Living a "Yes, And..." Life in a "Yeah, But" World with Joe Van Haecke

01/12/24 • 96 min

Joe Van Haecke is based in Des Moines, Iowa, and he has been performing and coaching improvisation for over 20 years! He is the Chief of Inspiration for his company Inspire Me Mr V, which provides improv-inspired life coaching to help people start living a "Yes, and..." life in a "Yeah, but" world. (hence the title of this episode)

In this episode, Joe shares how he got his start in the improv world and how much it has helped him in the past 20 years. Joe is taking a unique approach to improv by infusing it into his life coaching sessions. We discuss how Joe handles that with his life coaching clients, and we even demo an exercise that leads to Dayna taking a few clown bows throughout the demo.

Joe is an applied improv facilitator who helps attendees become better active listeners, idea supporters, risk takers, and stronger leaders. Joe also coaches high school students in their improv competitions, which always brings up fun discoveries for both the students and him!
Joe is a bundle of fun energy, and he brings joy and smiles everywhere he goes! This episode will leave you excited about improv and motivated to keep going in your own improv journey. And best of all, it will encourage you to live your best "Yes, And..." life in a "Yeah, but" world!
You can find out more about Joe here:

Website - https://inspirememrv.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-van-haecke/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspirememrv/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/InspireMeMrV
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/InspireMeMrV

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Website - https://inspirememrv.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-van-haecke/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspirememrv/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/InspireMeMrV
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/InspireMeMrV

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Previous Episode

Letting Go of My Need for Alcohol, Thanks to Improv and Conquering My Fear of Public Speaking

One day, my solo episodes won't be considered special solo episodes because I will do them more and will be putting out more solo episodes than just 2-3 times a year. For now though, here is another special solo episode about my experience with alcohol and how I feel like I don't need it much anymore.
Thanks to improv and overcoming my fear of public speaking, I am not nervous anymore to go up on stage or be put "on the spot" in a social situation. In fact, I thrive in it now! I used to think I needed alcohol to get me through networking events, social situations, and even performing in improv shows. In my mind, I needed alcohol to make me a more exciting, lively, fun, and lovable person. Now I realize I can be that exciting, lively, fun, lovable person all on my own - without the use of alcohol or other substances.
In this episode, I share some examples of times where I used alcohol to get me through a grad school presentation and improv show, and (spoiler alert) alcohol didn't help or make the performance better. In fact, it put me in my head more and heightened my nerves because I am not using other tools - like breathing or meditation/mindfulness - to calm the nerves.
It's taken me a while to get to this realization, but I am proud that I have come to it now. I recorded this one on a whim after a lovely night of hanging out with my improv team and not needing a single drop of alcohol to have a great time.
Hope you find it helpful! Feel free to reach out if anything resonates about this topic. 😊

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Next Episode

Improvly Singing and Trying Hard Things with Ashley Ward

Ashley Ward is an improviser, actor, writer, snack lover, and singer who has performed everywhere from the Kennedy Center to The Sydney Opera House. She can be seen on Dropout TV’s Play It By Ear and in Hello Jack! The Kindness Show on Apple+ as Delivery Delores. She is also a Jeopardy champion (and yes, we talk about that in the interview!).
In this episode, Ashley shares her improv journey of how she got started in improv and then shortly after musical improv. Even though Ashley had a musical theatre background, she was still very nervous starting out in musical improv. Once she got into it though, she enjoyed the world of musical improv where she could play any character and sing any kind of song that came up.
Ashley now teaches a ton of musical improv classes and enjoys seeing people learn the structure and form and discover that they can do hard things. Improv in general requires a lot of focus and attention to be present in the scene, and musical improv requires double or triple that focus. There are a lot of plates spinning in a musical improv scene, but it can still all come together to create magical and fun scenes, songs, and shows.
You may be elated or disappointed by this, but there is actually no improvly singing in this episode. However, there's a whole lot of talking about it, which is super fun as well. Musical improv can help level up your improv skills, stage presence, and public speaking. Also, musical improv is just an overall good time because there's music involved!
Fair warning - give this episode a listen, and you may find yourself signing up for the next musical improv class in your area!
You can learn more about Ashley Ward here:

IG - @ashleyjeanward
Twitter - @ashleyjward
TikTok - @ashleyjward
Baby Wants Candy (Los Angeles) - https://www.babywantscandy.com/ - performs every 2nd Friday at UCB Franklin
Magic To Do - performs every 1st Friday at UCB Franklin
Westside Comedy Story - performs the 1st Wednesday of every month at Westside Comedy Theater

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