Danièle Bienvenue, Coach – Facilitator at Management Savvy Inc.“Play Break is a breath of fresh air, a moment of fun during a busy day, an opportunity to play and laugh with people you haven’t met yet, an inspiration for new activities in your future meetings, a place where the rules are simple: be there for 20 minutes and let David take you to a safe space that will energize you.”
Jeffrey Ring, Ph.D. Health Psychologist, Leadership Coach and Health Justice Champion“I loved David’s Play Break! I continue to float with delight, pleasure and a big warm smile. He amazes me with his facilitation capacity to bring together total strangers into a place of creativity, humor, and sweet connection.”
Play Break: it’s free and freeing!
For leaders, coaches, and learners
Come experience the power of simple improv games to:
- improve your well-being,
- shift out of our overactive amygdala (fight-flight center),
- cultivate creativity,
- build confidence, and
- grow a much-needed ability to deal with whatever life brings.
NPR did a story on the power of improv and what’s possible in just 20 minutes a day. Absolutely zero improv experience necessary. Just show up and play!
- We’ll do a simple check via Zoom chat on how you’re feeling as you arrive. (Hint: it’s all welcome)
- Play some simple and fun improv games.
- And check out to see how you are feeling as you leave (Most people find their energy shifts during and after play break!)
20 minutes of play can make a big difference. Come find out / share with a friend!
Stay in the loop about upcoming play breaks:
Intentionally Cultivating Our Connectedness
a 90-minute highly-interactive workshop for Healthcare Reinvention Collaborative
May 30 11am-12:30pm – Open to anyone!
Connection isn’t just important — it’s essential.
Nurturing authentic connections supports our health and well-being, strengthens our workplaces and communities, and lays the foundation for meaningful collaboration.
Desired Outcomes:
- Leave feeling connected, energized, and inspired
- Build deeper and broader relationships, and sense of belonging
- Experience (non-gimmicky) tools/methods/activities for building human connection on Zoom that you can turn around and use immediately
Healthcare Reinvention Collaborative exists to identify, connect, support, and illuminate healthcare changemakers who are working to shift healthcare from a system that profits a few to one that serves all.
Building Resilience through Connection, Play, and Mindful Movement
a workshop for Helping Professionals
led by Amy Robinson & David Westerlund
Sunday, June 1 2:30-5pm (in person in Bellingham, WA)
Helping professionals: Recharge with mindful movement + simple, yet potent improv games to de-stress, spark creativity, and connect. Play heals. Join us!
What you’ll gain:
- Connect with other helping professionals and leave feeling de-stressed, energized, and supported
- Experience a palpable energy shift that sparks new perspective on stuck places
- Set clear intentions to integrate what you learn into your personal and professional life
- Take home a collection of tools that you can use right away!
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