Start Your Day with a Little Joy

In Just 15 Minutes

The Morning POP is your free newsletter with a simple, energizing routine you can do anywhere. With the option to join the community (and Dr. Erica) live on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to do it together.

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Your mornings are about to feel different. 15 minute routine for feeling joyful, calm, connected, and ready before the day gets loud.

What can you expect?

  • A woman dancing in a kitchen with beige cabinets, a stove, and a microwave, wearing pajamas and a plaid shirt.

    Joyful Movement

    A 2-minute movement break to activate your brain's reward system and shake off the morning fog.

  • A young man with long, curly brown hair, eyes closed, wearing a light gray hoodie, standing outdoors in front of a blurred, rainy background.

    Somatic Practice

    A quick reset that calms your nervous system fast, even if your morning is already chaotic.

  • A yellow ball with a smiley face drawn on it, hanging from a tree branch with a blurred green background.

    Dad Joke

    A genuinely terrible, scientifically justified joke to start your morning with a groan and a grin. Because laughter is one of the fastest ways to shift your state, and we're not wasting a single morning.

  • A opened planner with lined pages on a wooden table, a black and white pen laying on the book, a cup of black coffee, a white vase with dried flowers, and an open notebook with 'REFLECTION' headings.

    Write out the Gunk

    A 3-minute brain dump with prompts that actually spark something real. No perfect sentences required.

  • Close-up of a person with long, curly brown hair smiling, showing white teeth.

    Priming Exercise

    A guided mental rehearsal borrowed from neuroscience that helps you visualize the parent, professional, and person you want to be today, before the day has a chance to decide for you.

  • A piece of paper with the word 'mindfulness' written in cursive, placed on a window ledge with a view of an overcast sky outside.

    Set Your Intention

    One sentence to carry into your day so that even when things get hard, you remember where you started.

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Your mornings are about to feel different. 15 minute routine for feeling joyful, calm, connected, and ready before the day gets loud.

She Does Every Single Bit of It Alongside You

Dr. Erica Buchholz is the founder of Becoming Playful and a genuine believer that if it is not fun, it is not sustainable.

She is not the kind of person who teaches from a polished distance.

She shows up on Zoom every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and does the dancing, the tapping, and the journaling right alongside everyone else.

Her approach blends neuroscience, somatic practice, and a deep conviction that adults deserve to play just as much as children do.

The Morning POP is one of her favorite things to offer her community, freely and without strings attached.