What does it mean to take play seriously? In the joyful season finale of Family Book Club, hosts Alex Kirby and Emily Blue sit down with Mike Montague—author of Playful Humans—to explore why fun isn’t just a childhood phase but a lifelong necessity. With a career spanning entertainment, content creation, and coaching, Mike brings a fresh and energizing lens to what it means to live fully, avoid burnout, and reconnect with joy. Together, they reflect on how play evolves with age, why adults of...
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What does it mean to take play seriously? In the joyful season finale of Family Book Club, hosts Alex Kirby and Emily Blue sit down with Mike Montague—author of Playful Humans—to explore why fun isn’t just a childhood phase but a lifelong necessity. With a career spanning entertainment, content creation, and coaching, Mike brings a fresh and energizing lens to what it means to live fully, avoid burnout, and reconnect with joy. Together, they reflect on how play evolves with age, why adults of...
Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again Can our addiction to smartphones be stealing our focus and diminishing the quality of our lives? This episode of Family Book Club tackles Johann Hari's insightful book "Stolen Focus," as Emily Blue and Alex Kirby uncover how technology, particularly our ever-present smartphones, is reshaping our attention spans and daily routines. We share some eye-opening personal experiences on setting boundaries around app usage to alleviate feelin...
Family Book Club
What does it mean to take play seriously? In the joyful season finale of Family Book Club, hosts Alex Kirby and Emily Blue sit down with Mike Montague—author of Playful Humans—to explore why fun isn’t just a childhood phase but a lifelong necessity. With a career spanning entertainment, content creation, and coaching, Mike brings a fresh and energizing lens to what it means to live fully, avoid burnout, and reconnect with joy. Together, they reflect on how play evolves with age, why adults of...
