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Hello Holistic Helper…

I’m Dena Roering, I’m a playful helper.

I help parents and children experiencing challenges in their family life due to adversity including adverse childhood experiences, special needs or issues affecting parents making it hard for them to feel good about family.

Today, I would like to help you reconnect to your inner child in a unique way- using play.  By the end of this podcast you will understand why, as a holistic helper, connecting with your inner child through play is both possible and necessary.

Beverly’s provided me with some questions to answer, all in support of you taking good care of yourself while you do great work into the world.

Thank you for being here…

If you are ready, let’s begin..

Question #1: What’s the importance of play in your life as a helper?

Talking Point:  Play helps combat compassion fatigue on a visceral level.  It does this by reducing stress, creating balance and providing care for your Inner Child.

Question #2: How can you add play throughout the day while at a day job?

Talking Point:  Play can be many opposite things, it is in fact limitless.  By using this paradox of play, you can tailor your playful experiences at work to your circumstances and needs.

Question #3: How do you access your Inner Child more often without opening old wounds?

Talking Point:  Because play works on a subconscious level, it is quite possible that it will bring up old wounds.  Connecting with that part of yourself that remains pure and innocent, recognizing and validating what is coming up to be healed, will aid you in giving your Inner Child safe play experiences.

Question #4: Share a personal story of when you realized that you needed more play and the results that transpired because of it.

Talking Point:  My wife and I began playing together and have now found our relationship transformed and as a result we have started out on a new adventure together.

Question #5: What are 3 tips, tools or strategies you recommend around play?

Talking Point:  1) Watch AinleyTop Women TEDx Talk:  Playful Grownups Overcoming Adversity and make up your own A-Z list of play options.  2)  Listen to what you need and give it to yourself.  3)  Remember that maturity and playfulness are not mutually exclusive, in fact being a fully developed adult who can play is a great gift into the world.

Thank you for being with me today. If you’d like to connect with me further, my contact information is:

Instagram @Nurturing Parents

Facebook @Safe Haven Foundation

Website www.safehavenfoundation.co.uk

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