The value of community play and the social benefits that go along with it.

In today's episode, we talk about a recent personal experience and the many benefits of communal play, including satisfying a deep human need for social bonding, trust, and communal joy which has contributed significantly to our evolution. Click to join the musician program WAITLIST mentioned at the top of the episode.

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Being original by embracing the resources of courage, vulnerability, and playfulness.

In today’s episode, we talk about being original, using courage, vulnerability, and playfulness. These all help us be our authentic selves so that we can create original work. Being playful and courageous and vulnerable move us forward through any doubt or fear that we may have about what we want to put out of the world. It also helps us to be true to our vision, regardless of what others might think, allowing us to put our unique stamp on whatever we do. Click to join the musician program WAITLIST mentioned at the top of the episode.

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You are being challenged to create an aesthetic response to a given story.

In today's episode, we have story time so that you can practice creating an aesthetic response. Listen to the story, notice your aesthetic response (bodily sensations, emotions, immediate thoughts, spiritual connection), and create some thing (drawing, movement, melody, etc.) that represents your response. Do three takes of this creation, making adjustments with each take to do more of what works and less of what does not until you are satisfied with it. Click to join the musician program WAITLIST mentioned at the top of the episode.

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How aesthetic response can deepen connection and meaning within play and art making.

In today's episode, we talk about how to begin to use aesthetic response when we are either witness to or engaged in creative play. We look at the four domains of aesthetic response and the various levels of meaning they can provide. A brief exercise is provided to help you begin to apply aesthetic response to your own experiences. Click to join the musician program WAITLIST mentioned at the top of the episode.

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Achieving high stakes performance by playing the low stakes game.

In today's episode, we discuss ways to lower the stakes of creativity and performance through the use of play so that we can get out of own way in developing mastery. We look at why creating can feel like a high stakes game and how focusing on the iterative nature of the process and staying in the moment can actually create a low stakes experience.

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The difference between feeling excited and feeling anxious in a given situation, and how we can choose one over the other based on the concept of cognitive appraisal.

Today's episode examines the concept of cognitive appraisal and how it influences the response we have to any given situation. We discuss how we have the ability to decide whether we feel excited or anxious when faced with a challenging situation. The physiological responses of both feeling excited and feeling anxious have hormonal drivers that affect not only our body but our emotions and outlook as well. We would love to get your feedback at our website. Join our mailing list here. Find our other links here.

Beginning again after having put our creativity and joy on hold.

In this episode, we explore how to begin again to take action on our creative dreams and joy, after having mostly put others first. We discuss the barriers to making ourselves a priority in our lives, with ideas about how to start prioritizing our own creative well-being. We would love to get your feedback at our website. Join our mailing list here. Find our other links here.

How to easily add play to your day no matter how busy you are.

In today's episode, we discuss how to easily add play to your day no matter how busy you are. We briefly review why it is important for adults to engage in play. We discuss what activities you can choose with the benefits of each and we talk about how to easily fit episodes of play into your busy schedule. At the end of the episode, you will be guided through an object installation play activity. We would love to get your feedback at our website. Join our mailing list here. Find our other links here.