The Importance of Play in Life

Episode Highlights With Stephanie

• How a very difficult adult experience led her to the work she does today and how it profoundly impacted her too
• What a stuck identity is and how they can get in the way of achieving what we want
• An identity is when we take on a point of view to help achieve something and why the stuck identities are the issue
• What happens when we have two conflicting identities at the same time
• The brain doesn’t know the difference between something that has actually happened and an imagined experience of the same thing
• How to use the fact that the brain doesn't know the difference between doing an imagining to your advantage
• Things we can do to help our children avoid stuck identities by allowing them to speak authentically without judgement
• The key to integration is to de-identify with individual ones
• A live demo on me of one of her processes on something vulnerable happening in my life and how you can use this same system with journaling to work through something
• Why self talk is so important and how to learn how to shift it if this is something that is a struggle for you
• Three tools that helped her shift her inner self talk
• What mirror work is and how it can be helpful
• Why play is important and how it means that your inner child feels safe - a lightning bolt moment for me… was my resistance to play and games for many years because my inner child didn’t feel safe?

Resources We Mention

• Rapidrewiremethod.com (with free resource)
• Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David R. Hawkins, MD
• The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz