Playful Seasons Winter
A 6-week journey
to craft your beautiful,
bespoke Winter PlayBook.
Winter Course: Potential & Purpose
Turn the new calendar year into a focused season of possibility.
Winter can feel long, grey and draining. You are juggling work, caring, and everyone else's needs while your own plans and creativity sit on the back burner.
The Winter Course from PlayfulSeasons gives you a clear, structured way to reset.
Over six weeks, you will explore your values, energy, and direction through creative activities, wellbeing practices and simple reflections, all rooted in psychological science and art-based play.
This is a time for you to pause, think, make, and set the tone for the year ahead.
Designed for you if you ...
Want to start the new year with intention rather than exhaustion
Feel stuck in the same patterns and want a fresh way to look at your life
Miss feeling creative, playful or inspired
Are drawn to art, journalling or making things with your hands (no “art skills” required)
Like the idea of science-informed wellbeing without jargon or fluff
What you'll receive:
6 Themed Workshops
A Science & Creativity Workshop exploring the overal challenges of the season and the specific week’s theme, such as energy, courage or potential.
Printable page to keep resources, insights and activities in one place. You can use this in your PlayBook!
Play it out!
A guided creative activity to let you make the pages of your PlayBook - your personal guide to thrive through Winter and it's specific challenges.
An online show-and-tell discussion group. to share your makes and support others.
Play together to remember
Two live make-together Zoom sessions with Sophie and Dr Ellie, to join while working on your PlayBook pages. Totally optional, camera on or off, it is a great space for co-creating.
A practical, sensory or wellbeing activity to try in daily life.
Your PlayBook for Winter
You’ll create your own bespoke Winter PlayBook, using the science, wellbeing guidance and creative tools we share to make sense of the season’s psychological challenges and build a practical, playful toolkit that fits your life.
How it works
Format: Online course with video, printables and optional live calls
Length: 6 weeks
Time commitment: You choose but we suggest an hour or two per week, used in small chunks that fit around daily life
Where: Hosted online – join from anywhere in the world
When: Monday 5th January 2026 for 6 weeks
Price: £50
Once you enrol, you will receive an email with your login details and all the information you need to get started.
Why it works
Designed by Dr Ellie, a psychologist, and artist Sophie, this course is based on the science of playfulness, wellbeing, and neuroaesthetics.
We have been where you are!
And now we encourage each other and you to lean into the season and play with the gifts it has to offer!
No pressure.
No perfection.
Just six weeks of Joy for You!
For PlayfulWinter, you do not need to be artistic. The activities focus on process, using simple materials you may already have at home or can easily purchase.
You can move through the course at your own pace and return to the materials whenever you need.
There is an online learning and community space where you can share your pages or simply observe.
This is a creative wellbeing course and not therapy, so anyone in crisis should seek appropriate clinical support.
Inspired?
Why not sign up for the whole year and save £50!
