LEGO Literacy Alert!

Around the 1.23 mark, Di uses LEGO to answer some questions!

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Hello there!

We’re Dr. Jane Hession and Ronan Healy. We’re a husband and wife team and co-founders of the service design studio How Might We - www.howmightwe.design

We're passionate about Play and provide online and in-house training in the LEGO Serious Play method to:

1) Third-level Educators - https://bit.ly/LSP_Ed_Innovators

2) Organisational Innovators - https://bit.ly/LSP_Org_Innovators

Episode Three

Digital Transformations and Systemic Change firmly reside in the parlance of organisational design, but since 2018, we've wondered if there's space for 'Playful Awakenings.' 

Di Gammage, a Buddhist Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor, and Child Psychotherapist, authored the book "Playful Awakenings", and we're delighted to feature her as our second guest.

This was a wonderful conversation; we're confident you will enjoy it too.

Guest Details 

"Playful Awakenings" Book

⁠https://www.amazon.co.uk/Playful-Awakening-Releasing-Gift-Play/dp/184905150X⁠

Di's LinkedIn Page

linkedin.com/in/dianne-gammage-4846bb42

Website 

https://playful-awakening.org/ 

Email 

[email protected] 

Topics Covered

A Playful Awakening in SouthWest Airlines - The best and funniest Safety Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbNy5Cc7GL8 

Book Recommendation - "I Wonder” by Annaka Harris 

https://www.amazon.com/I-Wonder-Annaka-Harris/dp/1940051045 

Robert Landy - Mind-Body Healing Through the Arts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMLTJtMonVgn 

Peter Levine - What is 'Titration' in Trauma Therapy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjNk3ns1MKY 

'Falling Asleep' and how it links to Gabor Maté's work on addiction 

Gabor Maté – Authenticity Leads To Freedom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1esGZE7whN0 

Gabor Maté - How Play Can Heal Your Relationships

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L4V1cY5Pvs 

Sharon Salzberg - Loving Kindness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQSWsOORBFY

Introduction to Voice Movement Therapy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Z_dxCYV40 

Timestamps

(0:00) - Introduction

(2:32) - Discussion on Play and Playfulness in Organizations

(4:12) - Serious Workplace vs. Playful Interactions

(7:03) - D Gamage's Background and Early Life

(10:02) - Impactful Childhood Experience

(14:37) - Transition to Adult Playfulness

(17:23) - Balancing Seriousness and Play in Therapy

(20:02) - Breath and Its Importance in Therapy

(22:56) - Playfulness and Systems Thinking

(24:25) - Advice to Younger Self

(26:02) - Evolution of Di's Career

(29:55) - Impact of Working with Vulnerable Youth

(31:54) - The Role of Play Therapy

(35:26) - Playfulness in Serious Environments

(38:07) - Excerpt from Di's Book: Playful Awakening

(39:25) - Connecting Play to Something Bigger

(44:19) - Play and Confidence in Career

(47:45) - Shadow Side of Play and Abuse

(50:38) - Importance of Play in the Workplace

(52:02) - Mindfulness and Playfulness

(56:25) - Concept of the Cloak

(1:00:55) - Elaborating on the Cloak

(1:06:05) - Play in Overwhelming Situations

(1:12:38) - Presence as an Act of Love

(1:15:10) - Falling Asleep Metaphor

(1:20:14) - Attention as a Moral Act

(1:23:29) - First Lego Build: What Inspires Di's Work

(1:30:27) - Final Advice on Play and Playfulness in the Workplace