Mary Hendra brings curiosity, creativity, and compassion to individuals and teams through Move with Grace. Redefining “play” for the modern, busy adult, her workshops and cohort programs foster self-reflection and build clarity so that you can take action.
Giggles
I’m excited about tomorrow’s Thinking Space.
It’s true, I love every one of these that I host - but tomorrow’s has just come together, and it is giving me the giggles today.
A little behind the scenes…
When I create these spaces, I give myself permission to lean fully into intuition. And, as intuition does, sometimes it comes later in the month than others.
It always comes in plenty of time for me to plan out all of the prompts. But, there are some months when I have it all written out almost as soon as the previous month’s gathering is over. Other months, it is a constellation of possibilities that wander through my mind across the month until it crystallizes.
Last night, it crystallized.
I woke up this morning thinking more on it, and can hardly wait for tomorrow, so I decided to send one more email in case you were on the fence. (And if you’re already registered - we’re going to have fun taking a breath together tomorrow!)
Since having a bit of surprise and delight is part of it, I won’t entirely reveal here what we’re going to do, but I’ll share some of what’s been in my constellation…
- Simple, simple doodles
- Blocks of color
- Self-observation - what can we learn about ourselves simply by paying a little more attention or grouping data in a different way? It can add a different layer to self-reflection.
- Play - I mentioned that in my email over the weekend - I’ve been having conversations about the place of play in our professional lives, and those conversations are definitely swirling in my constellation. A quote from one of the people I interviewed will be included tomorrow.
Bring colors - colored pencils, pens, paint - something to make colorful marks, and join me for June’s Thinking Space is Wednesday 6/15.
It’ll be different - and delightful. : )
| Thinking Space June 15, 2022 8:00am PT |
While I don’t record these, I do send a note to everyone who registered with a few ideas or a prompt that we used or which came up during the half hour together. So, if you can’t join live but are curious to learn more, register to get that email.
But if you can, join in person!
Back to my giggles,
Mary
Move with Grace
Mary Hendra brings curiosity, creativity, and compassion to individuals and teams through Move with Grace. Redefining “play” for the modern, busy adult, her workshops and cohort programs foster self-reflection and build clarity so that you can take action.
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