Excited to share my conversation with Emma Worrollo on the The Playful Den podcast!
We debunk misconceptions and barriers to play, discuss peak emotional experiences and how they can enhance our lives, and explore the transformative power of improv as a tool for changing work environments! 🎭 And…so much more!
In this episode, Emma and Gary discuss (with timestamps):
00:00 – Introductions
06:23 – Disappearance of play
08:25 – Feeling guilty about play
10:27 – Similarities in play styles from childhood to adulthood?
12:33 – Does ‘life set-up’ allow people to express their playful personality?
14:16 – When you play, life just works better
15:55 – Misconceptions of, and barriers to play
18:52 – Peak Emotional Experience
20:37 – Inviting people to play
24:49 – Cynicism to playfulness at work
27:46 – Improv as a tool for changing work environments
33:12 – What actually is improv?
34:22 – Exercising performance muscles
38:16 – Warming up imagination
39:06 – Intergenerational play
45:05 – The Playful Rebellion