The Play Rebels

The Playful Revolution
  • 5.0 (5)
  • Mental Health
  • Biweekly Series

Remember joy? Unbridled, liberated, authentic joy? Joy is freaking awesome, but for many adults, it seems absurd to even think about feeling joy in your everyday life. The Play Rebels are here to fix that. What if everything you know about play is wrong? Society wants you to believe that play is just for kids, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Play isn’t a hobby, an indulgence, or an exercise class—it’s a radical act of self-liberation. TJ Matton and Bailey Jacobs are The Play Rebels, your guides and play buddies as you reprogram your mind and unleash the power of play for authentic joy, self-expression, and transformation. Through storytelling, nervous system education, and experiential and embodied play practices, you’ll rediscover mindful play and integrate it into your daily life. When you treat play with the same commitment as other wellness practices, it has the power to rewire your brain, strengthen relationships, and unlock a life of creativity, connection, and ease—without changing a single external thing. When they’re not speaking into microphones, TJ and Bailey are the co-founders of The Playful Revolution. They are deeply committed to helping adults rediscover play as a path to liberation, greater belonging, and happiness.

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  1. Episode 1

    Ep 2.1: Starting Small at the Grocery Store

    This season of The Play Rebels fully focuses on how to cultivate play in your everyday life, working through our SIMPLE acronym from Season 1.  Our first episode starts with S: Start Small. In this episode, we explore the cultural traps that hinder our ability to play in the everyday, including phrases like “go big or go home,” perfectionism, outcome-thinking, and internal and external pressure.   We then give you a FREE game you can play to Start Small: The Grocery Store Playlist.  Playing in your everyday life can reduce stress, anxiety, overwhelm, and melancholy by helping the brain reorient toward everyday enjoyment without requiring extra time, money, or big hobbies. We’re here to help you learn how.  Click here to get the Grocery Store Playlist for free Click here to check out our Cultivating Play Made SIMPLE  Workbook Episode Chapters  03:36 The Culture Joy Traps 11:44 Grocery Store Playlist 24:39 Play & Surrendering Control 30:53 How to use the Grocery Store Playlist Further your play reorientation by visiting www.theplayfulrevolution.com. There you'll find free play practices, courses, and more.  Send us your play as well as your questions and curiosities via email at hello@theplayfulrevolution.com or on Instagram by following us and DMing us @theplayfulrevolution. Further your play reorientation by visiting www.theplayfulrevolution.com. There you'll find free play practices, courses, and more.  Send us your play as well as your questions and curiosities via email at hello@theplayfulrevolution.com or on Instagram by following us and DMing us @theplayfulrevolution.

  2. Episode 2

    Ep 2.2: Impulse Liberation + Rebuilding Trust in Your Desires

    What’s your relationship to the word “impulse”? Does it bring up good feelings or bad?  This is episode 2 of our season dedicated to cultivating play the SIMPLE way. Episode 1 focused on Starting Small, and episode 2 will focus on the “I” in SIMPLE: Impulse.  Impulse is a loaded term in a culture. We’re trained from a young age that impulses can’t be trusted, that they need to be suppressed, and that an adult is someone who “controls their impulses.”  But what if impulses were the key to your joy?  The next step to cultivating play in your everyday life is facing your impulses–and relearning that there are many impulses you can trust.  From grind culture, performance, and “good girl” mentality–this episode explores all the ways our connection to desires and impulses was eroded over time. TJ and Bailey share their personal impulse suppression and liberation stories as a way to help you reconnect to your own impulses towards joy.  The episode closes with a “Do one thing” experiential to help listeners make the connection between joy, play, and impulses.  Click here to check out our Cultivating Play Made SIMPLE Season Accompaniment to Explore your own relationship to impulses.  Episode Chapters 00:56 Why Impulse Feels Loaded 03:35 Impulse Game!  06:42 Bailey’s Impulse Suppression Tale 17:25 TJ’s  Impulse Suppression Tale 36:27 Impulse Trust and Grace 40:02 Small Safe Impulses + Do One Thing Practice Further your play reorientation by visiting www.theplayfulrevolution.com. There you'll find free play practices, courses, and more.  Send us your play as well as your questions and curiosities via email at hello@theplayfulrevolution.com or on Instagram by following us and DMing us @theplayfulrevolution.

  3. Episode 3

    Ep 2.3: Do you need Meaning Making? Answer this Quiz to Find Out!

    Adults don’t play like kids. Except…some do? In this episode of The Play Rebels, we’re exploring the M in SIMPLE: Meaning Making.  Meaning Making can be a powerful anchor as you start reclaiming play. A way to focus on the “why” behind your engagement and an anchor for when it becomes awkward or doesn’t go well. But do you need meaning to play? Maybe not. That’s why we’re sharing a five-question quiz which will help you learn where you are on the Whimcial to Meaning Making Spectrum of play.   See your full results by taking the Meaning Maker Quiz on our website!  This episode and all of season two are part of our broader exploitation of SIMPLE – an acronym to help you to cultivate play in your everyday.  Click here to check out our A SIMPLE Way to Cultivate Play Expansion Workbook here. Episode Chapters 02:38 When you don’t identify as “playful”  09:40 Meaning Making Quiz  14:26 Results + What’s Next  Further your play reorientation by visiting www.theplayfulrevolution.com. There you'll find free play practices, courses, and more.  Send us your play as well as your questions and curiosities via email at hello@theplayfulrevolution.com or on Instagram by following us and DMing us @theplayfulrevolution.

  4. Season 2 Trailer

    Season 2 Starts Next Week!

    The Play Rebels are back! And this time we’re bringing play into your everyday life.  Season 2 of The Play Rebels will dive into a SIMPLE Way to Cultivate Play, we’re going step-by-step, teaching you how to feel and grow joy in your life.  Like last season, we’ll have lots of play, personal exploration, and free resources to help you deepen your connection to joy.  But wait...there’s more! We’ve also created a special Season 2 workbook you can play with while you listen!  Both the workbook and episode 1 will be available on June 24, so subscribe and share so you don’t miss an episode!  Further your play reorientation by visiting www.theplayfulrevolution.com. There you'll find free play practices, courses, and more.  Send us your play as well as your questions and curiosities via email at hello@theplayfulrevolution.com or on Instagram by following us and DMing us @theplayfulrevolution.

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Remember joy? Unbridled, liberated, authentic joy? Joy is freaking awesome, but for many adults, it seems absurd to even think about feeling joy in your everyday life. The Play Rebels are here to fix that. What if everything you know about play is wrong? Society wants you to believe that play is just for kids, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Play isn’t a hobby, an indulgence, or an exercise class—it’s a radical act of self-liberation. TJ Matton and Bailey Jacobs are The Play Rebels, your guides and play buddies as you reprogram your mind and unleash the power of play for authentic joy, self-expression, and transformation. Through storytelling, nervous system education, and experiential and embodied play practices, you’ll rediscover mindful play and integrate it into your daily life. When you treat play with the same commitment as other wellness practices, it has the power to rewire your brain, strengthen relationships, and unlock a life of creativity, connection, and ease—without changing a single external thing. When they’re not speaking into microphones, TJ and Bailey are the co-founders of The Playful Revolution. They are deeply committed to helping adults rediscover play as a path to liberation, greater belonging, and happiness.

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  • Creator
    The Playful Revolution
  • Episodes
    18
  • Seasons
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 The Playful Revolution
  • Show Website
    The Play Rebels