Di Gammage - Playful Awakenings

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