In Conversation

26 Dec Brains and Politics

Posted at 23:04h in Culture, Events, Interviews, Overweight Brain, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

On Sunday, December 8th, I had the pleasure of speaking with 75 people from 17 states in the US. They called in to the monthly Politics for the People conversation hosted by Cathy Stewart, VP for National Development at indepependentvoting.org. It was a privilege to be Cathy's guest, to discuss...

04 Jan Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools

Posted at 00:28h in Creativity, Education, Interviews, Look and Listen, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements, What's New 0 Comments

I invite you to listen to or read a transcript of a podcast I recently did on Art Ed Radio. My topic was “Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools.” It was a joy speaking with host Tim Bolgatz on what is a passion of mine. The radio show is...

03 Nov Mental Health News Radio

Posted at 10:18h in Events, Human Development, Interviews, Look and Listen, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements 0 Comments

Thanks to Kristin Walker for interviewing me on her important podcast series, Mental Health News Radio ...

09 Mar Podcast: Revolutionary Transformation Through Play

Posted at 19:25h in Interviews, Look and Listen 0 Comments

Last month I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Burgert Kirsten for his regular podcast coming out of Cape Town, South Africa. Our topic? "Revolutionary Transformation Through Play." A coach (his company is called Liminal Transformational Coaching), organizational psychologist, improvisor and father of two young children, Burgert has quite a lot...

28 Mar Psychiatry and Social Therapy

Posted at 15:49h in Critical psychiatry, Interviews, Look and Listen, Social Therapy 0 Comments

Eric Maisel interviewed Hugh Polk, psychiatrist and social therapist, for his The Future of Mental Health series. ...

01 Mar The Future of Mental Health—Social Therapy

Posted at 15:41h in Human Development, Interviews, Look and Listen, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy, What's New 0 Comments

Eric Maisel interviewed me on social therapy for his The Future of Mental Health Series at Psychology Today...

19 Feb Creating Conversation on Non-Knowing Growing

Posted at 14:37h in Events, Interviews, Look and Listen, Overweight Brain Mini Blog, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements, What's New 0 Comments

Thanks to the dozens of people who created conversation with me the week of Februry 8-12 on my book-in-progress, The Overweight Brain. You can view the online running conversation—so thoughtful and playful—and view or listen to the live chat. Video recording of the webinar with Lois Holzman on The Overweight Brain: Audio...

27 Jan Some Great Dialogues on Mental Health

Posted at 17:31h in Events, Human Development, I Like This, Interviews, Look and Listen, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy 0 Comments

Eric Maisel is conducting 100+ interviews on the future of mental health and posting them on his Psychology Today blog. Each week, he's summarizing them at Mad in America. Here's week 1's summary of The Future of Mental Health Interview Series And here's links to each interview Day 1: Bonnie Burstow on feminist psychotherapy and...

11 Dec Vygotsky in Practice

Posted at 17:44h in Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Interviews, Learning Environments, Look and Listen, Philosophy, Play, Vygotsky, What's New, Youth Development 0 Comments

You might enjoy this conversation between Fred Newman and me from 18 years ago! We're looking at the various Vygotskian inspired projects we and our community created and if and how they're "Vygotskian." It was fascinating seeing them in their earlier years (once I got over the shock of seeing a much...

09 Feb Me, Play, Brains and Reggie

Posted at 20:00h in I Like This, Interviews, Play, What's New 2 Comments

Lois Holzman Lives What She Teaches About Play By Jamie Turner February 9, 2015 Lois Holzman doesn’t just talk about play—she lives it. From her work as Director of the East Side Institute for Group & Short Term Psychotherapy, organizer of an international movement of play and performance activists called Performing the World, her...