How Recovering People-Pleasers Can Reconnect with Play and Creativity
Those who have a history of people-pleasing and self-abandonment often find themselves out of touch with their creative and playful sides.
Sure, we know how to be constantly helping, working, producing, and achieving—but what about play? What about having fun? What about creativity for creativity’s sake?
Many of us grieve the absence of these forces in our daily lives, but don’t know how to get them back. We might even believe our playfulness or creativity is “gone forever” — or just “not who we are anymore.”
But that is a myth. And Hailey Magee is ready to dispel it.
In this on-demand talk, certified coach and educator Hailey Magee brings humor, inspiration, personal experience, and her trademark nuanced attitude to a discussion of how play and creativity are especially important for the recovering people-pleaser, offering a necessary antidote to self-abandonment and constant other-focus.
For those caught in the cycle of self-abandonment, play and creativity provide a safe haven; an opportunity to truly come home to ourselves. And no matter how long our play and creativity have been missing, we can always find them again—usually with a little help.
We’ll explore:
Why do those who people-please and self-abandon tend to become disconnected from our playful, creative selves over time?
What societal forces discourage us from engaging in the world in a playful way—and how do various cultures connect with play and creativity differently?
What does science and research say about play and creativity? Can they really benefit our lives in a meaningful way—or is that just a new-age wellness promise?
What steps can we take can we do when we feel we’ve “lost” our playfulness and creativity forever? How do we get them back with incremental steps and intention?
Throughout the talk, Hailey will draw on insights from some of the great thinkers in the creativity realm: Julia Cameron of The Artist’s Way, Tricia Hersey of Rest is Resistance, Rick Rubin of The Creative Act, Elizabeth Gilbert of Big Magic, and more.
This pre-recorded talk is 45 minutes of speaking and 45 minutes of Q&A.
Those who have a history of people-pleasing and self-abandonment often find themselves out of touch with their creative and playful sides.
Sure, we know how to be constantly helping, working, producing, and achieving—but what about play? What about having fun? What about creativity for creativity’s sake?
Many of us grieve the absence of these forces in our daily lives, but don’t know how to get them back. We might even believe our playfulness or creativity is “gone forever” — or just “not who we are anymore.”
But that is a myth. And Hailey Magee is ready to dispel it.
In this on-demand talk, certified coach and educator Hailey Magee brings humor, inspiration, personal experience, and her trademark nuanced attitude to a discussion of how play and creativity are especially important for the recovering people-pleaser, offering a necessary antidote to self-abandonment and constant other-focus.
For those caught in the cycle of self-abandonment, play and creativity provide a safe haven; an opportunity to truly come home to ourselves. And no matter how long our play and creativity have been missing, we can always find them again—usually with a little help.
We’ll explore:
Why do those who people-please and self-abandon tend to become disconnected from our playful, creative selves over time?
What societal forces discourage us from engaging in the world in a playful way—and how do various cultures connect with play and creativity differently?
What does science and research say about play and creativity? Can they really benefit our lives in a meaningful way—or is that just a new-age wellness promise?
What steps can we take can we do when we feel we’ve “lost” our playfulness and creativity forever? How do we get them back with incremental steps and intention?
Throughout the talk, Hailey will draw on insights from some of the great thinkers in the creativity realm: Julia Cameron of The Artist’s Way, Tricia Hersey of Rest is Resistance, Rick Rubin of The Creative Act, Elizabeth Gilbert of Big Magic, and more.
This pre-recorded talk is 45 minutes of speaking and 45 minutes of Q&A.
Those who have a history of people-pleasing and self-abandonment often find themselves out of touch with their creative and playful sides.
Sure, we know how to be constantly helping, working, producing, and achieving—but what about play? What about having fun? What about creativity for creativity’s sake?
Many of us grieve the absence of these forces in our daily lives, but don’t know how to get them back. We might even believe our playfulness or creativity is “gone forever” — or just “not who we are anymore.”
But that is a myth. And Hailey Magee is ready to dispel it.
In this on-demand talk, certified coach and educator Hailey Magee brings humor, inspiration, personal experience, and her trademark nuanced attitude to a discussion of how play and creativity are especially important for the recovering people-pleaser, offering a necessary antidote to self-abandonment and constant other-focus.
For those caught in the cycle of self-abandonment, play and creativity provide a safe haven; an opportunity to truly come home to ourselves. And no matter how long our play and creativity have been missing, we can always find them again—usually with a little help.
We’ll explore:
Why do those who people-please and self-abandon tend to become disconnected from our playful, creative selves over time?
What societal forces discourage us from engaging in the world in a playful way—and how do various cultures connect with play and creativity differently?
What does science and research say about play and creativity? Can they really benefit our lives in a meaningful way—or is that just a new-age wellness promise?
What steps can we take can we do when we feel we’ve “lost” our playfulness and creativity forever? How do we get them back with incremental steps and intention?
Throughout the talk, Hailey will draw on insights from some of the great thinkers in the creativity realm: Julia Cameron of The Artist’s Way, Tricia Hersey of Rest is Resistance, Rick Rubin of The Creative Act, Elizabeth Gilbert of Big Magic, and more.
This pre-recorded talk is 45 minutes of speaking and 45 minutes of Q&A.