Building Stronger Connections with Your Children with Tracy Shea-Porter
Welcome to Improv Your Parenting where we turn parenting into play! Join us as we chat with Tracy Shea Porter, CEO and Co-founder of Yes Unlimited. Tracy shares her incredible journey from the corporate world and improv community to using improvisation techniques to strengthen communication, adaptability, and trust. She discusses how improv helped her as a young mom and single parent and how it continues to shape her relationships, especially with her daughter. Learn about her passion for improv, her professional journey, and how she's bringing these skills to organizations to promote better teamwork and leadership. Tune in for an insightful discussion on the benefits of integrating improv into parenting and daily life!
00:00 Introduction to Improv Your Parenting
00:04 Meet Tracy Shea Porter
01:12 Tracy's Journey into Improv
02:40 Improv and Parenting
03:23 Navigating Single Parenthood
05:52 Improv's Influence on Relationships
07:30 Tracy's Early Life and Improv
10:33 Raising a Child with Improv
13:15 Challenges and Lessons in Parenting
14:27 A Funny Incident with the Police
14:45 The Importance of Being Present
15:27 Using Improv in Parenting
15:54 Dealing with Irritation Through Improv
16:38 The Bonding Power of Improv
18:40 Returning to Improv After a Break
20:35 Building a Career in Improv
24:13 The Benefits of Improv in the Corporate World
26:35 Advice for New Parents
28:58 The Active Form of Meditation
29:44 Final Thoughts and Gratitude
Learn more about Tracy here:
tracy@yesunlimited.ca
www.yesunlimited.ca
Tracy's Book: The "Yes, And" Business Evolution: Improv Skills for Leadership and Life
Now available: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CSB3JF1F
Hot New Release in Workplace Behavior and #1 in Team Management on Amazon
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