Conversations, reflections and practical ideas about adult play, burnout recovery, creativity, leadership, connection and feeling more like yourself again.
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What happens when high performance becomes your normal setting, and rest starts to feel harder than pushing through?
In this episode, Andrew Boniface and I talk about high performance, identity, burnout, rest, human performance, nervous systems, play and what happens when the person behind the performer starts to disappear.
Play of the Week
Spend five minutes in nature without your phone.
What if an empty hour isn't wasted, it's an investment?
In this episode, Ernest Tan and I talk about informing versus forming, why the hour nobody scheduled might be doing more work than any of the hours we did, and what it means to teach through play in a culture built on achievement.
Play of the Week
This week, invest fifteen minutes in a relationship. Anyone in your life. A child. A colleague. A friend. A parent. No agenda. No outcome. Nothing scheduled around it. Just fifteen minutes, genuinely theirs, genuinely yours. See what happens.
What happens when we stop trying to have everything figured out and get a little more curious instead?
In this episode, Gabriella Salmon and I talk about curiosity, risk, emotion, connection and what it means to explore life a little more deeply. We get into the value of asking one more question, paying attention to what we’re actually feeling, and being willing to stay open to what might happen when we don’t rush past discomfort or uncertainty.
Play of the Week
This week, get a little more curious. Ask one more question. Go a little deeper into how you’re feeling. Notice your surroundings, your reactions and the choices you’re making. You don’t need to overhaul your life. Just create a little more space to explore what’s really going on.
When you’re the person everyone turns to, who holds space for you?
In this episode, Jeremy Greening and I talk about grief, joy, connection and the often-unseen cost of being the person who supports everyone else. We explore what it means to carry other people’s stories, why joy can still exist alongside grief, and how small moments of connection can help bring us back to ourselves.
Play of the Week
Choose one small action that creates a little movement or spark. Smile at a stranger. Buy someone a coffee. Step outside and watch the stars or the clouds go by. It doesn’t have to be big. Just do something that shifts you, even slightly.
What if building authority was not about being louder, but about becoming more authentic?
Jodi Salmond speaks with media strategist, bestselling author and sixth dan black belt Mitch Carson about Authority Architecture, personal branding, artificial intelligence, resilience and the challenge of remaining human while building a visible body of work.
Play of the Week
Do one thing that is only for you. No audience, no post and nothing to prove. Notice who you are when nobody is watching.
Burnout does not always look like falling apart. Sometimes it looks like continuing to work, drive, perform and push through while your internal warning lights are flashing.
In this episode, Jodi speaks with mining professional David Kennington about fatigue in FIFO life, the warning signs we often ignore, and why mountain biking, humour and meaningful play help him reconnect with his energy.
Play of the Week
Notice one warning light in your own system, then ask what kind of play or recovery you actually need.
Burnout does not always look like falling apart. Sometimes it looks like functioning, achieving and getting everything done while feeling increasingly disconnected from yourself.
In this opening episode, Jodi explores why play is not childish or optional, how high-functioning burnout can be easy to miss, and how small moments of curiosity, movement, laughter and connection can help us feel human again.
Play of the Week
Notice one moment when you feel genuinely alive.