Explore the Research
Don’t take my word for it; let the research do the talking.
I’m over here with my head simultaneously in the books and the clouds.
As a dreamer, I’ve always looked to live beyond the bounds of rules. I feel free up in the sky. Yet, as an answer seeker, I have a hard time accepting things at face value. I want to know why and how something works.
Enter research! Here are many of the peer-reviewed journals, articles, and books I’ve read to create this website and its posts. I’ve perused many of these sources during my career as a recreational therapist (why I am a CTRS, thank you for asking! In fact, I’m a CCLS too.).
Research Sources
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
Psychosocial Benefits of Cooking Interventions: A Systematic Review -Farmer, Touchton-Leonard, & Ross, 2017.
The Physiological and Psychological Benefits of Dance and Its Effects on Children and Adolescents - Tao, Gao, Cole, et. al, 2022.
Other Resources
Books:
Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee
Toxic Productivity: Reclaim Your Time and Emotional Energy in a World That Always Demands More by Israa Nasir, MHC-LP
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
Podcast:
Check out this recent On Point episode from WBUR with Meghna Chakrabarti, entitled Why Gen Z says ‘hotties need hobbies’, which discusses the value of hobbies as well as their neurological and health benefits.