Caitlin is the co-founder of Makeshift, one of Australia’s first agencies offering creativity on prescription programs and dedicated to connecting creativity and mental health for social change. Her team’s approach is all about creating space to get back in touch with your imagination and creativity through maker culture and play. It’s about putting play back into everyday lives of people just like you to reduce stress, regain autonomy and present mindful, active relaxation to groups and individuals.
To mark October’s Mental Health month, Caitlin joined us to explore:
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Why play is important to our imagination and creativity
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How you can use play to reduce stress and promote wellbeing
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Using play to boost your productivity
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What kinds of play can benefit you
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Strategies to create time for meaningful play each month (even when you’re not feeling it)
In this special session, we learned:
- The definition of real, long lasting self-care
- “Delight is the shadow partner of depression”
- We need to protect our Window of Tolerance
- How to spot the physical signs of applied stress
- Activities to use and resources to read for proper self-care
Catch up with the action replay:
ABOUT CAITLIN MARSHALL
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Caitlin is the co-founder of Makeshift, one of Australia’s first agencies offering creativity on prescription programs and dedicated to connecting creativity and mental health for social change. She spent a decade as a social worker in frontline trauma and crisis services, and has brought this experience into work that heralds the vital need for humans to connect to their creative muscle for our health and wellbeing. Her team’s approach is all about creating space to get back in touch with your imagination and creativity through maker culture and play. It’s about putting play back into everyday lives of people just like you to reduce stress, regain autonomy and present mindful, active relaxation to groups and individuals.
Find out more about Makeshift here https://www.makeshift.org.au/
ABOUT THE FREELANCE JUNGLE:
The Freelance Jungle is a Patreon-powered grassroots community for Australian and New Zealand freelancers. We remind freelancers and creatives that stress has a productivity cost and promote self-advocacy through raising the knowledge bar and ending isolation. We aim to help freelancers feel more connected with their personal and professional creativity without the hard sell vibes. https://freelancejungle.com.au/ https://www.patreon.com/freelancejungle