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Radio Headspace

Playfulness Is a Strength, Not a Flaw

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

When Dora started dating her partner, she tried to be polished and serious — treating early dates like interviews. But it wasn’t until she let her playful side show that things truly deepened. Today’s episode explores how playfulness builds intimacy and trust, and why joy is not a distraction from love or life but a path to deeper connection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:09.5

Welcome to Radio Headspace Studio. So when I first started dating my now boyfriend,

1:15.7

I treated our first date like a job interview. I'm talking about serious energy, intentional eye

1:22.1

contact, measured responses, questions like, where do you see yourself in five years? And meanwhile, inside, I was trying so hard to manage the moment, rather than just be in it.

1:34.3

The truth is, I was afraid that if I showed the playful, silly side of myself too soon, I wouldn't be taken seriously.

1:42.3

So, I showed up seriously, polished, put together.

1:47.0

But the more time we spent together, the more I realized, that wasn't me.

1:52.0

Well, not all of me.

1:54.0

Because under all that composure is someone who laughs easily,

1:58.0

who loves a good inside joke,

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