185. Minder Kaur Athwal: Improv & Play for Wellbeing

Psykhe Mental Wellbeing Podcast

In this episode, we're joined by Minder Kaur Athwal. Minder has been improvising her way through life for decades but found improvised comedy six years ago as a way to help manage her anxiety and depression. She has trained as a facilitator with the Old Vic Theatre and is now an applied improv workshop leader. She regularly takes part in international panels, Q&As and conference talks and in 2019 led a session at the Global Improvisation Symposium.

Minder is one half of improv performing duo Honey Badger, a member of the all female theatre collective The Party Somewhere Else and a member of the Edinburgh International Improv Festival’s advisory board. She brings her knowledge and skills from her varied career to her improv work.

In this episode, we explore:

• improv
• 'winging it'
• networking
• thinking on your feet
• facing rejection
• going outside your comfort zone

and loads more.

Mentioned in this episode

• Pippa Evans - Improv Your Life
• Pam Grout - E-Squared: Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments That Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality

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