What if the way that we think about building confidence, capability, problem solving skills is all wrong.

Or at least, what if we think those skills come from one place, from a classroom, from a book, from

worksheets, when actually they often come from the place where we're often triggered, where we think

it's really unimportant and childlike.

What place is that?

Play.

Imaginative play.

Now, let me be clear.

I'm just going to start by telling you, imaginative play is not natural for me.

I have a lot of judgment in my head.

This seems like a waste of time.

I don't want to be doing this.

I have things to do.

So if that's your reaction, I promise you,

this episode is actually going to really resonate

because I have been on my own journey

around imaginative play that started

from a place of judgment,

from feeling like it was kind of frivolous and frankly

annoying. But I've learned a lot. And it's not to say I've completely overcorrected and in no way

is imaginative play natural and always enjoyable for me. Uh-uh. But I know what's worth talking about.

And there's going to be a lot in this episode

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