What if the secret to nervous system regulation for entrepreneurs isn’t another meditation app, breathwork practice, or productivity hack, but actually doing something completely useless… and fun?
In this episode, I share how one spontaneous horseback riding lesson after twenty years cracked me wide open to the truth: I’d forgotten how to have fun for fun’s sake.
And as mompreneurs, we’re guilty of the same thing: we schedule rest like it’s another task, optimize play with our kids, and convince ourselves the to-do list has to be done before we can relax. Which, let’s be honest, never happens.
We dive into why your nervous system never truly turns off when you’re stuck in “go mode,” how that constant on-state is wrecking your creativity and joy, and why silly, purposeless play — whether it’s lying in the grass, coloring with your kids, or building Legos late at night — might be the most effective form of nervous system regulation for entrepreneurs.
If you’ve been waiting for permission to drop the productivity badge and let yourself play, this is it.
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