Where "Meet Me on My Playground" Was Created

Playground from my Childhood Memories

When I was a young girl, going to the playground at school or anywhere in the city was pure JOY. I can bring to mind the imaginative games, wildly diverse people, playground equipment, smells of pine and honeysuckle, and even feel a bag of jacks in my hand after scooping them up off the pavement. Maybe you can play along and take your mind back to your childhood playgrounds. Tap into the energies of that innocence and freedom, joy and excitement, where time was not a priority and exploring was easy.

Imagination

Like many children, I had a grand imagination - making the playground less metal structures and wood chips and more a mysterious wonderland. The monkey bars shaped like a dome would be a house that I could crawl in and climb on top of. The futuristic home allowed me to experience life upside down without my feet on the ground. I could be in a whole new

world.

We all knew there was the way you were "supposed" to be on the see-saw and then there was the way we did it anyway. We would challenge beliefs about how the equipment *should* or *could* be used. It seemed like the more I could think outside of the norm, the more excited, free, and full of life I felt! The more creative, the better. No one really said, Ginnie, you can't swing like Superman or you can't lay down in the dirt to play. Right?! What happened to that gusto for life? It is still there if I connect to it, call it in, spend time with it, open up to it, honor it and love it. This is an aspect of my coaching. Helping hold the space and share with you ways to create a true relationship to Self:

• Connect to Self

• Call in aspects of Self

• Spend time with Self

• Open up to your Self

• Honor your Self

• Love yourself - unconditionally.

No expectations

Kids and games were never the same twice. That meant that I really didn't show up with preconceived expectations. How wonderful it was to just show up for myself and let the play unfold as it was intended. Was it mentally and physically challenging? Yes. Did I sometimes get my feelings hurt or even head home nursing a scrape or disappointment, certainly. But that was so worth it. Are you ready to get messy and play in the dirt, yet? Let go of hindering expectations and be willing to go all in?