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Decrease Stress and Boost Creativity with Improv Principles

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Clay Drinko

Author and Educator at Play Your Way Sane.

New York, NY, USA

About this FieldTrip

Do you have a creative project that seems stressful, overwhelming, or unappealing? Suffering from a creative block? Bring said project to this FieldTrip and see how improv principles can help you de-stress and get back into the creative flow.

Join improv expert Clay Drinko, Ph.D., and play improv-inspired exercises from his new book Play Your Way Sane that will help you calm down, get more positive, and boost your creativity. Bring a current creative project so you can see how improv principles can help you maximize your creativity.

About your Host
Clay Drinko, Ph.D is an author, educator, and improv expert. He’s a regular contributor at Psychology Today and Lifehack and the author of two books: Theatrical Improvisation, Consciousness, and Cognition and Play Your Way Sane: 120-Improv-Inspired Exercises to Help You Calm Down, Stop Spiraling, and Embrace Uncertainty (published by Simon & Schuster and available now).


What to expect

Lecture format!

This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.

Real-time only!

This FieldTrip will not be recorded.

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Your Host

Clay Drinko

Author and Educator at Play Your Way Sane.

New York, NY, USA

About Clay Drinko


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How to make the most of FieldTrips

The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.

Show up fully

Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.

Stay curious

Wear your beginner’s hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going! 

Celebrate your host

Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings community—just like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgrounds—a lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.

Support each other

We’re all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things.  Try “Yes! And
” in conversation.

Not vibing?

It’s 100% okay when a FieldTrip does not resonate with you. Pop out quietly and try another experience later. Fill out the survey with your feedback (no dms to host or chat commentary, please.)


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