This Is Your Brain on Play ft. Clay Drinko, PhD

Hannahlyze This by Hannah Hart

Hannahlyze This

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

If you’re putting in the good work of your weekly therapy sessions and still hitting big bumps between them, maybe there’s room for a little more play in your life! Whether you’re working on being more present, building better relationships, boosting your mood, or another mental health goal, play exercises that snap you out of the routines that don’t serve you could be a good tool to have on hand. Today, Hannah Hart is joined by Dr. Clay Drinko, whose methods give us more insight into how opening ourselves to play can lower the stakes and bring us back down to earth. Let's play!

Learn more at playyourwaysane.com, where you can buy Clay's book and also subscribe to his newsletter for new free games each month. Catch him on social media @playyourwaysane on Instagram.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to HALF this.
0:02.0	The Self Help Podcast that just can't help itself.
0:05.0	I am one of two HANA's Hannah Hart, and today we're going to talk about playing.
0:09.6	See, playing is learning.
0:11.7	If it's true for kids, why wouldn't it be true for adults?
0:15.0	So that's why today we're thrilled to have Play Expert play Dringo on the podcast to talk about how
0:20.9	play can be so good for our brains, good for our mental health,
0:24.4	health, and maybe make us better problem solvers.
0:27.4	I'm sorry, I'm so excited. Let's just get right into it. Enjoy.
0:36.0	Hello, Dr. Dringo. Thank you for being here.
0:40.2	Thank you so much, Hannah. I am so, so excited about this.
0:44.0	I have been a fan for a really, really, really long time.
0:47.6	So I'm so nervous. Oh, hooray. I hope I don't phenomenally disappoint you.
0:51.8	Well, wait, so how should I refer to you?
0:56.4	Sorry, would you like me to refer to you as Clay, Dr. Dringo, Mr. Piddle Paddle, I don't know.
1:03.0	I think Mr. Dr. Dringo, no, I think Dr. Dringo.
1:07.0	I think Clay is totally fine. That's why my students call me Clay is good.
1:11.1	Awesome, awesome. So are you a teacher, Clay?
1:13.6	I am. I teach middle school humanities. Wow, really?
1:17.8	Yes, yes. Oh my god, those monsters.
1:22.3	Oh, that must be terrifying. Oh my god. It's incredible. It's incredible.
1:27.2	It's such a time of transformation for people, which is why it's so difficult.
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