playfulness – ᘡ Adventures with the Estrogen Army ᘠ

Borrowing a little childhood magic to reboot a bad day

Sue Braiden
June 30, 2016June 30, 2016
Pep Talks, The Viewing Room
awe, childhood, contentedness, creativity, fun, good ideas, happiness, heart, hope, joie de vivre, joy, kindness, levity, magic, memories, movies, optimism, perspective, playfulness, reboot, reflection, reset buttons, simplicity, soul, spark, spontaneity
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You don't have to be Alexander to have a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Sometimes, you just have to get out of bed, and that's enough. So when you have one of those days, what to do? I've found that... Read more

Where’s the Beef? (and how a really bad movie can be a really great tool for checking in with yourself)

Sue Braiden
May 18, 2016May 18, 2016
Good Question!, Ideas, Memetics and Blurts, The Viewing Room
adaptability, ageing, bucket list, clichés, courage, craves, disappointment, expectations, fearlessness, fulfillment, fun, good question, gutcheck, happiness, joie de vivre, levity, magic, movies, needs, playfulness, potential, self-worth, spontaneity, wit, wonder, zest

I'm always on the look-out for good Adventure Diva movies, and when I stumbled across "I'll See You in My Dreams" on Netflix, I thought I'd found one. I was wrong. The premise was a woman named Carol confronting her age,... Read more

On the objects of my affection, and the lessons of a captain and his bride.

Sue Braiden
January 29, 2015February 13, 2015
Epic Adventures, Later in Life
abundance, ageing, Banff, Canada, celebration, commitment, connectedness, dancing, devotion, epic adventures, family, fellowship, friends, happiness, harmony, hope, inspiration, love, magic, movie inspired adventures, passion, perspective, playfulness, priorities, reflection, soul, spark, tenderness, the objects of my affection, Valentine's Day, wanderlust, West Coast, wholeheartedness, wisdom, zest

30 years ago I was a very young woman on a very big adventure. Traveling West through several provinces on business, I was treated to a night up in the mountains at the Banff Springs Hotel. My... Read more

In case you hadn’t noticed, age isn’t a 4-lettered word (and how a drag queen’s pink coat might be your next parade) …

Sue Braiden
August 8, 2014August 10, 2019
Assignment Desk, Later in Life, Pep Talks, Superpowers
age, ageing, boldness, celebration, change, charisma, confidence, courage, creativity, daring, demons, empowerment, enthusiasm, fear, fearlessness, fun, getting older, happiness, heart, humour, imagination, joie de vivre, joy, levity, living on purpose, magic, midlife, moxy, open-mindedness, opportunities, outrageous, passion, playfulness, positivity, power, pride, rituals, sass, self-worth, spark, spirit, spontaneity, stereotypes, stigma, vulnerability, wholeheartedness, wisdom, wit, wonder, zest

It's cold out today. Last night was so chilly I actually pulled my fleece lounge pants on. This wouldn't be so surprising if it wasn't still early in August, the supposed "dog days of summer". I was thinking... Read more

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Borrowing a little childhood magic to reboot a bad day

Where’s the Beef? (and how a really bad movie can be a really great tool for checking in with yourself)

On the objects of my affection, and the lessons of a captain and his bride.

In case you hadn’t noticed, age isn’t a 4-lettered word (and how a drag queen’s pink coat might be your next parade) …

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