S5E15 Embrace Your Play with Acey Holmes
Do you slog through your day like it’s something to get through? Or do you seek to add small bits of enjoyment to each moment—even the mundane yet necessary tasks of life? We all know life is short. So make those low vibe, annoying and sometimes menial to-do’s at work and home slightly more playful, and perhaps even joyful.
Join Amanda and her friend and Castle Rock neighbor, Acey Holmes, speaker, facilitator, researcher, and the founder of Playful Work Design, for a lively conversation about what it looks like to turn the grueling spreadsheet into something stimulating, interesting, and if you’re creative enough, entertaining.
The friends also get into:
🔥 The definition of play & how it has very little to do with fun and games
🔥 The science behind play & the feel-good chemicals released when we enter a flow state
🔥 The importance of finding alternative and creative ways to approach work that is conducive to your learning style
🔥Acey’s original template for a Playful Work Design in the workplace
🔥 Simple ways to reframe the most unenjoyable task into something interesting, making you more willing to do it
🔥 How play ignites your cognitive ability allowing for greater memory, critical thinking, and nonlinear thinking
🔥 The different types of play identities
Acey draws from neuroscience, psychology, and her background as a speech-language pathologist and educator to help organizations create environments where people can think more creatively, connect more meaningfully, and work more sustainably.
Her work explores the relationship between play, flow, resilience, belonging, and well-being, challenging the idea that engagement comes from working harder or doing more. Instead, she helps individuals and teams rediscover the conditions that allow humans to thrive.
Acey has spoken for organizations, conferences, and leadership groups across the country, including TEDx, SHRM, and industry associations. She is passionate about helping adults reconnect with curiosity, possibility, and the parts of themselves that often get left behind in the pursuit of productivity.
Learn more about Acey on https://playfulworkdesign.com
Follow her at / aceym / beboredless
Free Resource (Flow Print): https://playfulworkdesign.com/flowprint
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