With Liz Chandler

Liz invites listeners on a nostalgic journey through the quiet corners of her past to explore the transformative power of play. She reflects on how the stories people told about her as a child often centered on her ability to entertain herself for hours. While she once viewed this independence through a lens of loneliness or neglect, she now sees it as a vital necessity for her nature. As a projector in human design, she realizes that this solitude was not about being unwanted but about needing space to recalibrate and clear her energy.

The memories of Ashburn, Missouri, serve as a backdrop for these revelations about freedom and creative energy. Liz paints a vivid picture of a two block queendom where she was the ruler of her own time, often accompanied by her four legged best friend, Maggie. She notes that these experiences provided a sense of peace that can be hard to find in the rigid constructs of adulthood, where play often feels like just another item on a busy to do list.

Through a recent emotional breakthrough at the beach, Liz shares how she is actively rewriting the narrative of her own isolation. She touches on the sacredness of being alone and how those moments of childhood independence shaped her current ability to navigate the world. By integrating lessons from internal family systems and polyvagal theory, she explores how her younger self was not just playing but was actually building a regulatory foundation for the person she is today.