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

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 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/  

 

A Song for Synchronicity 🎶 Tricia Yearwood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUFObCZtGWQ