In episode 23 we talk about games and being gamers. We explore what makes one a gamer, the different types of games we engage in (board, video, TTRPG) and our feelings around the label and the activity.

Key Takeaways

1. The label of "gamer," like "artist," can be difficult for us to claim. When we examine why, we see that we sometimes feel too casual about it, believing we don’t invest enough time or effort to deserve the label.

2. We find that gaming serves as a social activity. Both video games and board games allow us to bond with friends and family, whether through collaboration or competition.

3. We notice that we have personal judgments around gaming being a lesser or wasteful hobby. So we try to remind ourselves that:

A. The artistry of games in terms of storytelling, visuals, and mechanics is valid.

B. Playing games gives us chances to experience and work through emotions, helping us develop resilience.

C. Games put us in unique scenarios that can be cathartic.

D. Gaming enables us to build skills and potentially hone our own storytelling.

4. In both art and gaming, we find that the process, so the storytelling and the journey, is just as important, if not more so, than the win or level-up moment.

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In episode 22 we talk about all the ways in which we have been creative recently, and explore what it means to engage in different artforms and how it relates to our creativity as a whole.

Key Takeaways

1. We usually paint to express our creativity; therefore, it can sometimes feel like anything that is not painting, isn’t necessarily creative, or has no common thread with our main creative practice.
2. You will find that you’re the common thread! You are the thing that connects all your expressions of creativity whether visual or not.
3. Creativity can also look like; cooking with new ingredients or trying new recipes, running a fantasy RPG game, learning new subjects, making bracelets and comics.
4. Your additional creative pursuits don’t have to be healing, and if it does feel like it is therapeutic, that is a happy bonus!
5. Whether your final creative outcomes are enjoyed just by you, or an audience (like your family), your creativity is meeting a need.
6. We hypothesise that these needs are:

• Needing to feel connected and loved
• Needing to be seen or validating
• Needing to show up for self and not self-abandoning

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Iris

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Tamara

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In episode 21 we talk about people pleasing. We explore why we do it, what it means, the positive and negative sides to it and how to move towards having healthier boundaries in all areas of life.

Key Takeaways:

1. The term people pleasing; refers to all humans, that one may willingly do things for, at the expense of oneself.

2. The act of people pleasing is about controlling how others may view you, act towards you, and often generates resentment in the person doing the pleasing.

3. People pleasing can also come from an inherent sense of unworthiness. Therefore we feel we need to add value or become worthy people to combat that idea.

4. People pleasing can also be aided by the discomfort in setting boundaries and the expected or imagined conflict that that action may bring.

5. In art and in life, self-awareness and self-reflection are going to be the things that serve you in understanding:

a. Are you trying to control someone’s thoughts, feelings, or reaction?

b. Are you feeling resentful?

c. Is the need or want you’re anticipating true?

d. Is the urgency or danger you’re feeling to fulfil this perceived need real?

6. At the same time, we shouldn’t gaslight ourselves and deny:

a. We have cultural expectations, and a difference in in the philosophies we grow up with.

b. Our experiences are valid, and that the definition of danger or urgency depends on our situations.

7. People pandering and boundary work BOTH use energy:

a. However, people pleasing has a perpetual use of energy.

b. Whereas boundary work might have a larger investment at the start but a maintenance energy as time goes on.

8. The choice therefore lies with the individual, and which energy they feel costs them the least.

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Iris

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Tamara

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