What if play was the medicine you've been missing?

In this solo episode, Alexa invites you into a tender, transformative conversation about play—not as something frivolous or reserved for childhood, but as an act of healing, integration, and embodiment. This is an exploration of play as presence, as softness, as nervous system regulation. It’s about remembering who you were before the world taught you to be good, polished, and productive.

This episode is a gentle reminder: you are allowed to do things simply because they feel good. You are allowed to be messy, to be bad at something, and to try again. Let play be the exhale you didn’t know you were holding.

• What play really means (and how Alexa defines it beyond productivity)

• Why play is a nervous system tool, not just a fun distraction

• Personal stories about painting, pottery, and singing off-key

• The difference between play as medicine, integration, and embodiment

• How to reintroduce joy without justification

• What did play look like for you as a child?

• What’s something you could do today without needing to be good at it?

• What might shift if you saw joy as a nervous system tool?

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