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570 - Play as Resistance: featuring Gary Ware from Breakthrough Play and Normalizing Non-Monogamy

·1 hr 18 min·3 clips

We believe play isn't juvenile—it's essential resistance against constant demands and digital addiction.

Multiamory hosts discuss 'play as resistance' with Gary Ware (Breakthrough Play), framing intentional play as antidote to modern burnout. Grounded in neuroscience (cortisol/stress cycles), behavioral research (Fogg, McGonigal), and personal relationship experience. Gary introduces macro/micro/meso rest framework. Hosts unpack guilt around leisure, media consumption patterns during stress, and intentional community building. Episode promotes Relationship Recess (May 1-3 Florida retreat) as embodiment of play-focused healing.

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A grounded case for play as a practical tool for connection.

The episode treats play as a way back to attention, especially when scrolling and routine autopilot start to take over. Gary Ware joins the Multiamory crew and the folks at Normalizing Non-Monogamy to argue that play can pull people back toward the ones sitting right in front of…

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When you want play to feel like resistance, not fluff.

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