412","podcast_index_feed_id":745412,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/tac/","website_url":"https://podcast.toddhenry.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/9036ecb3-7066-499c-873b-83e69653acb5/pbtCeNzYBzprBYXXEOtXAcPo.jpg","author":"Todd Henry","episode_count":116,"summary":"Formerly The Accidental Creative. Being a creative professional should be the greatest job in the world. You get to solve problems, express yourself, bring something new into the world and you get paid to do it. What's not to love. Yet every day, creative pros face, tremendous pressure and uncertainty. The temptation is just to play it safe, surrender to distraction and settle for less than your best daily creative is about making sure that's not your story. Each episode focuses on a topic relevant to creative pros, like how to come up with ideas under pressure, or how the collaborate when you're overwhelmed, or how to lead your team and help them discover motivation. It's time to fall back in love with your work. Listen to Daily Creative wherever you get your podcasts or subscribe in the Daily Creative app at dailycreative.app.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T02:18:47.881392+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-creative-with-todd-henry-745412"},"episode":{"title":"Ceilings, Frames, & Churn: Breaking Invisible Barriers in Your Work and Relationships","slug":"ceilings-frames-churn-breaking-invisible-barriers-in-your-work-and-relationships","published_at":"2026-04-29T14:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-creative-with-todd-henry-745412/ceilings-frames-churn-breaking-invisible-barriers-in-your-work-and-relationships","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-creative-with-todd-henry-745412","url":"https://podcast.toddhenry.com/106","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/9b5ca140-37cd-43ce-bf68-8462ba7ea6c7.mp3","summary":"This week, we explore the invisible boundaries that shape our work, our relationships, and our own sense of what's possible. We open with the story of the four-minute mile: for nine years, no one could break it—until Roger Bannister did, and the floodgates opened. What changed? Not the runners’ bodies, but their sense of possibility. This episode is about those frames we rarely question—the ones that quietly dictate how high we reach and what doors we see as closed. We’re joined by Tom Rath, bestselling author of What’s the Point? , who shares practical ways to bring purpose and curiosity into daily routines. He challenges the myth that purpose is something lofty or rare, arguing instead for small, conscious actions that compound over time. We also talk with Dr. Claude Steele, social psychologist and author of Churn , who uncovers the hidden cognitive cost of navigating difference—and the power of trust and curiosity in building genuine connection. This episode is for leaders and ambitious people who want more than surface-level inspiration. We unpack the non-obvious, often-unspoken barriers to creative impact, and offer mindsets and tactics to do our best work in a world of uncertainty and change. Five Key Learnings Possibility follows perception: The true barrier is rarely our capability; it’s the mental frames we accept as facts, often inherited from others or from outdated stories about what’s realistic. Purpose is built, not found: Purpose isn’t a grand concept reserved for a chosen few—it’s a practical orientation, shaped by the daily question: “What’s the point?” and, more specifically, “Who do I help?” Exposure gaps limit potential: Most of us only ever glimpse a fraction of what’s really possible in our careers or lives. Deliberately widening that aperture—see…","meta_description":"This week, we explore the invisible boundaries that shape our work, our relationships, and our own sense of what's possible. We open with the story of the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1928,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daily-creative-with-todd-henry-745412/episodes/ceilings-frames-churn-breaking-invisible-barriers-in-your-work-and-relationships/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-creative-with-todd-henry-745412/ceilings-frames-churn-breaking-invisible-barriers-in-your-work-and-relationships.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}