Episode 45: Filling Your Inner Child with Bliss with Courtney Bishop by The Pursuit of Authenticity Podcast published on 2022-11-22T23:40:32Z In a culture hyper-focused on productivity, performance, and pressure to excel, play can be seen as a waste of time. Why would you waste your precious time and energy goofing off when you could be striving towards your goals? As children, play is something that comes natural to you. You aren’t taught to do it, it’s just something you do! As you come of age, you’re sent to school, work, maybe to college, and are taught to be a productive and responsible member of society. Play becomes a thing of the past. Overtime, agitation and stress begin to build up. You feel spread thin, like you can’t keep up with your never ending to-do list, leaving you rushed, bitter, and with no time to do what you actually love! Tune into this episode to remember what it means to play, something you were born to do! TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Podcast Intro (00:36) Episode Intro (01:14) The Reason You Feel Spread Thin (02:39) You were born to Play (03:25) Remembering the Magic in the Mundane: The Curious, Flexible, & Expansive Self (06:18) The Pressure that Keeps you from Playing: The Rushing, Rigid, & Limiting Self (07:18) Learning to let go, flow, and follow your bliss (09:27) What does it take to perform at your highest potential? (11:12) How can you flow with the music, the dance of life, and let your inner child shine? (12:44) Follow along on Instagram, apply for coaching, and sign up for Monday Minutes! RESOURCES: https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/opposite-play-not-work-it-depression https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/why-play/ https://www.nifplay.org/what-is-play/biological-drive-to-play/ https://www.nifplay.org/play-science/summary-of-key-findings/ Episode 25: Pioneering Your Play Through Play with Kellen Milad: https://open.spotify.com/episode/16aPJPxdDI57wPiRRvOIqo?si=Ws-o8FSHQWO0qOcyMCvlGw CONNECT WITH POA: Instagram - www.instagram.com/thepursuitofauthenticity_ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/POAStrengthandWellness Apply for coaching - https://poastrengthandwellness.com/apply-for-uyp-now Sign up for Monday Minutes - https://poastrengthandwellness.com/join-the-poa-email-list Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/poaco Genre Learning