Almost Grown...Up

Welcome to the Almost Grown...Up Summer Series - If you are in the northern hemisphere we are in full-on summer season now and to help boost some playfulness that naturally comes with the longer days and more relaxed schedules I decided this August instead of our usual podcast episodes we are going to have 4 weeks of play projects.   Each week I will share a mini-episode that will give you a  play project to complete. So we all get to practice being a little more playful every week and see what comes out of it.    This is week one and I can't wait to hear what you think of the challenges!  

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This week we are in the blanket fort and dreaming of exploring. In this short episode, Lucie shares 4 ideas on how we can play more when we are travelling and use any trips we have as a chance to get fresh perspectives and new ideas. So get ready for some arm chair travel as we get excited for fresh discoveries ahead.  

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This week we are in the blanket fort exploring the way we can access play through our physical bodies. It's easy as grown-ups to get stuck in our minds and in this episode, we explore 5 different ways in which we can get into playful states through movement. 

During the episode, Lucie references the Journal Article "Presences and Play: Why Mindfulness Matters"   As a basis for findings on how our emotions and bodies respond to playful movement. 

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This week we are back in the blanket fort to look at the role creativity plays in helping us craft our own lives. This episode explores how we access our creativity when we are not feeling creative, a reminder that everyone is creative and how we can use this energy to build the life and world we want to live in. 

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This week we are joined in the blanket fort by artist Evelin Toledano to discuss creativity, play and how we can explore and experiment more. 

In this interview, Evelin and Lucie discuss the power of the body and tactlessness to get into new ways of creating, play practices to help sustain a creative career, and the responsibility of art to show us the real world. 

Find more from Evelin on Instagram or via her website. 

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This week we are diving into part two of adulting tools! Following last week's episode, we are diving into another 4 tools that can help us to be more of the grown-up we want to be and shape the world in a way that feels more like the world we want to live in. In this episode, we cover Listening, the Growth Mindset, Play and Community. 

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What are the core tools that we can use to be the Grown Ups we want to be? This is the question we are tackling in this week's episode. We know that growing up in our own way can sometimes feel tricky. Like trying to find your way without a map. So today Lucie dives deep into four of the key tools that she sees to be fundamental to help us grow even when we don't have a map, so we can move forward in our own path without having to know quite where it takes us. 

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It's episode 50! And to celebrate this milestone we are in the blanket fort discussing what it really means to be a grown-up nowadays and how do we balance the desire to grow with the pressure of 'adulting' 

So let's dive in. 

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How do we create spaces that promote play? Do our spaces affect the way we interact with them and how playful we can be? And how do we create more space mentally, physically and emotionally to tap into our playful self? 

In short, we are cosying back into the blanket fort to talk about space. In all senses. Space is an often overlooked element in our lives and in this episode, Lucie explores what space really means in relation to play and how we can make the most of it. 

So let's dive in. 

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Do you ever feel like you want to move forward, but aren't particularly sure where you should be going? 

That feeling of wanting to be growing, expanding and using your time well. But not know what you really want. 

Welcome to most days of being a grown-up. Today we are back in the blanket fort to explore exactly this idea. What can we do to move forward and grow when we are not sure what we really want? 

Lucie shares two strategies to help you navigate this time of not knowing that will help you move forward anyway and hopefully feel a little bit better about not having a clue. 

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