Louise Pan Wo

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Exploring play, creativity and how we can get back to our inner child

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Posted March 30, 2021

The Fun of Learning

Happy Spring! As it warms up and our world reopens (yay!) I hope you are finding joy in possibility. I’ve started recording new episodes for The Recess Life podcast and I can’t wait [...]

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Posted January 22, 2021

Play for Shared Humanity

Happy 2021! I think I can still say that, right? What a year it’s been already. I knew that everything wasn’t going to magically go back to normal when we closed the books on 2020. [...]

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Posted December 10, 2020

Embodiment and Play

Overthinking. Being in my head. Swirling through thoughts. Since the pandemic has started I’ve often found myself living in my head and disconnected from my body. There have been [...]

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therecesslife

Exploring #play, #creativity & getting back to our inner child.
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Play in the news! The beloved Sesame Street is int

Play in the news! The beloved Sesame Street is introducing the first Asian puppet. Thank you, Sesame Street for showing us how we can teach through playfulness.

#therecesslife #play #playislife #playislifelong #playisessential #playday #playdate #playforlife #stopadulting #makeroomforplay #playmatters #joyfulliving #playeveryday #powerofplay #neverstopplaying #creativity #createeveryday #bigmagic #creativesoul #innerchildwork #innerchild #choosejoy #youngatheart #nevergrowup #sesamestreet #aapi #stopasianhate

Play is synonymous with flow. Flow is the state yo

Play is synonymous with flow. Flow is the state you find yourself in when you are completely immersed in the moment and time stops. The late Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi coined the term in his research and the concept is a big part of positive psychology as we know it today and contributes hugely to well-being. We all have activities and tasks that get us into flow. What's yours?

Pictured here: A practice within movement culture called locomotion that involves different ways of moving on the floor using hands and feet.

#locomotion #flow #playforlife #improv #movementimprov #positivepsychology #mihalycsikszentmihalyi #movementculture

Hey. It's been a while so I wanted to say hello an

Hey. It's been a while so I wanted to say hello and give an update over here at @therecesslife HQ.

I'm in month two of the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at @uofpenn. Positive psych is the science of well-being and flourishing. I know. I can hardly believe this is a field of study too and I pinch myself almost everyday that I get to be in the 17th class.

My work, schedule and the podcast are going to look very different for the next year. My ability to create content is going to be more limited but you better believe I'm not going anywhere!

I will do what I can to share what I learn here and how this program will evolve my journey. Do I know how? Nope. Am I excited for the journey? You betcha. It's only getting better from here..

I'm sitting on four unreleased episodes that I can't find the energy to edit. If anyone is willing to help with that I'm much more willing to be less self-sufficient these days 😊

I look forward to what's coming. Thanks for joining the ride!

Some words to keep in mind as you go into the long

Some words to keep in mind as you go into the long weekend. Words by @futurefemmetext

#therecesslife #play #playislife #playislifelong #playisessential #therecesslife #playday #playdate #playforlife #stopadulting #makeroomforplay #playeveryday #powerofplay #neverstopplaying #creativity #createeveryday #bigmagic #creativesoul #anticapitalism #anticapitalist

Chinese grandmas raising awareness about anti Asia

Chinese grandmas raising awareness about anti Asian hate through play and rap music. Don't mess with these poh-pohs! @maria_medinatv

#therecesslife #play #playislife #playislifelong #playisessential #therecesslife #playday #playdate #playforlife #stopadulting #makeroomforplay #playeveryday #powerofplay #neverstopplaying #creativity #createeveryday #bigmagic #creativesoul #aapi #stopasianhate #antiasianracism #pohpoh

A reminder that you can always find your inner kid

A reminder that you can always find your inner kid.

📍The streets of San Francisco, CA

📷 @hales.to.the.yes

#therecesslife #play #playislife #playislifelong #playisessential #playday #playdate #playforlife #stopadulting #makeroomforplay #playmatters #joyfulliving #playeveryday #powerofplay #neverstopplaying #creativity #createeveryday #bigmagic #creativesoul #innerchildwork #innerchild #choosejoy #youngatheart #hobby #nevergrowup

How do you wrestle with your inner adult, inner te

How do you wrestle with your inner adult, inner teenager and inner kid?

Yesterday my inner teenager was coming out so I took a nap in the afternoon. I felt like a new person after that!

When we can honor our inner selves we feel so much more free to be our WHOLE self.

#therecesslife #play #playislife #playislifelong #playisessential #playday #playdate #playforlife #stopadulting #makeroomforplay #playmatters #joyfulliving #playeveryday #powerofplay #neverstopplaying #creativity #createeveryday #bigmagic #creativesoul #innerchildwork #innerchild #choosejoy #youngatheart #hobby #nevergrowup

PLAY IN THE NEWS: Sesame Street is bringing on a f

PLAY IN THE NEWS: Sesame Street is bringing on a father and son muppet duo who will talk more explicitly and frequently about race.

Children learn best in playful ways: through experiences, playing with others and stories/entertainment. And guess what? So do adults! The difference is that adults have to get over their beliefs that they know everything and seek out ways to keep learning (and in lots of cases, unlearning).

The full article in @time covers Sesame Street's history of addressing important topics. If a children's show isn't afraid to talk about race and other important topics you shouldn't be either.

#therecesslife #play #playislife #playislifelong #playisessential #playday #playdate #playforlife #stopadulting #makeroomforplay #playmatters #joyfulliving #playeveryday #powerofplay #neverstopplaying #creativity #createeveryday #bigmagic #creativesoul #choosejoy #youngatheart #sesamestreet #muppets #kidsshow#playtolearn #playfullearning #antiracistkids

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