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Shadow Playground explores what helps us create a life that feels deeply alive, playful and authentically our own. We examine both the sources of vitality and the blockages that constrain it, including fear, shame, conflict, judgment, seriousness, social conditioning and the parts of ourselves we tend to hide. Created by V10 Life Design, the podcast treats playfulness and shadow not as opposites, but as forces that can coexist and even strengthen one another. What becomes possible when we bring curiosity, creativity and a playful spirit to the most meaningful, uncomfortable and challenging parts of being human?
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Signup to Generate a PitchShadow Playground explores what helps us create a life that feels deeply alive, playful and authentically our own. We examine both the sources of vitality and the blockages that constrain it, including fear, shame, conflict, judgment, seriousness, social conditioning and the parts of ourselves we tend to hide.
Shadow Playground is hosted by V10 Life Design. The show has published 36 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "From Proving Ground to Playground with Gary Ware" (21 October 2026, 45 minutes), "Ageism and the Aliveness of Ageing with Ashton Applewhite" (5 October 2026, 52 minutes), and "Why We Laugh at Dark Things? with Dr. Caleb Warren" (30 September 2026, 49 minutes).
Shadow Playground publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 52 minutes across 36 episodes.
Booking probability for Shadow Playground is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Shadow Playground requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Shadow Playground's contact route on record: verified email.
V10 Life Design hosts Shadow Playground, a society podcast with 36 episodes published.
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Episode #16
What if life wasn't something we had to constantly prove ourselves in? What if, instead of treating the world as a proving ground, we began experiencing it as a playground? In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez...
Episode #15
We are all ageing. So why are so many of us taught to fear it? In this episode of Shadow Playground , Ez Bridgman sits down with author and anti ageism activist Ashton Applewhite to explore the stories we've been told...
Episode #14
Death. Trauma. Social taboos. Awkward situations. Why do humans sometimes laugh at things that don't seem funny at all? In this episode of Shadow Playground , Ez Bridgman sits down with humor researcher Dr. Caleb Warren...
Episode #13
From cutting out sugar to exercising more, many behaviors around food and fitness are praised as “healthy.” But when can healthy intentions become harmful? In this episode of Shadow Playground , Ez Bridgman sits down...
Episode #12
Jealousy is an emotion many of us would rather not feel. We hide it, judge it, suppress it or expect our partners to make it disappear. But what if jealousy has something to tell us? In this episode of Shadow...
Episode #11
From a young age, many of us begin absorbing messages about what a “good” body is supposed to look like. Thin. Strong. Smooth. Young. Controlled. But what if our bodies were never the problem? In this episode of Shadow...
Episode #10
Relationships are often imagined as places of calm, safety and connection. But what about tension? In this episode of Shadow Playground, Ez Bridgman sits down with relationship scientist, marriage and family therapist...
Episode #9
Technology is everywhere. It entertains us, connects us, helps us create and gives us access to communities that may once have been impossible to find. But what is it actually doing to our brains? In this episode of...
Episode #8
How Gossip can be Good with Frank McAndrew Gossip has a bad reputation. We associate it with judgment, rumors, betrayal and talking behind someone’s back. But what if gossip is actually a fundamental part of being...
How Gossip can be Good with Frank McAndrew Gossip has a bad reputation. We associate it with judgment, rumors, betrayal and talking behind someone’s back. But what if gossip is actually a fundamental part of being...
What happens when success, visibility, and leadership bring up fear, self-doubt, and the pressure to make yourself smaller? In this episode, Ez speaks with Emily Hinks about building Mischief Makers into a global...
Episode #6
-GUEST BIOGRAPHY- Métis / mixed-settler multidisciplinary artist, educator, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP™) and vocalist, Moe Clark (she/they) is a 2Spirit singing thunderbird. Moe was born and raised in Treaty...
-GUEST BIOGRAPHY- Priestess Francesca is an internationally renowned relationship coach, sexy educator, dominatrix, and sassy writer on all things hard (cocks and emotions). She’s walked the path most are too...
-GUEST BIOGRAPHY- Kara Latta is a Play & Mindset Coach and the founder of The Playful Warrior, a platform focused on helping high-achieving individuals overcome perfectionism and reconnect with their authentic selves...
-GUEST BIOGRAPHY- Ashley T. Booth is a psychotherapist and pioneering figure in psychedelic-assisted therapy, specializing in modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic psychotherapy, and...
-GUEST BIOGRAPHY- Emily is a mixed-race settler (Chinese/white) based out of Montreal, the traditional and unceded territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka, They are passionate about their work as a consultant and facilitator...
Episode #1
Jessica Wallace is a Marriage and Family Therapist based in San Francisco, California. PRACTICES: Simply say no. For instance, you could say, “No, not today,” or “That won’t work for me,” or “I didn’t like...
Episode #20
-GUEST BIOGRAPHY- Khan Ramkeesoon, a former licensed mental health therapist, now works as a group facilitator and coach specializing in embodied transformation and playfulness. An immigrant from Trinidad & Tobago of...
-GUEST BIOGRAPHIES- Jess Malz, Founder and CEO of Inbo, is driven by a passion for reshaping the future of work through dynamic, participatory, and collaborative processes. With over fifteen years of experience in...
Episode #18
-GUEST BIOGRAPHY- Makaylah is a passionate mental health advocate and speaker who creates spaces that bring down walls, deepen connection and foster empathy. Makaylah is a neurodivergent, queer, non-binary, trauma...
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Founder of Breakthrough Play, author, corporate facilitator, keynote speaker, Breakthrough Play
author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, Old School Anti-Ageing Clearinghouse
psychologist, research scientist, expert on body image, Rutgers University
research psychologist, author, TEDx speaker, sexuality educator, professor in human sexuality, The Year of Opening
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