Play is a Vehicle for Release

(TW/SA) What is play? What role does it have in your everyday, adult life? And why is it lost in adulthood? This podcast is about exploring and deconstructing things we all experience but don’t talk about - giving you the full picture behind complex, stigmatized topics through a lens of curiosity and celebration. In this episode, Jelena breaks down PLAY. At first, from an intellectual, evolutionary and biological perspective that proves its impact on our brain development and survival. She brings her own unique perspective from witnessing thousands of adults express themselves with play through The Confetti Project and how that’s shaped her discovery that adults are massively play-deprived…which has detrimental impact as we try to keep up with the sheer demand of daily living. Please join us on a multi-sensory experience where you get to hear about the poignant stories behind the confetti while scrolling through the biggest TCP archive on the web as you are introduced to how play can change your life. 

Chapter Markers 

• 7:00 - What is Play?
• 9:07 - Play Across a Lifetime
• 11:35 - Play in Adulthood
• 14:30 - Depriving Ourselves of Pleasure
• 16:33 - Celebratory Play 
• 17:36 - What if We Played and Celebrated All the Time?

***18:10- MULTI-SENSORY ACTIVITY*** (TCP Confetti Photo Archives)

• 33:29 - Confetti
• 34:44 - Why Making Play Part Of Our Daily Lives is Life-Enhancing
• 35:58 - How to Bring More Play Back Into Your Life
• 37:49 - Play Can Heal Us as a Society 

Self-Reflection Questions

• How would you define play?
• What was play like for you as a child? How has it changed over time?
• What’s your earliest play memory?
• What is your play history? 
• What is your definition of being “an adult?”
• What is your relationship with play as an adult?
• What does it feel like when someone compliments you?
• What is your relationship to receiving?
• How can you integrate more play in your life? 
• Invitation: think about some of your favorite ways of activating your senses.

Resource Links

•  The Confetti Project Pinterest Photo Archives (Multi-Sensory Activity)
• Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul 
• Play is More Than Just Fun 
• Why Playing Games is Good For You

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