How Do You Like To Play?

As a child, I loved to create, to write, to draw, to make, to knit, to sing.

I would dream of one day being a writer. A fashion designer. An artist.

As a teenager, play helped me explore who I was. I experimented with clothes, music, makeup, and identity.

In my 20s, I danced. For hours. In clubs, at festivals, in kitchens with friends. Feeling the beat move through my body. Movement was my freedom. I loved to stay up late laughing with friends. Being playful was a social affair.

🎧 I talk about this period of my life candidly as a guest on The Mess We're In podcast 

In my 30s, much of that fell away. I still loved connection. But I felt the call unpick bad habits. Alongside the pressure to make progress. To tick boxes.

In my 40s, play is taking centre stage again. I've started to deconstruct the box that I built up for the past four decades. I care less about what people think. I’m freeing myself in a multitude of ways. I’m experimenting again, like I did as a child.

How do you like to play?

⭐️ Maybe it’s through movement or sport.

⭐️ Through your voice or your hands.

⭐️ Through laughter. Joy. Curiosity.

So many of us have forgotten how to play. I’m on a mission to change that.

For when we neglect play, we disconnect from our true needs. We lose our inner spark.

Listen to this episode of the Reparenting podcast on PLAY.

Meanwhile I invite you to play.

Whatever that means to you.

No matter how small it seems.

Give yourself permission to take the time for yourself.

I’d love to know what happens when you do.

Much love Melissa x

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