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Refactor

your analytical mind through play

with PlayPractice

Do you struggle with...

(or have you been told you struggle with)...

  • anxiety?

  • perfectionism and beating yourself up over mistakes?

  • letting go of the need to control?

  • giving people the benefit of the doubt?

  • handling conflict?

  • expressing disagreements without triggering others?

  • taking risks or leaping into the unknown?

  • thinking on your feet?

  • being present?

  • listening deeply?

  • trusting your intuition?

  • conveying your ideas?

  • judging yourself and others?

  • applying therapy or mindfulness practices to real life?

  • feeling at ease socially?

  • flexible thinking?

  • confidence?

Learn to play...

to learn

(and have a great time
while you're at it)

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Our world has shaped our minds to look for what's wrong and avoid mistakes.

This makes us good at analytical tasks.

But without an
equal and opposite
force, we can start
to feel lopsided. 

Practicing play can refactor your mind to make it more balanced and creative.

About

Through cracking jokes with new friends, you will actually be practicing...

  • calming your inner critic

  • finding and choosing to follow the joy

  • strengthening the mental muscle of playfulness

  • finding your authentic voice

  • balancing authenticity with agreeableness

  • seeing mistakes as opportunities (and even gifts!)

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My Story

Hi, I'm Maya Bialik. I grew up around engineers and although my analytical mind was serving me in many ways, my mental habits also had their downsides:
 

  1. disagreeing as a way to engage with others

  2. ruminating on mistakes I and others had made

  3. perceiving forced agreement as fake and unproductive

  4. responding to the content of what people said, rather than the emotion underneath

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When I learned improv comedy ten years ago, I was amazed at how these habits were affected. Without offending my analytical sensibilities, I was able to cross-train those habits and be more balanced in my interactions with people and with myself! By experientially learning the skills necessary to joke around with other people, I learned not only how to joke around with other people (worthwhile in itself) but how to agree, how to see mistakes as gifts, how to be present in my body, and how to not judge myself and others.

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I've put together this framework that underlies PlayPractice's methods if you'd like to read more. 

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Our Team

I have also found others along the way that had similar experiences and shared the vision.

They act as the advisory board and co-facilitators.

We promise not to spam you!

This is just to let you know when we have classes coming up, and for us to get to know what people would like to see out of their classes.

FAQs

This isn't usually my thing...

These workshops are designed for people who are stepping out of their comfort zone. The only prerequisite is to be willing to try to self improve. 

What if I hate it?

We are happy to learn how we can improve the workshops. If you let us know what wasn't working for you, we can prorate the rest of the workshop series.

I don't want to perform.

You're in luck! We're not actually going to perform, we are just going to practice together.

No audience.

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