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Living OUT Loud PodcastLizzie AllanRiver + Michele get the pleasure of speaking with Lizzie Allan, the creator of Hilarapy. Just think about a mash-up of therapy and comedy! She's an English creator living in BC, Canada.
Comedy is an underrated skill. I (Michele) learned this when I had the pleasure of joining Comedy Connection to commit to it and warm up TV shows. It seems simple, bu it requires a set-up and a punchline. However, this is far more difficult than it looks. So many people want to be comics nowadays, thanks to exposure for comedians on streaming giants like Netflix, that i...
2024-05-2953 minLiving OUT Loud PodcastLizzie AllanRiver + Michele get the pleasure of speaking with Lizzie Allan, the creator of Hilarapy. Just think about a mash-up of therapy and comedy! She's an English creator living in BC, Canada.
Comedy is an underrated skill. I (Michele) learned this when I had the pleasure of joining Comedy Connection to commit to it and warm up TV shows. It seems simple, bu it requires a set-up and a punchline. However, this is far more difficult than it looks. So many people want to be comics nowadays, thanks to exposure for comedians on streaming giants like Netflix, that i...
2024-05-2953 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastSeason 3 Opener: Sherry! Our incredible HRP ComedianSherry charms us with her no nonsense, right in your face, say it how it is comedy. She touches on something that resonated for both Lizzie and I and that is being ashamed of the wrong things - such as, HOW DARE YOU SAY I'M IN RECOVERY! I am a party animal. We live, we learn and we deeply encourage you to listen all the way to the end for this episode's challenge! Learn more about how you can heal with humour on the Hilarapy website Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy CourseFollow us o...
2024-02-0248 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up with Hilarapy Recovery Project Performer Sarah!Sarah embodies the Hilarapy Recovery Project with her humour, honesty, and full transparency on struggles and the inner thoughts of a woman in recovery. We promise you, she will keep you laughing and wanting more! She's also wrapping up our Season 2 - ending with a bang!Learn more about how you can heal with humour on the Hilarapy website Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy CourseFollow us on Instagram and let us know how you're getting on with our "challenge of the episode" @enlightenup_podcast
2024-01-1953 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Recovery Project Performer Sarah!Sarah embodies the Hilarapy Recovery Project with her humour, honesty, and full transparency on struggles and the inner thoughts of a woman in recovery. We promise you, she will keep you laughing and wanting more! She's also wrapping up our Season 2 - ending with a bang!Learn more about how you can heal with humour on the Hilarapy website Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy CourseFollow us on Instagram and let us know how you're getting on with our "challenge of the episode" @enlightenup_podcast
2024-01-1236 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapist Lee!Lee charms and delights and stirs our imaginations as he discusses his childhood and trauma! His new catch phrase is, "Can you say trauma?" If you can, then you must have a listen!Learn more about how you can heal with humour on the Hilarapy website Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy CourseFollow us on Instagram and let us know how you're getting on with our "challenge of the episode" @enlightenup_podcast
2023-12-2945 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapist Christopher!Christopher is the perfect HRP Graduate to walk us through the other side of the looking glass. This is an adventure of insanity, the stigma about being tough and capable, and the toll that active addiction can take on a person's mind and body. Christopher delights us with his crazy hijinks and wild tales...all we can say is, "Thank goodness he's in recovery!"Learn more about how you can heal with humour on the Hilarapy website Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy CourseFollow us on Instagram and let us know how you're getting...
2023-12-1548 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapist and Comedian Denene!Our own Madame Raven! The mystical and wondrous Denene enlightens us with tales of childhood and the days of yesteryear. Yodeling is NOT off limits here. We all come from somewhere, we all have a story - it's the owning of it that's so powerful.Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-12-0143 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Jeand!Jeand tackles the insanity of addiction, big picture thinking (some call it grandiosity) and cultural challenges while growing up in Canada.Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-11-1753 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy HRP Stand-up Comedian Kate!We are switching gears and catapulting into a new season! This season features our talented Hilarapy Recovery Project performers. Every performer is a person in long term recovery but we won't tell you their stories - they will! We are kickin' it off with Kate, our perfect starter into the world of therapy, comedy and recovery all melting together in one big kaleidoscope of high, blissful comedy without the drugs! Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-11-0343 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Angie!You do NOT want to miss this. If you listen to one - make it this one! We laughed so hard we actually drew tears! Ever heard of an over-functioner? Are you one? Or are you an under-functioner? Lizzie and Karina, two self-proclaimed under-functioners have a blast listening to Angie's description about her over-functioning ways, dating woes, and the "transparency" of children. Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-10-2030 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Jen!Jen kicks us off with dating the perfect man ;) What is the perfect man - you'll just have to listen to find out! Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-10-0638 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Michele!Michele talks about being bisexual and non-monogamous and how if her depression had an age, it would have its driver's license by now.Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-09-2238 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Sarah!Have you ever had issues with your phone face unlocking? Sarah knows ALL about that problem and has us rolling on the floor describing her situation. Also, she's vegan and put simply, better than us!Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-09-0836 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Marc!Marc's endearing tale of gender stereotypes and aging have us in stitches. From the manly man-purse and balding to discovering new things about yourself, Marc's set is both one of a kind and all of us wrapped up in one! Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-08-2533 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Barb!Barb regales us with song and funny truths around being a random old lady, losing teeth and how society sees old people. We met Barb at the Pride Parade and we've loved her ever since. Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-08-1147 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Shulamite!She glitters, she razzles, she dazzles! Shulamite is a mighty force to contend with and we couldn't be happier to bear witness to this force on state and off. Shulamite talks culture, a titch of trauma (just the tip ;)) and she does it all with grace and style. Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-07-2932 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Siobhan!Siobhan went off like a canon into the comedy scene and took everyone along for the ride. She recently won the prestigious Open Mic Competition at the White Rock Comedy & Buskers Festival for her raw, unflinchingly honest and hilarious comedy touching on subjects like masterbation (WHAT? Do women do that? LOL!) and just livin' life as Siobhan.Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-07-1433 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Yumi!Yumi talks about being Asian, dealing with Asian stereotypes, and how it plays into her life even though she was born in Canada. Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-06-3032 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Ritu!Are you a bad bitch? If not, ya might want to be after listening to Ritu's set. Divorce, Stepping into forgiveness, and owning that shit - that's a bad bitch! Ritu has a beautiful way of winning over everyone she speaks to and we think you'll see why after listening to this episode, brought to you with a whole lot of love and laughter.Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-06-1638 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Beth!Dating got you down? Never fear for we have Beth! Beth is going to talk for all of us who have ever attempted online dating. She also addresses the age old dillemma of "you can't please everybody" - what's a girl to do? Embrace it all! Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-06-0229 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Ryan!Ryan brings us his wit, charm and his mega-cool way of triumphing over body shame. RELATABLE! With topics like "My Big Beautiful Belly", having a "Gardener's Crack" (IYKYK) and the ladies that love body hair. We love him and we have a sneaking suspicion that you will too!Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com Check out the Hilarapy Comedy Therapy Course https://hilarapy.com/courses-3/
2023-05-1932 min
Enlighten Up - A Hilarapy PodcastEnlighten Up: Featuring Hilarapy Stand-up Comedian Kay!Our first episode ever kicks off with Lizzie Allan and Karina Lauren talking life and healing through laughter. We are pleased to present a fabulous comedian and Hilarapy veteran - Kay! Kay touches on the joys of getting old...something you can either relate to now or will eventually (with any luck!). Join us on this journey of healing the world with laughter and it starts here.
2023-05-0435 min
The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible VoiceDiscernment In Vulnerability When You're Behind the Mic with Lizzie Allan of HilarapyFeelings are great for when you're behind the microphone. But when it comes down to being behind the mic, how much do you reveal? That can get a little tricky when you haven't worked through what's really holding you back. My guest today coined the term Hilarapy, the creation of comedy as therapy. Lizzie Allan is a self-designed comedy therapist and professional comedian. Whilst embracing her own healing journey from madness and addiction, she discovered that comedy and vulnerability had the power to change the world. We also reveal what it's like to: Take ow...
2022-12-1942 min
Filled Up CupEp. 14 Lizzie AllanOn this episode I am talking with Lizzie Allan. She is a comedian and therapist. She has created Hilarapy which combines the two. She produces mixed-media comedy experiences and shows. She is a speaker, a performer, and she facilitates workshops and courses for people and organizations that help people.We talk about her mental health struggles and how growing up as a child in the 80's is so much different for the generation growing up now. We talk about what Hilarapy is and what it is growing into.Hilarapy (@hilarapy) • Instagram photos and videosLi...
2022-05-2553 min
Circle of ChangeHealing Through HumourIn a world where there is a lot to be serious about and where we can have a tendency to take ourselves so seriously, it’s nice to know there are places to go to let whatever it means to be human fly. Joining us today are Lizzie Allan and Brett Macdonald, two change-makers committed to using their comedic and improvisation gifts to help people heal and live their very best lives. You’ll see that when we lighten up we heal not only ourselves but everyone who gets to experience us. What’s in this episode for yo...
2022-02-0355 min
Lockdown with Lizzie InterviewsThe importance of playTake me seriously when I say we need to lighten up. We need to play. The world can feel so heavy with the drama of being alive. How do we cope with the chaos of Covid, the wars, corrupt politics, the devastation of our natural resources, the injustices? For so many people, the struggle is just to survive another day.
2021-10-0602 min
Soberoso "Sharing Our Passion For Recovery"Addiction Recovery And Hilarapyep-73 With Lizzie Allen From HILARAPY in White Rock B.C. CanadaWelcome to The Soberoso™ Podcast where we invite guests and listeners from around the world to join us in “Sharing Our Passion For Recovery.”If you are an old timer in recovery, a newcomer, sober curious or a loved one of someone who struggles with alcoholism, addiction or mental health issues this show is for you.Follow Soberoso on Instagram and Facebook* If you like the message we are sharing you can make a one time or monthly donation to Sob...
2021-08-3155 min
Have The ConversationHealing Through Humor with Lizzie AllanLizzie Allan is a brilliant and charismatic comedian, therapist, blogger and speaker who helps individuals find the funny in the not so funny parts of their lives. Lizzie successfully combines therapy with stand-up comedy, and is the creator of Hilarapy, her own unique brand of therapeutic comedy.
Inside of this episode:
↣ What it means to make friends with your shame.
↣ Why Ego and Trauma usually go hand in hand.
↣ An honest conversation around addiction and recovery.
↣ The importance of gratitude in your journey.
↣ How to heal the trauma and...
2021-08-091h 11
Who And What She WantsS2E17: Running a thriving comedy therapy business with Lizzie from HilarapyDuring S2EP17 of the Who and What She Wants Podcast podcast, I interview the super inspiring Lizzie who is the co-founder of Hilarapy. During this expansive episode we discuss... what it's like to go through higher education in your 30's. How making yourself vulnerable can lead to transformation. Ways to improve your money mindset. Why creating discipline is a essential part of running a business. What it's like to work with a branding company to bring your vision to life. Routines that help to overcome fear. A behind the scenes look at what it takes to become a Ted...
2021-07-1351 min
Lockdown with Lizzie InterviewsDon't Deliberate - Just Create | Comedy Writing & Performance with Lisa MooreIn this podcast, Lizzie speaks to her lecturer in comedy writing & performance Lisa Moore who has worked extensively as an actor in professional TV, theatre, and Radio 4 drama.
Twitter: @Lisamoore4
Instagram: lisamoorecomedy
Lizzie is a facilitator at Hilarapy. When we support one another to tell our unique stories through Comedy the world gets better. Comedy combined with Group Therapy techniques is changing the face of comedy forever.
Take a FREE CLASS with Lizzie Allan https://www.hilarapyhub.com/freeclass
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2021-03-0514 min
Lockdown with Lizzie InterviewsCurtain Twitcher | How I entertained my sanity during lockdown | Lady Jade FearnleyIn this podcast, Lizzie speaks to British comedian, Jade Fearnley who has kept herself and her community happy during Lockdown with her hilarious 'What's going on through the window' series on instagram. She sits at her window, curtain-twitching with humourous commentary about what her neighbours are up to. Jade also shares her journey with comedy and how it has helped her find her place in the world.
Watch Jades 'What's going on through the window' series on Instagram.
Lizzie is a facilitator at Hilarapy. When we support one another to tell our unique stories...
2021-02-2620 min
Lockdown with Lizzie InterviewsPutting More Passion Into Your Life | Sam BearmanIn this podcast, Lizzie interviews Samantha Bearman, Comedian, Empowerment Coach, Writing Expert and all-round creative powerhouse!
Lizzie Allan the founder of Hilarapy is a facilitator at Hilarapy. When we support one another to tell our unique stories through Comedy the world gets better. Comedy combined with Group Therapy techniques is changing the face of comedy forever.
Take a FREE CLASS with Lizzie Allan https://www.hilarapyhub.com/freeclass
Learn more about how you can heal with humour https://hilarapy.com
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Hilarapy
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2021-02-1322 min
Lockdown with Lizzie InterviewsBrilliance Unbridled with Regina LouiseIn this podcast, Hilarapy founder, Lizzie Allan interviews, Regina Louise, American author, child advocate, and motivational speaker. She is best known for successfully navigating through more than thirty foster home placements as a ward of the California Juvenile Court system.
Lizzie is a facilitator at Hilarapy. When we support one another to tell our unique stories through Comedy the world gets better. Comedy combined with Group Therapy techniques is changing the face of comedy forever.
Take a FREE CLASS with Lizzie Allan https://www.hilarapyhub.com/freeclass
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2021-02-0623 min
Lockdown with Lizzie InterviewsI Started Doing Comedy at 50 | Lockdown With LizzieIn this podcast, Lizzie chats openly to Ellen Bradley-Cheung, who is a Comedian, Yogi Instructor, soon to be published author and Hilarapys' in-person Course Assistant Facilitator. Ellen started doing comedy at 50 and continues to write and perform comedy, music and sketches and enjoys sharing her humour with the world.
She brings her big heart to the work she does with Hilarapy and uses her lived experience with depression and alcoholism to support students on their path to healing with humour.
Lizzie Allan the founder of Hilarapy goes live every Friday at 1pm for...
2021-01-3013 min
Lockdown with Lizzie InterviewsDealing with Trauma | Post-Traumatic Growth with Pops Buchanan | Lockdown with LizzieIn this podcast, Lizzie interviews Pop Buchanan who is the host of the Sober is Dope Podcast, Sober lyricist, Sobriety activist, Idea machine, Motivational speaker & Messenger of Hope. They discuss the difficulties of dealing with trauma from childhood and much more!
Lockdown with Lizzie is streamed live from facebook every Friday at 1pm PT (9pm UK) for feel-good vibes, off-the-wall topics, comedy therapy, comedy card readings and 'real talk' with Lizzie Allan
Find out how using the power of Therapeutic Comedy can change your world 🌍 visit www.hilarapy.com
2021-01-2618 min
Lockdown with Lizzie InterviewsFinding Your Flow | Charlotte Fox AKA The Psychedelic FoxIn this podcast, Lizzie talks to Charlotte Fox, a formidable character of many colours... Writer, Yogi, Comedic, Cosmic, Joker!
Lizzie Allan the founder of Hilarapy goes live every Friday at 1pm for Lockdown with Lizzie. Join us for comedy intuitive card readings, updates and general tomfoolery :-)
Lizzie is a facilitator at Hilarapy. When we support one another to tell our unique stories through Comedy the world gets better. Comedy combined with Group Therapy techniques is changing the face of comedy forever.
Take a FREE CLASS with Lizzie Allan https...
2021-01-2615 min
Lockdown with Lizzie InterviewsLife After Addiction with the Formidable Ali Kahn | Lockdown with LizzieLizzie Allan interviews Ali Kahn💫 Comedy Actor, Writer, Improv guru, Jewish pa, Irish ma, Substantial buttocks, 'The F**k It Button' and Best Comedy & Best Actor award winner!!!
Ali wrote and performed her award winning one woman show The F**k It Button as part of The Greater Manchester Fringe Festival in July 2019. Awards won: Best Comedy & Best Actor. Lizzie Allan the founder of Hilarapy goes live every Friday at 1pm for Lockdown with Lizzie. Join us for comedy intuitive card readings, updates and general tomfoolery :-)
Lizzie is a facilitator at...
2021-01-2623 min
Soberoso "Sharing Our Passion For Recovery"What To Do When Shit Hits The FanIn this episode Dora shares her recent and very personal experience having a complete mental breakdown. She talks through this emotional sobriety relapse, hangover and the symptoms leading up to it.Dora talks about the insanity and racing thoughts, burring her emotions until shit eventually hit the fan. She talks about how difficult it can be to reach out for help and how her disease and ism speaks to her and tells her to keep these secrets that make her sick.She also walks us through the gifts of sobriety, what she learned through this...
2020-09-0653 min
Sober is Dope!Healing with Humour
feat. Lizzie Allan - Hilarapy
(Therapeutic Comedy)Healing and Therapeutic Comedy from a Hilarious Therapeutic Counselor and Stand Up comedian Lizzie Allan. Welcome to the Sober is Dope Podcast with your host, POP Buchanan. This episode discusses the healing power of humor and comedy. Today’s special guest is Lizzie Allan.
Lizzie Allan is the founder of Hilarapy, a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor and Professional Stand-up Comedian, with a degree in Comedy Writing and Performance.
Hilarapy began in the UK as Addictive Comedy and has recently rebranded to Hilarapy in Vancouver, BC, Canada where she lives now. Lizzie discovered the transformative power of comedy and over time found her...
2020-08-1956 min
Soberoso "Sharing Our Passion For Recovery"Madness And MeltdownsTake a trip with us to visit Lizzie Allan in White Rock B.C. in Canada. Lizzie shares her personal recovery story with us and details her geographical, mental meltdowns. One of these breakdowns landed her in a psych ward in Thailand, another happened in Morocco and then again in Manchester. She tells us that oddly enough once she stopped using drugs for good her mental health improved. Lizzie is a currently a successful comedian, therapist, speaker and blogger that still works on her recovery every single day.Now with ten years of sobriety under he...
2020-08-0655 min