Summer Rx for Changemakers: PLAY

As The DelightFull Newsletter and its companion, The PlayFull Podcast take a short play-break for the month of June, can't help but revel in whom we've met and the conversations begun through the printed and streamed word these past few months. (Note: We're taking our break early so we can supply you with playfull content all summer long.)

Above photo of me with Dr. Stuart Brown, who's been studying the essential and life-sustaining nature of play since 1968 and whose book "Play" has become a bible for those looking to invigorate teams and build personal joy and resilience, says it all.

This work is fun.

Sure, it is hard. Sure, it can be discouraging and all-consuming. But for those of us blessed with the compulsion to help others, even the hard days stoke the embers of satisfaction and, dare I say, joy that fuel our lives.

Because we know we're contributing to better days just ahead.

Thanks to, in order of appearance, Lisha Bell , Rudy Espinoza , Topher Wilkins , Charlie Grosso , Luis Daniel Ramírez Alfaro , Lynn Malooly , Ange Muco Muyubira , Alden E. Stoner , Kathyann P. , Cecilia Mu?oz , and Jennifer Risher , who joined me on the podcast or sat for an interview to further inform me -- and you -- via The DelightFull Newsletter.

These #changemakers shared stories of the issues they're tackling and problems they're solving, with tips and tools for how to keep it light, keep it creative, and keep it going ... because #playmatters!

Season Two of our newsletter and podcast will be back July 6 with guests from Google.org, Ben & Jerry's, HalfMyDAF, Caulipower, and of course Dr. Brown, already lined up.

Here's hoping that our readers and listeners take themselves some deserved time off, and that our DelightFull and PlayFull content will find its way into your luggage, beach bag, or saved and favorited online lists. Enjoy!