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Crystal Place

About the Author

Playful Trekker's Founder, Crystal Place, is a Content Creator, Producer/Director, Play Speaker, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, and Take Back Your Time Advocate. She is currently traveling slowly around the world interviewing extraordinary people that live their lives a little bit differently, offer good ol' inspiration, or have expertise and insight to add to the ever-expanding PLAY discussion. She is enamored with the science behind our deep biological drive to play and humanity's powerful pursuit of happiness, and is constantly on the lookout for the best, hidden and most amazing types of Play, in places around the globe. Don't be afraid to contact her directly. She often has a full schedule, but welcomes new projects that relate to PT's mission.

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13 – Brain Pickings Shares 7 Books on the Art and Science of Happiness:

Brain Pickings has to be one of my favorite sites on the internet. In this piece, Maria Popova shares 7 […]

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12 Great Historic Quotes on Play:

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” -Plato, Greek philosopher, 427-347 […]

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12 – “Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning!”

Someone once said, “Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.” (That was “Deep Play “author Diane Ackerman, by the […]

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“Want to get your kids into college? Let them play!” via CNN:

A recent article posted on CNN shares some fascinating insights regarding play and raising your children to be successful in college […]

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11 – The NYTimes discloses one of the secrets of living to be a happy 100+!

The NYTimes decided to dive into a topic that probably tickles the curiosity of each and every one of us […]

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3 – An American Ex-pat’s Perspective on Down Time

American journalist and broadcaster, Michael Goldfarb, has been living in England for 25 years. He wrote a piece for BBC […]

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16 – What is the “Work Time Revolution”?

Balance in the work place has in some way always been a topic of discussion, but between TED Talks, scientific […]

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2 – Enduring Stress through Play

Dr. Stuart Brown, the author of a wonderful book called “Play,” …   Read the full article here.

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