Episode 8

January 26, 2023

00:35:21

Episode 8 - Andrea Flack-Wetherald - I am a Social Worker Turned Comedian

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Drew Deraney
Episode 8 - Andrea Flack-Wetherald - I am a Social Worker Turned Comedian
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Episode 8 - Andrea Flack-Wetherald - I am a Social Worker Turned Comedian

Jan 26 2023 | 00:35:21

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Show Notes

I am a survivor of sexual assault when I was a child.” Social workers stood in the gap for Andrea and helped her figure out how to move forward and how to feel safe again in environments that is was important for her to figure out how to feel safe in. Her indebtedness to the profession led her to become a social worker. Ultimately Andrea gravitated towards improv and comedy.  

 

To learn more about Andrea, go to her Website at https://www.andbeyondimprov.com/  or Email at [email protected] or LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-wetherald/.  

Also, Andrea invites you to join the Mindful Improv Community for free at https://www.subscribepage.com/mindfulimprovcommunity.  

Please remember to buy Andrea’s book: The Funny Thing About Forgiveness: What every leader needs to know about improv, culture, and the world's least favorite f word by Andrea Flack-Wetherald (Author), Colin Mochrie (Foreword)found on Amazon here.  

 

Andrea Flack-Wetherald Bio

Andrea Flack-Wetherald is a social worker turned comedian and #1 bestselling author of The Funny Thing About Forgiveness: What every leader needs to know about improv, culture, and the world’s least favorite F word. 

The central thesis of her work is that engaging two core activities with Mindful Improv Thinking (confrontation and forgiveness) will pave the way for more joy, more connection, greater influence, better collaboration, and more peace in the world.

Her book has become a bestseller in Leadership Training and has gained both critical acclaim and advanced praise from leaders at Google, Fred Rogers Productions, Mattingly Solutions, Women in Bio, and many others. She is honored to have had Colin Mochrie of Whose Line Is It Anyway write the book’s foreword, and to hear from readers on every continent about the difference it is making in their lives and leadership styles.

Andrea is a Bluffton University alum and lives in Ohio with her husband and two children. 

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