E62: Work and Play Series Ep 6. Play Like you Mean it

Play Like You Mean It: A Practical Plan to Restore Your Nervous SystemIn episode six of Mona’s Work and Play series on Burnout Solutions, she digs deeper into Charlie Hoehn’s book Play It Away and how restoring play helped him resolve burnout and anxiety after relentless overwork. Mona describes how anxiety can show up in the body, why common wellness tools may help only marginally if play has been evacuated from life, and how play and movement can help the nervous system return to a more connected, regulated state. She introduces “stress anchors” (the persistent worries that keep fight-or-flight humming) and a simple method for identifying and reducing them. Mona also walks through Stuart Brown’s play personalities (like joker, kinesthete, explorer, competitor, director, collector, and creator) and closes with a gentle four-week play plan and a small weekly challenge to start scheduling purposeful play.00:00 Play Like You Mean It01:47 Series Recap And Focus02:30 Meet Charlie Hoehn03:43 Burnout Anxiety Symptoms05:15 Why Wellness Wasnt Enough06:40 Play Restores Safety08:28 Stress Anchors Explained10:29 List Reduce Delegates13:30 How Adults Play14:02 Find Your Play Personality15:28 Joker And Kinesthete17:04 Explorer And Competitor18:39 Director Collector Creator22:13 Build Your Play Plan22:51 Four Week Play Protocol26:05 Tiny Play Counts26:42 Weekly Challenge And WrapTo to find out more about how I can help your workplace or work with me one on one, please see www.monatippets.comWant to understand your stress a little better? Get my free Stress Management Guide for High Achievers here.