Nurturing What is Here
Inspired by an Instagram post, this blog explores unorthodox sources of strength – The power of presence, small moments, beginning where we are and creativity as a force for meaningful change in today’s world.
Liminal Play creates spaces to explore thresholds of change —
The margins between what is known and what is waiting to emerge
Where courage, creativity and new clarity arise
Helping us live and work in meaningful ways.
Welcome to Liminal Play
I’m Joanna Maberly, a Chartered Manager, coach and facilitator who helps individuals and teams find what brings them alive. You can learn more about how I came to this work at about me.
I help teams and individuals live and work in more meaningful ways by creating spaces to explore the edges of our knowing. I work with unconventional, engaging and remarkably effective methods, online and in person.
I am deeply inspired by how awareness can help us see the future within our present moment, and the power of doing this with others. From the starting place of people, planet and profit, I believe we have the potential to reach towards even greater and regenerative change, benefiting both ourselves today and generations to come.
What I Offer
I use a unique combination of play and mapping approaches which allow intangible dynamics to be seen, touched and experienced. You can discover more at work together.
Having recently relocated from London to Melbourne, I now offer in-person services within Australia and New Zealand, as well as continuing online work with clients across the English-speaking world.
Team facilitation
Rehumanising work through play
Team facilitation
Systems sense-making for difficult times
Coaching for a meaningful life
Helping you find and follow your thread
Coaching for leadership
Leading from the inside out
Testimonials
Mapping the Margins
Blogs exploring the threshold spaces of what makes life and work meaningful.
Finding Flow
On turning off Tottenham Court Road, and walking two streets back to a churchyard where the serious play happens.
Meaningful Action in the Face of Big Issues
Faced with the enormity of the world’s grief, how can each of us find personally meaningful responses without being overwhelmed? The answer lies in living everyday moments in meaningful ways. The lens of poetic activism shows us how.
Thresholds: An Invitation to Transformation
From its humble origins as a physical object in our lives, the metaphor of the threshold contains a powerful invitation to personal and societal transformation. Join me in an exploration of new territory.
Today, the Work of Leadership is Holding Space
We don’t need leaders who tell us everything’s fine and that they have all the answers. Today, the work of leadership starts with recognising that there is still a lot of grieving to be done and intentionally creating spaces for people to be seen and heard.
Childhood Play as a Foundation for Flourishing
Almost a year ago I wrote about the power of play during crisis. Today I would like to share a personal story about the power of childhood play, and an invitation to consider what makes life meaningful and what children really need to live to their full potential.
The Seasons of Life are Not Dictated by the Calendar
A little something I have written about New Year's resolutions, meaningful change and compassion. If you are tired and anxious this New Year's Eve, I hope these words bring you some ease, as they have for me.
Why Play in a Time of Crisis?
Why – in the midst of a global pandemic, and faced with extraordinary change, uncertainty and loss – would anyone think about play?