How Online Improv Helps Gifted/2e People - Julie Skolnick interviews Gordon Smith

"Improv games cultivate openness and playfulness, relaxation and self-care."<br/><br/>Julie Skolnick, M.A., J.D. is Founder of With Understanding Comes Calm, with programs including the Let’s Talk 2e! Conference and The Haystack, a community for 2e Adults. <br/><br/>2E or twice exceptional people are gifted as well as experiencing learning differences or neurodivergent qualities such as dyslexia, ADHD, or autism.<br/><br/>Gordon Smith is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Coach, and Improv Instructor. His practice focuses on neurodivergent adolescents, adults, and families.<br/><br/>His site Gifted and Growing notes Improv can be defined “as the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers.”<br/><br/>Learn about Online Improv for Gifted Adults (also online improv classes for 2E+ Teens, and for Families). <br/><br/>"The class offers a six-week experience in which we come together (on zoom) with 2e+ peers to explore, experiment, and play. <br/><br/>"Through Improv games and exercises we cultivate openness & playfulness, relaxation & self-care, emotional intelligence & empathy, and creative storytelling & expression."<br/><br/>~~~~Support the showView selected episodes and articles with more resources: The Creative Mind Audio Podcast page on the main site.