Why we play : how to find joy and meaning in everyday life /
by Fortune, Joanna.
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BookPublisher: London : Thread, 2022Description: 352 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781909770867 (pbk.) :; 1909770868 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 158 FORSubject(s): Play -- Psychological aspects | Happiness | Well-being | Psychology | Psychology | Autobiography: general | Popular culture | Age groups: children | Psychology | Child, developmental, and lifespan psychologySummary: Discover how to reconnect with the child in you and unlock the transformative power of play to live a more joyful life. Can you remember the utter delight of playing chase, flying a kite, or getting messy with a box of paints? As children, playing is how we make sense of the world and our place in it. Why then, as adults, do we forget how to play? Drawing on over twenty years of neuroscientific research and clinical practice, psychotherapist Joanna Fortune has discovered that play is central to the human experience - and is the key to living a happier, joyful life.
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 158 FOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003108715X |
Discover how to reconnect with the child in you and unlock the transformative power of play to live a more joyful life. Can you remember the utter delight of playing chase, flying a kite, or getting messy with a box of paints? As children, playing is how we make sense of the world and our place in it. Why then, as adults, do we forget how to play? Drawing on over twenty years of neuroscientific research and clinical practice, psychotherapist Joanna Fortune has discovered that play is central to the human experience - and is the key to living a happier, joyful life.
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