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Kayleigh 🌱 Cultural Strategist & PR

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A little re-introduction for the pinned posts 👋
IP.C is coming up to five years of being so I’ve been feeling super reflective, hence the poem gang (a reminder to make more time for those morning pages 📝) I still feel like I’m just getting started, anyone else?

My personal life over the past two years spun me upside down, losing my dad, losing a baby and bringing Syd the kid into the world, I’m a totally different person and even more of the same all at once. There’s been a lot of questions, exploring and editing behind the scenes but the sparks have been getting brighter and I’ve found a direction I’m excited to take IP.C, and hopefully some of you in. So, before I start rolling into the new, here’s a little bit on my story so far.
~ p.s this is my favourite fog busting song for when to need to remember who the flip you are.
~ p.p.s. any typos are a tired touch of humanity. by @inprogresscollective

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We’re Back 👋 A little update on working with us for the pinned posties 📍 Thank you to everyone who’s got in touch so far, especially the OG clients. Taking time away and figuring out how to come back can be scary when you are the planner and the doer of all the things right, so big big thanks for not forgetting me 🙃
I know we’re banned from saying link in bio on here now, but really, all the good good stuff and extra info in there. As always, DMs and inbox open 📨 be by @inprogresscollective

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2 years ago

The launch I want to do again and again. A very fun edit of a very meaningful moment for our dear @wetheconscious.studio and @lizaalsady , launching The Method, a breath-led somatic practice, seven years in the making that will take you to the moon and back all inside your own body and land you back the calmest, most connected, most peaceful you can be 🌝☁️

Events like this are about so much more than visibility (the internets favourite word rn innit) it’s bringing people together, creating moments that connect, the kinds of conversations that get you known, get you remembered, planting seeds that turn into opportunities and open doors.

Thank you dearest Liza for having me back, always. The places we’ll go from here 🚀
Thank you to @rossjbarrclinic for breathing with us via your incredible patches (an absolute must as we head into this time of year) and the wonderful people @momokombucha and @trip.drinks electrolytes 🌀

And S.O @tamaraahmed_ for this magic 📸 by @inprogresscollective

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What happens when getting ‘well’ kills your ambition? @jodiecariss @theselfspace sit down with @service95 to share.
Good News Drop 🗞️ ⛹️‍♀️
TY to @ataowaji for always working on the good good stuff we can all relate to 🤍 by @inprogresscollective

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23 days ago

Girlhooding hard r.n. BRB 🎀 Played offline a lot this summer and loved it. I know lots of you have too.  What’s been your fave? Here’s a few of mine from this week’s newsletter. (1) @witch.magazine , feminist mag redefining what it is to be a witch. Every page is a beautiful dream.
(2) @mother_tongue_magazine , every feature, the writing, I want to put it all in my mouth.
(3) @studio__play__ground , the best creative reconnect.
(4) @godmothers.ai , women in tech, philosophy and ethical ai, the conversations we need right now.
(5) @mountsapo , All Over Body Oil, by the brilliant and kind Serena Wise.
(6) Paper plate jellyfish, nothing more inviting than fuzzy pipe cleaners for tentacles
(7) Bisou Balm @violette_fr for the re-emerging lipstick gal
(8) Reading Paper Dolls and making them
(9) Bird spotting 🔎
(10) Chalk mark making aka baby graffiti across SE London 🖍️
And yeah, the newsletters are ALWAYS this cute so if you’re aren’t signed up, link in bio bbs because manychat has been giving me manyick recently. Srry. taken in Play Date by @inprogresscollective

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A Good News Drop 🗞️ Breaking your creativity free from the algo @common_exception x @craftscouncil
The ever wise and wonderful @louisa__tan on the impact of creating for reach, everything looking the same and giving ourselves more time to wonder and play 🖍️

🌀 I love how much the creative wellbeing conversation is growing with the rise (and rebellion against) of AI, an absolute treat to have these conversations for our clients. by @inprogresscollective

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🖍️ When was the last time you played at work?
This summer I let go of any business/marketing/social strategy (just mine, not our clients’, we hold onto those tight), or rather I gave myself permission to stop worrying about what I wasn’t doing and hop off the treadmill of expectation. I’ve really enjoyed it.
I noticed more. Had more space to think about things. I let my curiosity wander without needing to turn it into something. Essentially I played around. And it’s been awesome.

Since having Syd I’ve become really interested in play and the creative wellbeing of us humans. I’ve been reading, (mostly playing) but in everything I’ve come across so far, as the world gets wonkier, it’s imagination and adaptability that will help us through. In work, life, and umm these times.
What does play look like to you?
For me, it’s been a lot of music, magazines, collage, getting dressed, and day dreaming. A proper girlhood pilgrimage💗 So, September might be back to school vibes guys but it really is time to go PLAY. by @inprogresscollective

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@broadsheet.london has quickly become one of my favourite reads. The selections, spotlights and editing, chefs kiss, even more so when our clients are in there 🗞️The mega @jodiecariss @theselfspace on coffee at Tram Store, chilling at Castle Cinema, breath and sound @wetheconscious.studio (🪄when our clients collide) and the best car boots. Thank you @roflojohnstone for the support and one of my fave newsletters. by @inprogresscollective

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2 months ago

What you want to be known for is built in conversations 👄 (Aka the other kind of yapping that I’m really here for)
We’ve been talking a lot about sex @theselfspace theselfspace this summer, because it matters, culturally, collectively.
Conversations become pitches. Pitches become events. Events become press opportunities. Opportunities become more introductions.
🌀It’s all relational, a sexy kinda spiral. Your ‘now’ can quite literally build your ‘next’ gang. 
Thanks to @jodiecariss @emmalouiseboynton @lelo_official @thursday @thursday.london for making it fun, more to come 😉 by @inprogresscollective

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And a good one at that 🌀 I think I’ve said this to every single client over the past five years, on multiple occasions, sometimes in the same conversation.
Certainty and consistency, aren’t always ours to claim hey. Work needs to work within your life. Some seasons are magnetic, some seasons are slow and some are just a time for reconnecting with where you want to go. Accidental rhyme there, honest. Sometimes the most inspiring, energising thing isn’t in another strategy. It’s the permission to let the overthinking go.
🥫 My favourite recipe rn: Loosen the grip. Find what feels playful. Follow what feels good.  Start there, and the rest will find its way through. And if you’re with me on the scrappy summer say hey 👋 by @inprogresscollective

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2 months ago

In our creative wellbeing era 🫟
Beautiful placement for the brilliant @louisa__tan @common_exception in Stylist’s print edition.
The mega @meenalexander explores a creativity cure for burnout, and Louisa shares the magick of collage.
@stylistmagazine this issue man. Art CAN save the world. It met so many conversations I’ve been having over the past few months, largely down to Louisa and her magnetic creative spirit. Play. We need it. Print mags 4eva 🗞️ by @inprogresscollective

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2 months ago

👋 Someplace between being pummelled by business ideas and running away to a remote Scottish island. I know a lot of us are feeling it too🌀
Being on social the past few months has been hard. Running a business with PMDD man, holy crap.
The day to day with magic clients, grand, grateful, but here, where I actually need to back myself instead of someone else’s awesomeness (which I’m really bloody good at btw). Absolutely floored. But, we getting there with a little help from meds and herbs, and looking after my nervous system like a teeny tiny Syd (my kid). These things need to come before anything else right. And the rest we can try and simplify.

So, I’m gonna stop trying to do something here. Stop trying to be “strategic” for a season. And I say that as a strategist 👀 Remove the rules. Up the play. Close my eyes to ‘content about creating content’. And just fuck around on the internet for a bit like the olden days. Because rn I think I miss it. Sometimes the best strategy is to remove it entirely. If you need it, permission for you to do that too 🌀

Also if you’ve been on the same postpartum x PMDD x Perimeno bus and something is helping, please share 🚎 because woosh. by @inprogresscollective

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