Ever wondered how to dance through life's challenges with grace and humor? Tune in for a lively discussion!

Join hosts Kim and Jill as they explore the metaphor of life as a dance, inspired by the catchy tune "Safety Dance." Discover how embracing fun and turning challenges into games can transform your perspective. Whether you're stuck in a rut or facing unexpected hurdles, this episode offers fresh insights on navigating life's ups and downs.

Key Takeaways:
- Find joy in challenging situations by asking, "How can I play with this?"
- Embrace change; sometimes dancing away from what's not serving you is necessary.
- Use humor as a tool to break tension and shift perspectives.

Ready to turn your struggles into steps on the dance floor of life? Listen now!

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Hello, lovely listeners, and good morning, Kim. Good morning, Jill Come on, everyone. I had a beautiful song that I woke up to today. Actually kept waking me up. And at first I didn't catch it, and I was like, did I just hear that song? What song is that? And then I had to, like, fell back asleep, woke up again. Oh, I'm definitely hearing that song. And then it was like, third time I woke up. But I would start laughing. It was.

You can dance if you want to. Like, you can leave your friends behind.

Jill, you know more of that song?

Yeah. Well, it's called the Safety Dance by Men at Work is the name of it.

Yes. Which is a really interesting title, but I love that.

Yeah, you can dance if you want to, or you can leave your... Basically you're saying if your friends don't dance.

Which friends are really a metaphor, but they don't dance, leave them behind.

Yeah. And I was kind of... I don't know why that song's in my head. Jill and I were talking and it is totally a huge metaphor to life right now. If you don't like what's going on, you don't like your friends, leave them behind. You know, if you're not having fun, you're not enjoying life, you're not dancing, then why are you still there? Why are you hanging on to that? You know, have fun with it.

Yeah. And here's the thing, Kim. A lot of times people will take that "oh, if it's not fun, I need to leave it behind" brace. They'll take that as "Okay, if it's hard or challenging, I need to leave that behind." Well, I can tell you, I know from personal experience with Kim and stuff that you do professionally anyway, at times gets very challenging for you and it's thrilling to you.

Yeah, it's fun. It's a game.

It's a game. You don't look at it and go, oh, this is hard. So therefore it's not fun.

Like you're not looking for everything in your life to be tiptoe through the tulips — so easy, so simple.

Like people who really make things fun and into a game — everything — that's what we talk about: no judgment; everything is part of the game.

If it's not part of the game it becomes the chopping block.

It's not if it's easy or non-challenging; that's not the point of decision.

Point — does that make sense?

If you are like one of those people that are stuck in something and you're trying to find the fun; you're trying to find the dance; you know; and trying to get out of the "friends don't dance," the friends that don't dance with you...

Yeah.

Song is just stuck in my head. It's like there's always a reason why you're still there.

So you gotta find: okay where's the challenge? Where's the game in this? Like how can I actually have fun with this?

That is the piece that you need: like it's not a challenge; nothing's actually challenging; you will make it a challenge.

I love that: how can I have fun with this? How can I turn this into a game?

Where it's another one that we say a lot is to ask: ask.

And that's an ask: how can I have fun with this thing?

So I had an interaction last night that wasn't very fun; and it was small and kind of out of the blue; and it just kind of takes your rhythm away from you.

Speaking of dancing — like things were going a certain direction; and all of a sudden this thing happens; and I'm out of my rhythm.

And I was like really? Just kind of more stunned by it; what the... what just happened?

Like so kind of quiet like what?

And I did not ask Kim that question of how can I have fun with this?

Like I can honor that initial experience or feelings or whatever are coming up; you know; but eventually I think getting into that space of going: how can I play with this? How can I dance with this?

Like an amazing question that'll just shift things into a whole new area that I say never would have thought of.

Yeah yeah yeah yeah: how can I dance with this?

Yep!

Oh my gosh!

Yeah! I have stories now that are just popping up in my head of all the times that something that I might have felt either boring or...

And how I just either start laughing or start acting goofy.

You know you've got those kids back in elementary school?

Sure! Everybody can think of this or the kid...

All of a sudden you've got the goofball; you've got the clown; you've always got one in the class.

And it's like those are the ones that are probably struggling and they use that to break the tension.

They don't sit there and ask in their head...

It is a tool; it is a resource they have developed.

Sometimes it's a little inappropriate...

Yes!

But for the most part they can use that in the future as something very very very beneficial to them to get through life.

Oh my goodness!

I could have fun with this one!

I know you can Kim!

You actually are masterful at this!

You can turn situations into a game!

We're using the dance metaphor today but Kim tends to call it a game...

I like them like "can I dance with this?"

You know?

But you are just incredible at it!

And so that's my wish — my hope for everyone that's listening — and myself included in that — that we can become as skilled at this as Kim is at taking these things in life that show up for us and making it something we want to dance with or possibly dance away from…

Because you do that too Kim!

Sometimes you just look at something and go "ah bored with that."

Done!

Yep done! And you're like done next!

Yep next!

Oh awesome!

Alright! You can dance!

I like this! Thank you Jill! Thank you everyone!

Yes! Thank you for listening! Until next time.