In Season 3, Episode 15 of The West Wing, President Jeff Bartlett tells Sam Seaborne that he's going to run for president one day. We need Aaron Sorkin to reboot The West Wing for today with Sam as POTUS!

If you've ever been curious about the use of TTRPGs for improving mental health, I'm running a 90-minute workshop on character creation on September the 6th over Zoom. I got great feedback at GenCon about this, so I'm excited to be offering it again -- people are walking away feeling really good.

Friends attending GenCon,

My friend @drjones-coach.bsky.social is running a workshop on Saturday!

"Playing with Purpose: Designing Characters for Transformational Play"

Do check it out!

A friend of mine posted this piece this morning. Richard often does a remarkable job of bringing together two ideas into a coherent and clarifying whole.

I am alarmed that we are going through a crazy moral shift as a nation right now, and I hope we can learn from the past before it's too late.

Really cool to get to nerd out with Daniel Stih about the intersection of gaming and personal development. I'd love to know what you think of the discussion. It was neat to get to talk to someone about this who was familiar with coaching, but knew almost nothing about rpgs.

We teach what we most need to learn; we lead where we most need to go.

I had the pleasure of seeing Macbeth with my wife over the weekend. I love the rise of this sort of media. So many film adaptations of Shakespeare are overburdened by the needs of 'cinema,' and this was refreshing in both it's relative simplicity as well as the intimacy of being in a theatre space.

I'm building a doctoral dissertation around the power of TTRPGs to be used for self-exploration, healing, and growing. I know many people use games as a way to escape from the issues that I would actually want to trigger and deal with through play. As a player, what do you think about that?

Isn't it amazing how forgiving DMing can be? We think we need to get things perfect, but our players are capable of having a blast even if it seems like we are bumbling around.

Be the past self that you future self will be grateful for.

Happy Saturday, folks! Are you playing any games this weekend?

Starting to port some of my #coaching content from TikTok to #Youtube, given the state of things. Do you have a Youtube channel? Any #advice for someone new to the platform?

It is nuts how many cool, little #indierpgs there are that I have never heard of. I feel like the more connected I get in the #ttrpg community, the deeper the rabbit hole goes! Is anyone keeping track of all this? We need a database!

Had the pleasure of teaching a coaching skills intro class last night. It strikes me this morning how much listening and asking questions contribute to a DM bringing out player creativity.

In TTRPGs, leveling up isn't just for characters. Focus on personal growth and level up your life with the lessons you learn in play. #TTRPGMotivation

I've gotten pretty sick of DnD, so I'm using the change of edition as an opportunity to play and run some stuff that's new. I'm excited about a West Marches-style game using Shadowdark, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. What systems are ya'll interested in trying?

Loving this platform. It's so refreshing to actually have conversations with people, and not just bickering at one another.

Musings #2 while walking home from the park
#beliefsystem #reality #politics #coaching #criticalthinking