The Power of Play, Curiosity, and Creativity with Aimee Cox-King: A Woman’s Regard for Herself + Our Future

2024-12-18

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EPISODE 16 🌸 Join me for the last episode of 2024 where I interview my friend and the Founder of Cypress Adventures, Aimee Cox-King. Located in Hartsville, South Carolina, Cypress Adventures provides experiences that inspire and empower middle and high-school-aged youth to create the lives they want for themselves. Aimee is a powerhouse who has not only created an organization the feeds her soul but also that offers her community the opportunity to support youth in a critical yet overlooked stage - adolescence. She leads her team to provide group experiences that are centered on evidence-based social and emotional skill...

Aimee is a powerhouse who has not only created an organization the feeds her soul but also that offers her community the opportunity to support youth in a critical yet overlooked stage - adolescence. She leads her team to provide group experiences that are centered on evidence-based social and emotional skill development. This includes an emphasis on relationship skills, community building, teamwork, problem-solving, conflict resolution, critical thinking, and communication.

Support her work + the youth of Hartsville - Be the Drop, Create the Ripple

In our conversation we discuss:

What it’s like to be a sensitive, deep feeling person
The revelation that having regard for herself was key to both her wellbeing and work
Her personal mission statement
Regulating her nervous system
What her “champion’s morning” looks like
How she she approaches time blocking and routines
How age has solidified the importance of self care
How Jesse Itzler’s approach to planning a calendar can bring about joy and adventure
Where we met (Land of Two Sands in Lugoff, SC)
Why she decided to start a non-profit in the southern town she grew up in
Her impetus to imbue social justice into her work
How diverse cultures have influenced her understanding of what it means to belong
How she combined her own experience with science to design meaningful, evidence-based positive youth development programs
How she distinguishes Cypress Adventures from other after school programs
The diverse array of skills that her programming address to meet the unique social, emotional, and cognitive needs of adolescents
The Power of Play, the Power of Curiosity, the Power of Creativity
The learning, dynamism, iterations, and feedback that’s both innate part and required piece of creative ventures
The epiphany she had around her gifts and passions as it relates to her position(s) within the organization
How partnerships can help to ensure sustainability and the ability to replicate
Her favorite practices to nurture herself and listen to her inner voice
How she feels her way through discipline
How she’s been able to steer away from comparison
Her perspective on and stories of synchronicity
Their end of the year campaign: Be the Drop, Create the Ripple

Cypress Adventures 🏕

https://www.cypressadventures.org/
https://www.facebook.com/cypressadventures
https://www.instagram.com/cypressadventures/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/15382248/
https://www.youtube.com/@cypressadventuresinc.1241

Resources from Our Conversation:

The Phoenix Journal: https://www.thephoenixplanner.com/products/the-phoenix-journal?srsltid=AfmBOooN5tlWW0lrco22ds1ExXErt96TPlJOdbW9h86SWSVtjmYyFwBh
Peak Mind: https://amishi.com/books/peak-mind
Land of Two Sands: https://www.facebook.com/LandOf2Sands/
Our Sacred Space Yoga: https://blackcreekarts.org/products/signup-here
Insight Meditation: https://www.dharma.org/
Chani Nicholas: https://chaninicholas.com/
Tough Titties Laura Belgray: https://www.talkingshrimp.com/book
Asia Suler: https://asiasuler.com/
Business as a Spiritual Journal: https://asiasuler.com/businessasaspiritualjourney/
Mirrors in the Earth: https://asiasuler.com/mirrors-in-the-earth/