35 min
Celebrating Creative Thinking and Humor Embers and Wind
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- Self-Improvement
Welcome to Embers and Wind!
Guest Lisa David Olson talks about her book “It’s called Laughs on Wry, and it’s an improvisor’s memoir finding humor through childhood abuse, failed marriages and other hurdles. And the tagline that I have on there that really defines my life is ‘a life made of choices instead of excuses’. I grew up in a traumatic childhood setting where my mother was a functioning alcoholic who would have fits of rage. And I know now as an adult that she was self-medicating herself. And I wouldn’t have known that then as a kid.” Lisa then shares “My book talks about the severity of the horrid parts of my life. It also talks about the joy that my mother brought me. It was a hell of a roller coaster ride. She’s the one that made me believe I could sing and that I could act and that I was funny. You know, it was the weirdest up and down.”
I'm your host, Keith Weedman. In each podcast episode, you will hear stories. These stories will feel like a tender wind blowing on the embers of service that glow within you. In this weekly show, you will learn ideas, kindling for your embers. It will be your choice to utilize the gentle wind to ignite the kindling.
In this episode, Lisa David Olson shares how finding humor changed her life. She talks about her work as a business humorist which she launched in 2019 to help her clients find joy through humor. Lisa states humor brings joy to the workplace. She asserts that she considers herself to be a prankster. She shares that she only practices harmless pranks. Lisa notes before becoming a business humorist that she spent 20 years writing, running, performing, organizing and producing a sketch comedy troop which prepared her to become a business humorist. She notes that she is different than other business humorists because she likes to interact with the audience and does not stand behind a podium. She talks about her two TEDx Talks, Can Humor Save Your Life is about how she learned to use humor to cope with her traumatic life . Her second TEDx Talk is about her passion for harmless pranks. Lisa shares In addition to working with companies to help them learn how to use humor to bring joy into the workplace that she loves coaching people to prepare them to deliver a TEDx Talk and to bring humor into their speeches
To connect with Lisa, she recommends connecting on Facebook or visiting her company’s website, which is the website listed for this episode. You can find her on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.olson.improv.buddy. You can also connect with Lisa on Instagram and LinkedIn. To learn from Lisa, she invites you to send her an email at lisa@lisadavidolson.com. She closes this episode by inviting you to accept this benevolent Call-to-Action: Be bold. Be brave! Dare yourself daily and stay weird!
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Welcome to Embers and Wind!
Guest Lisa David Olson talks about her book “It’s called Laughs on Wry, and it’s an improvisor’s memoir finding humor through childhood abuse, failed marriages and other hurdles. And the tagline that I have on there that really defines my life is ‘a life made of choices instead of excuses’. I grew up in a traumatic childhood setting where my mother was a functioning alcoholic who would have fits of rage. And I know now as an adult that she was self-medicating herself. And I wouldn’t have known that then as a kid.” Lisa then shares “My book talks about the severity of the horrid parts of my life. It also talks about the joy that my mother brought me. It was a hell of a roller coaster ride. She’s the one that made me believe I could sing and that I could act and that I was funny. You know, it was the weirdest up and down.”
I'm your host, Keith Weedman. In each podcast episode, you will hear stories. These stories will feel like a tender wind blowing on the embers of service that glow within you. In this weekly show, you will learn ideas, kindling for your embers. It will be your choice to utilize the gentle wind to ignite the kindling.
In this episode, Lisa David Olson shares how finding humor changed her life. She talks about her work as a business humorist which she launched in 2019 to help her clients find joy through humor. Lisa states humor brings joy to the workplace. She asserts that she considers herself to be a prankster. She shares that she only practices harmless pranks. Lisa notes before becoming a business humorist that she spent 20 years writing, running, performing, organizing and producing a sketch comedy troop which prepared her to become a business humorist. She notes that she is different than other business humorists because she likes to interact with the audience and does not stand behind a podium. She talks about her two TEDx Talks, Can Humor Save Your Life is about how she learned to use humor to cope with her traumatic life . Her second TEDx Talk is about her passion for harmless pranks. Lisa shares In addition to working with companies to help them learn how to use humor to bring joy into the workplace that she loves coaching people to prepare them to deliver a TEDx Talk and to bring humor into their speeches
To connect with Lisa, she recommends connecting on Facebook or visiting her company’s website, which is the website listed for this episode. You can find her on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.olson.improv.buddy. You can also connect with Lisa on Instagram and LinkedIn. To learn from Lisa, she invites you to send her an email at lisa@lisadavidolson.com. She closes this episode by inviting you to accept this benevolent Call-to-Action: Be bold. Be brave! Dare yourself daily and stay weird!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
35 min