Well-Being

Time to share!  Despite ourselves LOL!

Play Is the Highest Form of Research - Albert Einstein? Neville V. Scarfe? Anonymous What does it mean to you to be playful? In general, what is your definition of play and playfulness? We posed these questions to over 2,000 survey respondents.  Over two years of controlled qualitative thematic analysis was spent on 800 answers.… Continue reading Time to share!  Despite ourselves LOL!

Well-Being

Social Prescriptions – Can they help Adults  play every day?  

Is it possible regular play might just keep the doctor away?  Could social prescriptions reduce individual health issues to such an extent that U.S. Medical costs plummet? In his recent NYTs Op-Ed piece on the loneliness epidemic Nicholas Kristuff,  points out “if the researchers are correct, social isolation probably kills far more people in the… Continue reading Social Prescriptions – Can they help Adults  play every day?  

Well-Being

Hobbies: They Matter Now More Than Ever. How Do You Choose To Play?

If you are losing your leisure, look out! -- It may be you are losing your soul. Virginia Woolf Why It’s Great to Have a Hobby (Read: 2 minutes) Photo Credit: Pixabay Why You Should Work Less and Spend More Time on Hobbies (Read 3 minutes) Photo Credit: Cegoh - Pixabay The Case For Having… Continue reading Hobbies: They Matter Now More Than Ever. How Do You Choose To Play?