How To Have Fun While You Wait: Why Liminal Spaces Feel Scary

2025-10-27

Stuck in a DMV line? Sitting in a quiet waiting room? Driving home after something ends? This episode helps you find joy in the in-between. We name why waiting (and liminal spaces) feels scary, tell real stories (medical tests, money stress, weird Tuesdays), and share tiny acts that make dull moments feel alive. You’ll get simple tools: a “doorway song,” a pocket anchor, micro-kindness missions, and better questions than “how’s the weather?” Leave with a plan for fear, not just a scroll. Try this today: give one person in a waiting space something to smile abou...

Stuck in a DMV line? Sitting in a quiet waiting room? Driving home after something ends?

This episode helps you find joy in the in-between. We name why waiting (and liminal spaces) feels scary, tell real stories (medical tests, money stress, weird Tuesdays), and share tiny acts that make dull moments feel alive. You’ll get simple tools: a “doorway song,” a pocket anchor, micro-kindness missions, and better questions than “how’s the weather?”

Leave with a plan for fear, not just a scroll.

Try this today: give one person in a waiting space something to smile about—even if it’s you.

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