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This podcast explores the trials and tribulations of growing up in today’s world. Filled with discussion, debate and a few facts here and there, Lucie tries to find a way to make peace with the inevitability of ageing and what it means to grow up. Striving to find the perfect blend between existential crisis and humour, that will satisfy every millennials' deep seated fear of ageing, and some how attempt to find lightness in the greatest of fears, even wrinkle related ones.
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Ever wonder what it's like to grow up in a big family? Meet 11 year-old Lincoln Loud and his ten sisters! You may already follow them on Nickelodeon's The Loud House. Now you can listen to their very own podcast.
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The Wonder Sessions: Spring and the Wonder of People
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Welcome back to Almost Grown...Up! Before Season 4 officially kicks off, join Lucie and Annie for a special Wonder Session to celebrate the arrival of spring and summer. 🌸✨ In this episode, Lucie and Annie discuss: How life has changed in the past few months Where they've discovered wonder in their everyday lives The rituals that have been bringing…
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We are back in the blanket fort for the final episode of Season Three. And to close out the season Lucie explores the idea of what growing up really means. Sharing her thoughts on why we need permission to define 'grown-upping' for ourselves along with guests from across the season sharing their definition of what a grown up is. Think of it as one …
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In this episode, we kick off a new series on the Almost Grown...Up Podcast: The Wonder Sessions with Annie. Every quarter Lucie and Annie Yi (storyteller, artist, animal enthusiast and, episode 61 guest) are getting together to discuss wonder and how we can add more of it into our grown upping experience. This is the first of more conversations to …
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This week as part of the celebration of launching her new Skillshare course Lucie shares an episode on how to get into creative flow for 2024. Both the course and episode are geared around getting you unstuck, helping you solve problems and helping you jumpstart some creativity. You can take the course for free and get access to skillshare for a mo…
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This week we are diving into four top tips to help you add more play to your life in 2024. In the episode, Lucie shares her favourite ways to play and her approach to making play a part of the way we live rather than something we add on top. In this episode, we cover: How to make time for play in your life How to use play as a tool for change How t…
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As we arrive in the last month of the year it's time to settle down in the blanket fort and reflect on what we have learnt, achieved and how we have grown this year. In this episode Lucie shares her favourite way to reflect on the year along with some questions you can ask yourself to chart your own growth in 2023 In this episode, we cover: How to …
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This week we are back in the blanket fort and Lucie is sharing part one of her key takeaways from Season 3 of Almost Grown...Up. In this episode, we cover: Her key takeaways and lessons learned from guests across the series The power of going slow How to tap into wonder The importance of our senses Why it's ok to be a late bloomer In this episode, …
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Tired of Adulting? Time for an end of year reset
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This week we are back in the blanket fort and Lucie is sharing why it's natural that we are feeling tired as we start to move towards the end of the year, and what we can do to add some fresh energy into our everyday and feel a little bit more capable of being adults in the world. In this episode, we cover: Why Adulting can feel exhausting sometime…
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3 Adulting Lessons I wish I had learnt sooner
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This week we are back in the blanket fort and Lucie is sharing three lessons she wished she had learnt sooner in her adulting journey. In this episode, we cover: The power of community and why we need to grow up alongside other people How we can learn to rest and why it matters Why Failure isn't something you should avoid and how to change your per…
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From Despair to Action: Navigating global crisis with purpose
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This week we are back in the blanket fort talking about how we can handle the feelings of overwhelm and despair that you might be feeling when you see conflict and suffering in the world. It can be difficult as a grown-up to know what you can do to make a difference and how to use your responsibility and privilege to help others. In this episode, L…
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Grown Upping Decisions and a Life Update with Lucie
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Hey Team! We are back in the blanket fort this week with a shorter episode to talk about the challenge of growing up and making the 'big decisions' of adulting. Lucie shares insights on a recent big decision she has made, and how it has helped shape the way she sees these choice points in our lives. If you want to read the whole Cheryl Strayed advi…
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Expanding our experience of the world with Blythe King
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This week we are back in the blanket fort exploring the power of the sense to help us expand our experience of the world and develop the definition we want for growing up. Today Lucie is in conversation with artist, educator and Zen Buddhist Blythe King. And across the episode they dive into the power of our senses, how we can tap into them more, w…
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How can play help us be better activists with Matteo De Vos
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This week we are back in the blanketfort with an interview episode to explore how we can bring more play and creativity to the work we do and the way we work to change the world. Lucie is joined by activist and community organiser Matteo De Vos to discuss the role of play in community organising and making change. Matteo cares deeply and seriously …
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Lessons in being a late bloomer - why you havent missed the boat
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Do you ever have this feeling of being late to the party, or having missed the boat with something you wanted in your life? Today we are back in the blanket fort to discuss our relationship to time as we grow up and why it's ok to be a late bloomer, and how it can help us to see life as something that is constantly blooming at different times. Find…
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We are finishing the month with one last look and being gentle. This time we explore how we find gentleness in the moment of discomfort, why it matters and a few strategies to step into gentleness when we are feeling that icky discomfort feeling. Find out more about Almost Grown...Up at www.lucielincoln.com Or stay in touch on Instagram or Tik Tok…
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This week we are back in the Blanket Fort talking again about being gentle. And this time we explore gentleness in general. Why we should consider gentleness a core tool for our adulting toolkit and how we can bring more of it into our lives and our approach to growing. Find out more about Almost Grown...Up at www.lucielincoln.com Or stay in touch …
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Growing Gently - The lost art of lingering
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This week we are back in the blanketfort to talk about how we can approach growing up with a bit of gentleness. In Part One, we are looking at how we re-orient our relationship with time by allowing ourselves to linger a bit more. Lucie explores the lost art of lingering that we seemed to let go of when we all decided to become adults and shares so…
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Welcome back to the blanket fort and after an August of play projects we are back with full interview episodes. This week I am delighted to be speaking to Annie Yi a storyteller, artist, and animal enthusiast. She tells stories that help people see themselves and their place in the world in a new light. Over the episode we discuss how to access sta…
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If you have never listened before start here - welcome to the Blanket Fort
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New to Almost Grown...Up? Start here!By Lucie Lincoln
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Welcome to the Almost Grown...Up Summer Series - If you are in the northern hemisphere we are in full-on summer season now and to help boost some playfulness that naturally comes with the longer days and more relaxed schedules I decided this August instead of our usual podcast episodes we are going to have 4 weeks of play projects. Each week I will…
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Welcome to the Almost Grown...Up Summer Series - If you are in the northern hemisphere we are in full-on summer season now and to help boost some playfulness that naturally comes with the longer days and more relaxed schedules I decided this August instead of our usual podcast episodes we are going to have 4 weeks of play projects. Each week I will…
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Welcome to the Almost Grown...Up Summer Series - If you are in the northern hemisphere we are in full-on summer season now and to help boost some playfulness that naturally comes with the longer days and more relaxed schedules I decided this August instead of our usual podcast episodes we are going to have 4 weeks of play projects. Each week I will…
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Welcome to the Almost Grown...Up Summer Series - If you are in the northern hemisphere we are in full-on summer season now and to help boost some playfulness that naturally comes with the longer days and more relaxed schedules I decided this August instead of our usual podcast episodes we are going to have 4 weeks of play projects. Each week I will…
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This week we are in the blanket fort and dreaming of exploring. In this short episode, Lucie shares 4 ideas on how we can play more when we are travelling and use any trips we have as a chance to get fresh perspectives and new ideas. So get ready for some arm chair travel as we get excited for fresh discoveries ahead. Find out more about Almost Gro…
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This week we are in the blanket fort exploring the way we can access play through our physical bodies. It's easy as grown-ups to get stuck in our minds and in this episode, we explore 5 different ways in which we can get into playful states through movement. During the episode, Lucie references the Journal Article "Presences and Play: Why Mindfulne…
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