#88: Jill Vialet - Importance of Play

Jill Vialet is the founder of Playworks, the leading American non-profit leveraging the power of safe, fun, and healthy play at school every day. Playworks creates a place for every kid on the playground to feel included, be active, and build valuable social and emotional skills. Playworks partners with schools, districts, and after-school programs to provide a service or mix of services including on-site coaches, professional training for school staff who support recess, and consultative partnerships. In this conversation, Jill informs us of the significance of play for children, adolescents and adults and its relationship to a more engaged, communicative society. I asked Jill on as I have been thinking about the lack of play and fun in our jam-packed lives. Jill speaks with a wise nuance and with a passion that is truly uplifting. I hope this podcast might encourage you to look at the less serious aspects of life such as play with more reverence and crucial to our personal and collective wellbeing. If you would like to learn more about Jill or the work of Playworks, please see the link below. Thanks a mill friends!

https://www.playworks.org/