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IMPROVe: How I Discovered IMPROV and Conquered Social Anxiety

With my late diagnosis of ADHD, a lot of things in the past make MUCH more sense. And one thing that really jumps out for me is my love of improv (more on the improv comedy side of things, but improv is a solid catch-all). Let’s rewind back to 2015: I decide to go to the Tampa Bay Comic Convention. It would be my 3rd con, and just the second since I was 16. I get a 3 day pass and I’m poring over all the panels((TBCC has an AMAZING selection of panels; they make GalaxyCon look like nothing more … Continue reading

So I started teaching improv comedy to kids…

My foray into improv comedy at the Tampa Bay Comic Con has been quite the unexpected detour. I enjoyed it so much that I joined a couple of meetups to scratch the itch. And it was so much fun that I knew kids would love it – so I started teaching at our homeschool co-op. Years back I used to watch Whole Line Is it Anyway and not once did it cross my mind that I could do that too. It’s bizarre looking back at the passive mindset I had. At some point, I lost curiosity. It returned after I … Continue reading