WORK PLAY 101
"WHEN WE ARE GUIDED BY OUR PLAYFULNESS IT CAN LEAD US BACK TO LIFE ITSELF"
BERNARD DE KOVEN
"SERIOUS ART IS BORN FROM SERIOUS PLAY"
JULIA CAMERON
You’re here!! I’m so happy to see you.
Come a little closer, I’ve got a secret to tell you.
Ready?
Okay, here it is….
…work doesn’t have to be boring or hard or stressful or draining or miserable or an endurance test.
There is a world in which work is joyful, life-affirming and fun. A world where you get to the end of the day feeling happy, satisfied and connected. A world where you don’t live for the weekends or the next holiday.
Sounds good, right?
Maybe that’s not how it feels for you right now. You’re not alone.
Whether you’re feeling frustrated in a job you used to love, or you’re a purpose-led leader who’s lost their MOJO, or you’re working for a cause and feeling burned out, Work Play 101 is designed to help you unlock your full potential and turn your work from a grind into a gift.
Work Play 101 is an eight-week programme of playful learning and transformation, where you design a new way of working that brings your passion, creativity and playfulness front and centre. It’s a journey to remember what it is that lights you up, where you learn how to harness this powerful creative force to transform your relationship with your work.
In the words of poet Mary Oliver, “..tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life”?
Will you let work be something you endure whilst saving the good stuff ‘till… retirement?
Or are you ready to make work joyful, life-giving and playful?
Eeek, this sounds thrilling and scary all at once. How do I know if it’s for me?
If you answer yes to any of the following questions, Work Play 101 is 100% for you:
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Would you like to feel energised and motivated by the work you do?
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Would you like to reignite your passion for a job you once loved?
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Do you have a sense of a parallel life that is fulfilling and fun that you can’t quite grasp?
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Would you like work to feel easier, lighter and more exciting?
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Would you like an effortless, life-giving way of sustaining yourself through the hard work you have to do?
There are 16 precious spots on this first Work Play 101 cohort and this programme only runs once a year. Does one of them have your name on it?
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This feels a little bit magical, tell me more about the programme
Led by me, Lucy Taylor, the Founder of Make Work Play, Work Play 101 was born from my personal journey of losing my joy and my spark for the work I did, and the journey I went on to recover it. Forged in the fire of my own personal experience, I've developed a set of practices and principles to make work feel like play again.
Now, for the first time ever, I'm sharing them directly with you - the 7Ps of WorkPlay.
Work Play 101 is a hybrid experience set over eight weeks. We kick off on Tuesday 14th January 2025. Each week we have a 90-minute Zoom session on Tuesday evening from 7:00 - 8:30pm where we explore one of the 7Ps of WorkPlay.
We kick off each module with a playful practice to experiment with during the week. We then share experiences, deepen our understanding of our habits and explore ways to hack our routines for greater alignment, joy and flow.
Our final session (week 8) will be a beautiful full-day, in-person gathering and celebration of all that we have learnt where we will bring together our learning and explore what it means for our work and our practice.
In the stunning Yavington Studios nestled in the Itchen Valley near Winchester, it will be a chance to reflect, celebrate each other's successes, bask in nature and be in a supportive community of like-minded folk. I will nourish you and spoil you with delicious food, nature walks and connection.
This sounds gorgeous! What’s the investment?
This eight-week transformational experience is priced at £1,200, but as a special launch offer for this first cohort, you can access it for just £699 if you book by 30th November 2024, or £899 thereafter.
If you want an affordable, unique opportunity to reconnect with yourself and your true purpose and joy, this is going to be such a meaningful and easeful transformation - and I would love to support you through it. I can’t wait to see your wings unfurl.
And what will I come away with?
OH.SO.MUCH!!
Research shows that when we bring our playfulness to our work we feel more motivated, connected, joyful, creative, energised, confident and have a greater sense of possibility. It also shows that tapping into our playfulness can make us feel less tired, stressed, burned out and bored.
So there’s that.
In joining the programme you’re giving yourself a great gift - a space to connect with your creativity and the things that light you up but which may have been long since packed away. A space in which you can uncover your beautiful potential.
You will journey alongside other like-minded folk and come away as part of a connected tribe of people who are committing to a different, more freeing way of working.
Disclaimer: I take no responsibility if you decide to up sticks and join the circus because that was the desire of your eight-year-old heart which gets rekindled through jumping on the WorkPlay train. Nor for any incredible projects that get concocted during the course of this programme, leading you on a wild, wonderful adventures.