Episode 17: ‘You Are How You Play’ ft. Emma Worrollo
03/13/23 • 33 min
About This Episode
Episode 17 of the BeingMe: A Teen Mental Health Podcast centers around the significance of incorporating play into one's life and the positive influence it can have on one's well-being.
Our guest in this episode, Emma Worrollo, founder of 'The Playful Den,' proposes including play in one's to-do list, provides strategies for maintaining a childlike sense of wonder, and delves into the science behind the effectiveness of listening to music while doing mundane tasks. She emphasizes the reduction of stress through playfulness and its relevance for people of all ages.
About Our Guest
Emma Worrollo is an entrepreneur, mother of 3, writer, podcaster, and a big dreamer. Emma's biggest skill is her imagination, which she used to grow an international agency specializing in child and family insights, The Pineapple Lounge, for some of the biggest brands on the planet! Think Google, Nike, Adobe, and more!
For 12 years Emma taught the world's biggest brands on how to innovate for Generation Alpha and empathized with today's parents. Mid-pandemic, on maternity leave with baby number 3, Emma took the leap to step aside from her big girl job to...play more.
Her new venture, The Playful Den, emerged off the back of a thriving social media community and Emma now focuses her work on helping individuals, businesses, and families to play more. Emma is on a mission to inspire people to make play a part in their well-being tool kit and make small lifestyle tweaks to #LivePlayfully.
About BeMe
BeMe is a mobile mental health platform — made for and With Teens In MindTM — to improve teen well-being by bringing together the best aspects of social, gaming, and streaming engagement along with human coaching and clinical care.
Our Host
Dr. Neha Chaudhary, Chief Medical Officer, BeMe Health
Producer
Derek E. Baird, Chief Youth Officer, BeMe Health
Date of Recording
March 9, 2023
Closed Captions are auto-generated
The BeingMe podcast is a BeMe Studios Production. All rights reserved. © BeMe, Inc 2023
About This Episode
Episode 17 of the BeingMe: A Teen Mental Health Podcast centers around the significance of incorporating play into one's life and the positive influence it can have on one's well-being.
Our guest in this episode, Emma Worrollo, founder of 'The Playful Den,' proposes including play in one's to-do list, provides strategies for maintaining a childlike sense of wonder, and delves into the science behind the effectiveness of listening to music while doing mundane tasks. She emphasizes the reduction of stress through playfulness and its relevance for people of all ages.
About Our Guest
Emma Worrollo is an entrepreneur, mother of 3, writer, podcaster, and a big dreamer. Emma's biggest skill is her imagination, which she used to grow an international agency specializing in child and family insights, The Pineapple Lounge, for some of the biggest brands on the planet! Think Google, Nike, Adobe, and more!
For 12 years Emma taught the world's biggest brands on how to innovate for Generation Alpha and empathized with today's parents. Mid-pandemic, on maternity leave with baby number 3, Emma took the leap to step aside from her big girl job to...play more.
Her new venture, The Playful Den, emerged off the back of a thriving social media community and Emma now focuses her work on helping individuals, businesses, and families to play more. Emma is on a mission to inspire people to make play a part in their well-being tool kit and make small lifestyle tweaks to #LivePlayfully.
About BeMe
BeMe is a mobile mental health platform — made for and With Teens In MindTM — to improve teen well-being by bringing together the best aspects of social, gaming, and streaming engagement along with human coaching and clinical care.
Our Host
Dr. Neha Chaudhary, Chief Medical Officer, BeMe Health
Producer
Derek E. Baird, Chief Youth Officer, BeMe Health
Date of Recording
March 9, 2023
Closed Captions are auto-generated
The BeingMe podcast is a BeMe Studios Production. All rights reserved. © BeMe, Inc 2023
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Episode 16: "Boys Body Image, Growing Up Latino and Dealing With Bullies" ft. Juan Bendaña, part two
About This Episode
In part two of our interview with Juan Bendaña, we discuss his decision to partner with BeMe as our Youth Ambassador, sharing his advice with teens in the BeMe app and answering questions submitted by our BeMe Teen Advisory Board.
Juan also talks about the role his Latino heritage played in his teen years, his experience growing up as a first-generation child of immigrant parents, and the mind shift he experienced when he learned to embrace his Nicaraguan identity.
Our Guest
Juan Bendaña is a sought-after speaker, author, and DJ who speaks to 50,000+ students, educators, and parents across Canada & the United States every year. He is the author of 12 Keys: How To Live Fully, Achieve Greatly And Lead An Epic Life, which helps students build better habits, boost productivity, & optimize their life.
This summer, Juan partnered with BeMe to be our Youth Ambassador. His advice for teens is featured in the BeMe app and our social media channels.
About BeMe
BeMe is a mobile mental health platform — made for and With Teens In MindTM — to improve teen well-being by bringing together the best aspects of social, gaming, and streaming engagement along with human coaching and clinical care.
Our Hosts
- Dr. Neha Chaudhary, Chief Medical Officer, BeMe Health
- Hazuri Dhillion, BeMe Teen Advisory Board
Producer
- Derek E. Baird, Chief Youth Officer, BeMe Health
Date of Recording
October 20, 2022
Closed Captions are auto-generated | The BeingMe podcast is a BeMe Studios Production. All rights reserved. © BeMe, Inc 2022
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Episode 18: Equity in Mental Health: Supporting the Emotional Well-being of Male, Non-binary, and Gender Non-conforming Teens with Dr. Taiwo Alonge
About This Episode
In this podcast episode, Dr. Neha Chaudhary and her co-host Hazuri Dhillon interview Dr. Taiwo Alonge, a second-year psychiatry resident at Yale, on issues related to equity in mental health care for male, non-binary, and gender non-conforming teenagers, with a particular focus on BIPOC and rural communities.
Dr. Alonge discusses his medical career journey and research interests, the challenges and unique barriers that boys face when seeking support for their mental health, the impact of health disparities and systemic biases on BIPOC teens' diagnoses and outcomes, and the role of technology and innovation in promoting greater health equity.
Four key insights from the episode:
- Boys face societal messaging that prevents them from expressing their emotions in a healthy way, and there is a need to change these expectations to better support boys in addressing their mental health struggles;
- Health disparities and systemic biases can negatively impact the diagnoses and outcomes for BIPOC teens compared to their white peers, and it is crucial to address these disparities;
- Innovative solutions can be leveraged to bridge the gap between rural and urban healthcare access and outcomes;
- Platforms like BeMe can be used to support and empower male-identifying youth from BIPOC and rural communities in addressing their mental health and health equity issues.
About Our Guest
Dr. Taiwo Alonge is a second-year psychiatry resident at Yale. Prior to starting work as a resident at Yale, he received his MD from Columbia University and a master's in public health with a specific focus on health policy and management. His interests are in mental health care, innovation, and policy for people across the lifespan, with a special focus on children, adolescents, and young adults.
He is also passionate about health equity and ensuring health disparities affecting some of the most vulnerable populations are addressed, namely for BIPOC youth and people minoritized by their gender or sexuality. Although he is early in his professional career, he has already begun to engage in this health equity work in clinical practice, in working with community organizations in New York City and New Haven, in engaging in mental health care policy advocacy with the APA, and most recently in working with us here at BeMe.
In January 2023, Dr. Alonge began working with BeMe as a clinical innovation fellow. In his role, he is helping us make sure that BeMe continues to be as inclusive and equitable an experience as possible for all teens, no matter their background or identities.
About BeMe
BeMe is a mobile mental health platform — made for and With Teens In MindTM — to improve teen well-being by bringing together the best aspects of social, gaming, streaming engagement, human coaching, and clinical care.
Our Host
- Dr. Neha Chaudhary, Chief Medical Officer, BeMe Health
Producer
- Derek E. Baird, Chief Youth Officer, BeMe Health
Date of Recording
- March 17, 2023
Closed Captions are auto-generated | The BeingMe podcast is a BeMe Studios Production. All rights reserved. © BeMe, Inc 2023
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