If you're a subscriber, you get notified when I post. But that hasn't worked for some months. I'm happy too say we're back "in business." There several recents posts for you to check out—letters to The Developmentalist, new Words to Ponder, and the most recent, "Playing With and In." And please become...
Since 2016, I’ve been editor of a series of books—Studies in Play, Performance, Learning and Development—published by Palgrave Macmillan. I’m proud of the nine books I helped to get written and published. Every one of them has made important contributions within and across education, psychology, youth development and theatre/performance studies,...
These Words to Ponder are those of performance activist Hector Aristizabal, taken from a wonderful interview with him at Creative Art Space. To be creative is to participate consciously in the ongoing creation of the world. Creativity is not primarily about producing art. It is about entering into relationship with life...
If you're a reader of The Developmentalist, my "developmental" advice column, you know I'm a fan of writing letters. They are a particular way of organizing your relationship with the person you're writing to and with yourself. Writing a letter and never sending it can be just as good as...
I love Chris Hoff's The Radical Therapist podcast! I was a guest for the second time a few weeks ago, this time speaking about my book, A Developmentalist's Guide. Give a listen—to mine and others!...
Check out the new webpages for the Institute's International Class. It's playful & philosophical, demanding & developmental, mundane & magical. And just what social change agents and those who aspire to lead most need!...
Dear Developmentalist, My friend Annette and I really enjoy talking together. When we meet up, both of us are eager to share about what is going on in our lives, but we also enjoy listening and learning from the other person. Whenever one of us shares something, the other is quick...
Fred Newman and I wrote this nearly 20 years ago. What do you think today? Over nearly three decades we have described our work (our politics) in many different ways. Perhaps this is an expression or result of differing elements of our joint subjectivity-- a moral and scientific aversion to labels and...
Greetings All, As I hope you know, I gathered many of the letters and responses that appeared in this column into a book, A Developmentalist's Guide to Better Mental Health: Navigating Everyday Life Dilemmas. (My editor at Routledge urged that title, although I would have gone with something more provocative.) If you...
I’ve been pondering the popularity of empathy for quite a while now, and I’ve been meaning to write something telling you why I find it so distasteful. As a way to ease into that create space, I share a bit of conversation “A Meandering Search for Method: Becoming Human in...
