Product Description

“Find your ‘Heart Play’ and everything else you want in life will come along.” —Barbara Brannen

In this charming book, Barbara Brannen, takes a look at how life can be better when we find and honor our “heart Play.” This is not just a trip to the movies or swinging on a swing, but finding that thing that will give us so much joy that we approach everything we do with more passion and delight.

Barbara will show you how to reclaim the joy of play in your life by taking you through how you played as a child and what was magic for you. Next, you will see when you stopeed or slowed down your play. Finally, you will embark on a journey to see how you can have your “Heart Play” in your life again.

The Gift of Play also gives you a chance to see how you might finally find the time to play. With all the demands of our current lives, sometimes play is the last thing we make time for and Barbara takes us through a series of wonderful exercises to reclaim the time and start playing again!

You will find this book a delightful series of stories that women shared with Barbara about how their play disappeared from their lives and how many not only reclaimed their play, but used it to help them create a better life.

Play can be magic in so many ways, and it is not something reserved just for children. Step up and enjoy, The Gift of Play.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #216842 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 166 pages

About the Author
Barbara Brannen spent twenty-eight years working as a Human Resource Professional at organizations ranging from hospitals to technology firms. Her life has been devoted to finding playful ways to solve serious problems. The organizations she worked with are the beneficiaries of Barbara's many playful ideas. This book is an outgrowth of that work and her own journey to put more play back into her life. Barbara has been recognized as the Human Resource Professional of the Year, by the Colorado Human Resource Association, and currently teaches and consults on play with individuals and businesses throughout the United States.

Customer Reviews

The Gift of Play: Why Adult Women Stop Playing and How to Start Again
The Gift of Play was a gift into my life. I had begun to realize play had lost its vital role for me and I hungered to bringing it actively back. Barbara and this book appeared! She validates its importance and provides the tools of activation. The whys and hows in easy to read format--naturally! She is, after all, about making it fun. Thank you, Barbara!

Lets Play
Barbara takes the art of playing serious. In this book there are examples of how to play, why play is important, and why we should add it back into our lives. Barbara refers to play as "heart play" and descripes how to connect with the play that best expresses who we are. The book is fun, light and easy to read and still provides a powerful and important message. I loved all the examples Barbara provided on types of play.