Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast
The Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast is a TTRPG podcast that helps collaborative storytellers build great campaigns using psychology. Each episode dives into different aspects of tabletop roleplaying games, and offers listeners (psyclithids) tricks of the trade for how to improve their own games. Your host, Robert Walker, is a longtime DM and holds a MS in I/O Psychology. He is also the author of "Session Zero: The DMG to Writing Great Campaigns in any System."
Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast
Leveling up in Real Life(IRL): The Introduction
This episode of The Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast explores the concept of "leveling up" in real life and how it can benefit you. Host Robert Walker dives into the psychology behind leveling up in games like D&D, explaining how a growth mindset, tiered reward systems, and the illusion of progress can all motivate us to achieve our goals.
The episode acknowledges that there's no one-size-fits-all approach to leveling up in real life. It offers a sneak peak of developing a personalized plan that includes self-reflection, setting achievable goals, choosing a reward system, tracking progress, and celebrating small victories.
Looking ahead, the episode teases upcoming episodes where each D&D class will be explored as a metaphor for real-life skill development. Listeners are encouraged to grab a journal and calendar to prepare for this upcoming adventure in self-improvement.
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Podcast Art by Kyle Baerlocher
Intro music by 33nano from GabrielDouglas from Pixabay
