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Hosted by Lucie Lincoln · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 100 episodes
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Almost Grown...Up is a podcast about approaching life's big questions, with a spirit of play.Hosted by writer and creative Lucie Lincoln, each episode explores what it means to grow up on your own terms. Think of this as your permission slip to play, get curious, make a mess, and trust your creative instincts — even if you're still figuring things out.From burnout and identity to rediscovering joy and trying new things, this show is your companion for navigating life with more wonder, creativity, and self-compassion.Because life isn't about having it all together — but enjoying the journey as we figure it out one playful step at a time.
Lucie Lincoln hosts Almost Grown...Up, a society show with 100 episodes published.
What do you do when the inspiration just... stops? Not a creative block exactly - more like the tap has run dry and you can't remember how to turn it back on. In this episode I've been thinking about inspiration as a pra
What does it take to become more of yourself? Eight years and 100 episodes ago, I started this podcast because I felt like I was in a race I was going to lose - a race against aging, against "should," against what it mea
What if we stopped trying to control outcomes and instead focused on creating conditions for play, wonder, and silliness to grow? This spring, I ran three experiments: daily silliness, returning to stop-frame animation f
What if instead of pursuing perfection, we did the complete opposite—and pursued imperfection instead? In this episode, I share what happened when I got stuck in creative fear and decided to try something counterintuitiv
What does it actually mean to live seasonally beyond pumpkin spice lattes and fall bucket lists? I've been noticing we've reduced the seasons to things we consume and curate, but what if there's a deeper invitation here?
Welcome back to a new year of Almost Grown...Up Today we are kicking off the season with the question: Are questions better than answers? If you have ever felt the desire to get on with something but the doubt that you'r
Seasonal change can feel like we're losing the energy, curiosity, and joy of the last chapter, but it doesn't have to be that way. In this episode, I'm sharing five playful practices to help you carry the magic of summer
A month long digital detox turned into an analog creativity challenge - learn the habits that revived my imagination. In this episode of Almost Grown...Up I walk you through my month‑long analog summer experiment - a con
Why does even good change feel so hard? In this episode, I'm unpacking (literally and emotionally) what it means to move forward, even when the change is something we've been hoping for. As I prepare to move home, I expl
Feeling stuck, low on energy, or creatively meh? You're not alone. In this episode, Lucie shares her go-to creative reset for when everything feels a little too much. From three playful mini creative briefs to the unexpe
Ever feel like you've missed your chance? Like you're too late to begin again? In this episode, we talk about the messy, magical truth of starting over - at any age, at any time. From the myths we believe about time, to
What if wonder wasn't something rare or far away, but something you could feel today - right now? In this episode, Lucie explores the beautiful, everyday wonder of small pleasures. From your morning drink to the sound of
This week we are back in the blanket fort for the ultimate showdown -play versus productivity. I'm kidding (kind of). Play is often put in opposition to productivity and in this episode, we are going to dive into a few o
Remember that thing you used to love doing… before life got so busy ? In this episode of Almost Grown Up , we're talking about the quiet magic of hobbies - not for productivity, not for monetization, just for the joy of
Feeling lost is a pretty common adulting experience. But it can feel pretty difficult to be found again. Today on the podcast Lucie shares her experiences of being lost as an adult and how in her recent 'lost moment' she
This week, we're diving into the seriousness of play. Play isn't just for kids. It's not frivolous. It's not a waste of time. In fact — play is how we learn, experiment, expand, and move forward when life gets messy. Tun
Welcome back! It's Season 5 and we are back in the blanket fort (now in video as well!). In this episode, Lucie shares the overview of what this season will explore. Her big aha moment from the last few months on the pow
This week we are exploring the wonder of kindness and the magic of wondering at the kindness of human kind. Today Lucie dives into the theme of moral beauty as a bucket of Wonder and explores the topic of kindness in the
This week we dive into the power of curiosity. Often when we see the Wonder in things we feel more curious about the world and ourselves. So it feels only right that curiosity about things would prompt wonder as well. To
This week we are back in the blanket fort to explore how wonder can be a tool to help us through low energy and burnout. In this episode, Lucie shares: Her own moment of burnout and why she started using Wonder to help W
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