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Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield 0:00
This one’s for the adults out there listening. Do you ever wish you’re a kid again? Maybe when life was simpler and more fun. Life Coach Jasna Burza shows us how to connect with your inner child. And today’s Sunday check in. So glad to have you back. Okay, I want to talk to you about a phrase I hear people say often, my inner child, what does that mean? First of all,

Jasna Burza 0:25
inner child of this sense of play of care free attitude of the remembrance of who we used to be before all the adult, responsive responsibilities piled on and we became way too serious.

Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield 0:41
And how do we get in touch with our inner child?

Jasna Burza 0:45
Well, there are a few things that we can do every single day that we have to be very intentional about them. For me, I have two little ones who are all in play, there’s still so immersed into the teach me a lot. I think one of the first things that that we were suggested pursue your childhood interests. What are some of those things that you love to do? Like my children are very different. And they there are certain things that they really, really love to do. And I hope that they will always stay married to that. So was it in Legos? Was it dancing? Did you like building things, right climbing trees, that part of us is still inside. So I think when no one’s looking, go and play it and evoke that childhood memories and that sense of Carefree Spirit in you.

Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield 1:29
I like to add that adults can still play and it’s actually important. One way to do that is being creative.

Jasna Burza 1:37
Yes. But creative. Children are so incredibly creative, my sons will make something out of nothing. And they’re always building a concocting cooking and mixing. So I think the best way to do that is just to activate the creative part of our brain is doodle. paint color, right? Just get creative. I think also, we can express our emotions through creativity, we can process them, we can think of a thought that we have, you know, or a solution to a problem we haven’t thought of before. I have a coloring book that I love it nice. I can sometimes I will light a candle and I was just color. It also helps me calm down the racing thoughts. But also lets me create a wave and my creative side and why not pink and blue and yellow and all the colors of the rainbow.

Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield 2:21
Yeah, why not? Something else that you had mentioned, that’s really important. It’s important to me is laughing.

Jasna Burza 2:28
Laughter children laugh, they forgive so soon, they forget things and they move on. And they laugh at the stupidest, weirdest, smallest things. I think getting together with friends who make you laugh, are watching funny pranks and YouTube or funny cat videos, or just fine. Sometimes even if you start laughing You force yourself to laugh. You It’s kind of like yawning, you’re gonna catch a bug and you’re just gonna, you will start laughing for no reason. It is really healing for the soul.

Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield 3:00
And you said to that’s something else that’s healing is taking up a new hobby or doing something different mixing it up. It really

Jasna Burza 3:08
is when we do that when we when we try the things that we have been afraid to do. You know, it’s is mimics children who are not afraid to die they try. So go to a completely different place where playing is encouraged. I recently went rollerblading at a local place with my kids and I fell at least 50 times. And he was so funny. I laughed and he was like, I remember what it’s like to try something and fall and not to take myself seriously. And that was very, very helpful.

Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield 3:45
I love that. I mean, that’s the key here right? Don’t take yourself too seriously. Thank you guys.

Jasna Burza 3:53
That’s a pleasure.