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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What can you expect?
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Joyful Movement
A 2-minute movement break to activate your brain's reward system and shake off the morning fog.
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Somatic Practice
A quick reset that calms your nervous system fast, even if your morning is already chaotic.
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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.
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Write out the Gunk
A 3-minute brain dump with prompts that actually spark something real. No perfect sentences required.
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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.
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Set Your Intention
One sentence to carry into your day so that even when things get hard, you remember where you started.
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.