What’s Play got to do with me?

What’s Play got to do with me?

I hear a lot that play is for other people. Of course, the most common refrain is that play is for children, not the adults who expound this maxim. But I also get it about lots of other groups. “It’s what parents do,” I hear from childless worker bees. “I imagine...

Mindfulness and Coaching

At the start of every coaching session I do, I offer my client a moment of mindfulness. We both sit, if they want to, concentrate on our breathing, and I lead them through a short exercise to get them ‘into the room’ and leaving aside, for the duration of the session,...
Adding Play seems to make things harder

Adding Play seems to make things harder

One of the things I coach clients on is how to add more play into their work. Everyone loves the idea… but thinks they can’t do it. “I’m not paid just to mess around” – they say. Or: “Work isn’t fun!” Most people simply imagine that adding some extra play into their...