A liminal space is the between space (usually in the physical world). It doesn’t ‘feel right.’ It’s a threshold between two states. The transitory nature usually causes you to feel a little creeped out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ever done a house tour in which a lot of the personal belongings have been minimized? It’s not your house, it’s not their house, it’s for sale… What about seeing a mall with no people in it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are emotional or conceptual liminal spaces. Like the night before being married in which you are neither single nor married. For me having a flight looming over my head in the next few hours creates a state in which I can’t invest in anything and mentally I am in the airport waiting to take a plane. Needless to say the last day of a vacation is not much of a vacation because of that. I start thinking of the activities as memories instead of experiences…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even though I don’t think a waiting room is a physical liminal space, it is an emotional one because you’re there halfway between seeing a doctor\/getting results and just going about your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remember the last day of grade school while you just waited for the clock to run out? Not really in school, not really on summer break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost all of these episodes follow the format of creating an awareness for you<\/em><\/strong> and then give you tasks or solutions<\/em><\/strong>. With this one we are just creating the awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n So, stop and smell the liminal spaces… just don’t stay too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n