I love podcasts so much and I want to share that love with you. I selected some of my favorites. They are made with care for storytelling, timing, musicality, and immersing us in a new world.
Dolly Parton’s America
Dolly is one of the most delightful human beings to listen to. And she seems to connect to all kinds of people: young, old, progressive, conservative, liberal, religious, etc.
Read MoreDo you enjoy learning?
I do. I love it. Always have.
Remember that kid in school that always wanted to say the answer? Miss Smarty Pants? The teacher’s pet? 🙋♀️ Yo, that was me.
In improv, I am still that nerd.
Taking all the workshops I can fit in while I teach at a festival. Asking people for recommendations for instructors. Nosing in other people’s bookcases for improv books. (As if I don’t have a dozen unread improv books waiting for me…)
But these times…
Read MoreFor the next few days I will stream (on Facebook) mini coaching sessions with (aspiring) improv teachers. They will come into my Zoom room & we will talk about 1 topic they are struggling with.
You can tune in & learn.
Not just that...
Read MoreBasically I have been having this back-and-forth with my students in the teachers course.
Them: “I want to learn how to side coach.”
Me: “I don’t want you to focus on that”
Them: “But I need to learn it”
Me: “You do not”
Them: “But…”
Me: “No”
Them: “Please?”
Me: “Grmbl…”
But then, after a few days of grumbling and growling I realized why I felt like that. And answered anyway.
Read MoreThat is how I this week I followed my own advice of how to stay happy and sane. I executed the 5 simple exercises from the In The Meantime Guide.
Where did I get that guide? Here: www.lauradoorneweerd.com/free-guide. For free!
I made it for myself and shared it with others, who also needed an fun and simple way to work on their craft.
Last week I went on live video every day. To talk about the 10 minute exercise and actually do it myself. Here is what I got out of it:
1. Feel the feels
After free writing on 'Why I love improv' I followed the brainstorm exercise…
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