{"id":4720,"date":"2026-06-19T15:38:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ectahub.net\/?page_id=4720"},"modified":"2026-06-20T07:58:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:58:42","slug":"thescienceofshowingup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ectahub.net\/sv\/thescienceofshowingup\/","title":{"rendered":"TheScienceofShowingUp"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4720\" class=\"elementor elementor-4720\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bbbdb20 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bbbdb20\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3754434b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3754434b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Episode 33 - The Science of Showing Up<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473ce813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"473ce813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">On creative accountability, momentum and Merit Hemmingsson<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48535ce2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"48535ce2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db3910b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1db3910b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c9fa775 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c9fa775\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/672b895f5095c9add9ce7692?feed=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; 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background-color: #c69996; color: white; border-radius: 25px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@bigdreamsandlittlethings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32738f15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32738f15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More inspiration<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a955e0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"1a955e0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/izhw5ekdtnQ?si=AFNokcYzzNa6ruTP&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb1416f elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"fb1416f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/tG8RZNLxFYM?si=mHDOeGYXdknPKjxY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bfcbe8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"7bfcbe8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Cy-bhjnLzI?si=oCOL45CGg9_cp6Xi\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11d9ce3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11d9ce3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22f186d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22f186d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Episode Overview<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b324bbd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b324bbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">What if the thing standing between you and your creative momentum is not a lack of discipline, but a lack of visibility?<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">In this midsummer episode, Karina shares findings from her completed research study on the ECtA accountability method \u2014 14 creative entrepreneurs, six countries, 12 weeks. The results surprised even her.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">We also sit down with one of Sweden&#8217;s most celebrated musicians, Merit Hemmingsson \u2014 Swedish Music Hall of Fame inductee, still recording and performing at 85. Her story spans a tiny village in J\u00e4mtland, playing alongside Miles Davis at Birdland in New York, and a new album coming this September. What a third act.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ba99b78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ba99b78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Topics Covered<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-134309ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"134309ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The five themes Karina found \u2014 fleeting momentum, the popcorn brain, the lone wolf, the glass lid, and higher purpose \u2014 and what shifted after 12 weeks of accountability meetings.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Why momentum feels invisible when you work alone, and how speaking your progress out loud changes everything.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Merit Hemmingsson on six decades of creative life, the all-female jazz band she brought from New York to Sweden in the 1960s, and what it means to keep choosing your work, decade after decade.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The science behind why it works \u2014 self-determination theory and the progress principle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb9b21e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2eb9b21e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Time Stamps<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-234ee35c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"234ee35c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">00:00 Intro \u00b7 02:07 Groundwork for ECtA \u00b7 02:57 What the study examined \u00b7 03:18 The participants \u00b7 04:08 Karina as participant \u00b7 05:03 Study design \u00b7 05:34 Theme 1: Fleeting momentum \u00b7 07:41 Theme 2: Popcorn brain \u00b7 08:46 Theme 3: Lone wolf \u00b7 09:50 Three functions of others \u00b7 11:48 Theme 4: Glass lid \u00b7 12:58 Theme 5: Higher purpose \u00b7 16:12 Introducing Merit \u00b7 18:01 Who Merit is \u00b7 21:33 New York and Girl Stars \u00b7 22:29 Playing with Miles Davis \u00b7 27:00 Forming the band \u00b7 33:18 The Hammond B3 \u00b7 36:02 Becoming a mother \u00b7 38:00 The second act \u00b7 39:04 Move to Gotland \u00b7 43:01 Music as medicine \u00b7 44:01 Celebrating wins \u00b7 47:51 What happened after 12 weeks \u00b7 49:09 Participants&#8217; voices \u00b7 01:01:00 Momentum becomes visible \u00b7 01:02:46 Choosing your own train \u00b7 01:03:14 The wolf finds her pack \u00b7 01:05:50 Mirroring courage and identity \u00b7 01:08:37 Higher purpose grows \u00b7 01:09:42 Self-Determination Theory \u00b7 01:14:30 Progress Principle \u00b7 01:17:30 Takeaways \u00b7 01:18:33 Ignite course in September \u00b7 01:19:30 Outro<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478ec3b9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"478ec3b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e9ee786 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e9ee786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">References &amp; further reading\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40301ccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40301ccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Featured guest:<\/strong><br \/>Merit Hemmingsson, Hammond organist, composer, singer, Swedish Music Hall of Fame 2017<br \/>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meritone.se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.meritone.se<\/a>\u00a0\u00b7 Instagram:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mmmerit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mmmmerit<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5xoFJP7qzaMcSAghFZXI4a\">Spotify<\/a><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><br \/>Backstage newsletter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ectahub.net\/weekletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ectahub.net\/weekletter<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bigdreamsandlittlethings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@bigdreamsandlittlethings<\/a><\/p><p>Facebook:\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bigdreamsandlittlethings\">@bigdreamsandlittlethings<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b4427a elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"4b4427a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/Rht7rBHuXW8?si=wJb8YPsiNE91ZGjD&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 33 &#8211; 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