Are you play deprived?
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When did you last play? Not rest. Not scroll. Not exercise with a target or socialise with an agenda. Actually play. Purposeless, unscripted, a little bit ridiculous.
In this episode Caitlin and Chantelle get into one of the most radical things an adult can do: absolutely nothing useful. We explore what play actually is, why we stopped doing it, what it's costing us, and what it might feel like to let ourselves have it back.
We get into:
The gendered conditioning that turns women's leisure into productivity - the exercise class, the book club, the dinner party
Why pure unstructured play gets coded as childish, self-indulgent, or wasteful.
The dopamine trap that makes play excruciating for high achievers, because the brain that's wired to chase a goal genuinely doesn't know what to do when there isn't one.
The grief of lost play, and the version of yourself who used to move through the world with more lightness, before you learned that your value was your output.
And they ask the question that might undo you: Is there a version of you that used to play freely that you miss? What happened to them, and do you want them back?
Play isn't the reward for getting everything done. It's part of how you stay human while you do it.
You don't have to earn it. You just have to give yourself permission.
We go wherever connection lives.
If you’re curious about having more play in your life - here is the play quiz we discuss in the episode! https://playstyles.nifplay.org/
DM us once you have done it! We’d love to hear what play style you got and how that resonates for you.
If anything in this episode stirs something big, please bring it to a friend, a therapist, or someone who loves you.
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