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Balancing energy in your interactions and performances involves communicating well, and putting some effort into it sometimes

Dec 31, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

October 2024

Inclusive, beneficial icebreakers for performers - Ep #20

Icebreakers. They're common in an improv class, at the top of a jam, or maybe when a team is just getting to know each other. Some people love 'em, some…

Oct 22, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

20:41

Emotional Processing, Acting, and Improv (part 2) - Ep #19

If you improvise with or teach, more than 10 people you've probably done improv with someone that experiences alexithymia. Learn to support yourself or…

Oct 8, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

30:46

September 2024

Emotional Processing, Acting, and Improv (part 1) - Ep #18

If you improvise with, or teach, more than 10 people then you've probably done improv with someone who experiences alexithymia, which involves…

Sep 24, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

28:51

Giving Notes to Students (part 3) - Ep #17

It can be a challenge to help everyone with feedback in a diverse class or team setting. But a few simple things can help a wider range of improvisers.

Sep 3, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

30:14

August 2024

Getting Notes You Don't Understand (part 2) - Ep #16

If you're a student, it can be hard to figure out what to do when you get a note that you don't understand or is unexpected. Just asking for…

Aug 20, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

29:31

Getting & Giving Notes (part 1) - Ep #15

Getting notes and giving notes - and having them understood by everyone - can be difficult when there is a communication gap between neurotypes

Aug 6, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

30:36

July 2024

Introduction to Season 2

Welcome to the next season of the Neurodiversity & Improv podcast - what's new?

Jul 30, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

3:31

March 2024

Episode 14: Visual Imagery and Improv - Memory and Recall

Using visual imagination can help your improv scenes, but also help you remember details better. Part 2 of Ep. 10: Hyperphantasia, Visual Imagination …

Mar 7, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

31:38

February 2024

Episode 13: Improv and Being Misunderstood, Part 1.

Learn about the social communication style differences between humans that can affect how you are understood or misunderstood in and outside of scenes…

Feb 21, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

32:35

Episode 9: Masking and Improv - Being the voice of reason

Have you had an issue being the voice of reason in scenes? Grounding a scene? This episode discusses what's "normal", weird, and how it can mess with…

Feb 15, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

40:42

Episode 12: Finding the unusual thing (and communicating better in scenes)

Noticing the unusual at the top of an improv scene can be hard. Learn when and how to do it, especially if you're unusual too. And for everyone: this is…

Feb 5, 2024 •

Jen deHaan - On YouTube Now

40:46

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