ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Shadow Playground explores what helps us create a life that feels deeply alive, playful and authentically our own. We examine both the sources of vitality and the blockages that constrain it, including fear, shame, conflict, judgment, seriousness, social conditioning and the parts of ourselves we tend to hide.
Created by V10 Life Design, the podcast treats playfulness and shadow not as opposites, but as forces that can coexist and even strengthen one another. What becomes possible when we bring curiosity, creativity and a playful spirit to the most meaningful, uncomfortable and challenging parts of being human?
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 19 days
Average audio length:
51 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
37 episodes
since June 19, 2022
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What if life wasn't something we had to constantly prove ourselves in?
What if, instead of treating the world as a proving ground, we began experiencing it as a playground?
In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez Bridgman sits down with play facilitator and speaker Gary Ware to explore how play, c…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
We are all ageing. So why are so many of us taught to fear it?
In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez Bridgman sits down with author and anti ageism activist Ashton Applewhite to explore the stories we've been told about getting older and what becomes possible when we begin questioning them.
Asht…
Death. Trauma. Social taboos. Awkward situations.
Why do humans sometimes laugh at things that don't seem funny at all?
In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez Bridgman sits down with humor researcher Dr. Caleb Warren to explore the psychology of dark humor and why something can feel wrong and fun…
From cutting out sugar to exercising more, many behaviors around food and fitness are praised as “healthy.”
But when can healthy intentions become harmful?
In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez Bridgman sits down with body image researcher and psychologist Dr. Charlotte Markey to explore eating …
Jealousy is an emotion many of us would rather not feel.
We hide it, judge it, suppress it or expect our partners to make it disappear.
But what if jealousy has something to tell us?
In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez Bridgman sits down with relationship researcher and depth psychologist Dr. …
From a young age, many of us begin absorbing messages about what a “good” body is supposed to look like.
Thin. Strong. Smooth. Young. Controlled.
But what if our bodies were never the problem?
In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez Bridgman sits down with author, body image advocate and Body Happ…
Relationships are often imagined as places of calm, safety and connection.
But what about tension?
In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez Bridgman sits down with relationship scientist, marriage and family therapist, and sex therapist Marisa Cohen to explore the role tension plays in our relation…
Technology is everywhere. It entertains us, connects us, helps us create and gives us access to communities that may once have been impossible to find.
But what is it actually doing to our brains?
In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez Bridgman sits down with neuroscientist and author Dr. Dean Bu…
How Gossip can be Good with Frank McAndrew
Gossip has a bad reputation. We associate it with judgment, rumors, betrayal and talking behind someone’s back.
But what if gossip is actually a fundamental part of being human?
In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez Bridgman sits down with social psy…
Is Gossip Actually Good for Us? with Frank McAndrew
Gossip has a bad reputation. We associate it with judgment, rumors, betrayal and talking behind someone’s back.
But what if gossip is actually a fundamental part of being human?
In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez Bridgman sits down with soc…
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