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How to Handle Anything
by Mary Lemmer
Welcome to How to Handle Anything, the podcast where we talk about, well, how to handle anything.There’s one certainty in life, and that’s that it’s filled with *uncertainty.* One of the things that helps us navigate chaos and change is the ability to improvise. This podcast is all about how we create, adapt, navigate change, and improvise in our own lives and work, so that we can handle anything.Join us for conversations with entrepreneurs, business leaders, athletes, entertainers, and more about their stories in how they improvised and navigated change in their lives and work.
Episodes
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How to Handle Injury
In this episode of How to Handle Anything, Brian and I talk injury, uncertainty, and what happens when life forces us into a scene we really don’t want to be in. Brian shares how an Achilles surgery that was supposed to have him on crutches for six weeks turned into five months of recovery, and...
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You Can Handle This
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lifeimprovised.substack.com With less than two months til publication day of How to Handle Anything, and coming off the heels of sharing the conversation with content strategist and mom Alyssa Greenfield, and how she’s navigated life’s...
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How to Handle Lice & Other Parental Curveballs
In this episode of How to Handle Anything, we talk parenting, entrepreneurship, and the many curveballs that come with trying to manage a life you can't fully control. Alyssa shares how she's learned to navigate the unexpected—from the ups and downs of building her own business to a particularly...
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How YOU Can Handle Life's (Literal and Metaphorical) Hurricanes
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lifeimprovised.substack.com Lorraine C. Ladish had a literal tree through her roof. The obvious responses are frustration, stress, dealing with insurance, getting the tree removed—all of which still had to happen. But alongside that...
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How to Handle Life's (Literal & Metaphorical) Hurricanes
During this episode of How to Handle Anything, we talk life’s literal and metaphorical hurricanes. During this episode Lorraine shares how she’s navigated life’s unexpected curveballs, from rebuilding her career after losing everything during the 2008 financial crisis to finding humor after a...
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How YOU Can Handle Crossroads
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lifeimprovised.substack.com Bonus Elixir (Subscribers Only): How YOU Can Handle Crossroads In this Bonus Elixir, I share a way to literally pick a decision, which is a technique to use for actually making and taking a decision. This...
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How to Handle Crossroads
During this How to Handle Crossroads episode Ben shares how burnout, unexpected career changes, and a season of deep self-reflection led him to reclaim his heart and rethink what it means to navigate life’s transitions. Together, we explore stillness, letting go of control, and how embracing...
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How YOU Can Handle Travel (when things don't go as planned)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lifeimprovised.substack.com We’ve been there - a delayed flight, missing a train, getting sick in another country, or sitting next to someone on a flight that seems to have to get up every four minutes when we’re on the aisle seat....
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How to Handle Traveling (to Any and Every Country in the World)
In this episode of How to Handle Anything, we talk travel. During this episode Cameron Mofid shares what it was really like to become the youngest person ever to visit every country in the world—and how travel challenged his relationship to control, uncertainty, discomfort, and fear along the…
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How YOU Can Handle Stress
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lifeimprovised.substack.com Bonus Elixir (Subscribers Only): How YOU Can Handle Stress In this Bonus Elixir, I share a simple but powerful improv-inspired technique inspired by the How to Handle Stress conversation. The Elixir: Where…
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How to Handle Stress
In this episode of How to Handle Anything, we talk stress. During this episode Marie shares how she’s learned to handle stress differently—both in her work and her life—because of her improvisational practice. From being highly organized and carrying stress in her body, to learning how to let go,...
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How YOU Can Handle A Layoff
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lifeimprovised.substack.com Bonus Elixir (Subscribers Only): How YOU Can Handle a Layoff In this Bonus Elixir, I share a simple but powerful improv-inspired mindset shift inspired by the How to Handle a Layoff conversation. The Elixir:...
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How to Handle a Layoff
In this episode of How to Handle Anything, we talk layoffs. During this episode Sara shares what it really looks like to navigate a layoff—from the initial shock to the weeks and months that follow. Having been laid off four times herself, she offers both practical tools and mindset shifts to…
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How YOU Can Handle Money
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit lifeimprovised.substack.com Bonus Elixir (Subscribers Only): How YOU Can Handle Money In this Bonus Elixir, I share a simple but powerful improv-inspired mindset shift inspired by the How to Handle Money conversation. The Elixir: Act…
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How to Handle MONEY
In this How to Handle MONEY episode, Shang Saavedra shares her expertise on the connection between mindset and financial success, emphasizing how mental health impacts decision-making, especially under stress. She offers practical strategies for cultivating an abundance mindset, managing stress,...
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Introducing "How to Handle Anything"
What do you do when life doesn’t go according to plan? When the script falls apart.When something unexpected shows up.When control slips, even just a little. You improvise. How to Handle Anything is a conversation-driven podcast hosted by Mary Lemmer, writer, entrepreneur, longtime improviser…
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Bart Sumner on Improvising Through Grief
This week's episode features Bart Sumner… In 2009 Bart Sumner’s life was shattered when his 10-year-old son, David, suffered a traumatic brain injury at football practice and died in his arms. Finding a way back to the road forward in a world where mourners are told “He’s in a better place” or to...
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Lauren Schaad on Ways Teams Can Improve with Improv, and Delivering a Baby Goat
This week’s episode features longtime HR executive, Lauren Schaad. In this episode: Lauren shares about her background in HR and her improv origin story She talks about the importance of leaning into who you are We discuss how improv allows us to try out different hats We talk about the…
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David Fessell, M.D on the Benefits of Improvising in Medical Environments
This week's episode features David Fessell, M.D. David is an executive coach, faculty associate at Ross School of Business, and a recently retired Professor of Radiology at the University of Michigan. As an author, he publishes in HBR, JAMA, Psychology Today, and many other venues. He speaks and...
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Nicholas Hamlett on Acceptance and How Improvising Helped Him as an Introvert, at Work, and as a Manager
This week's episode features Nicholas Hamlett. In this episode… Nicholas shares why and where he took his first improv class Learn why warm up improv exercises are imperative to mentally preparing to improvise (for improv and life) Hear how improv helped Nicholas in his role at Twitter and how...
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Aniela McGuinness on Improvising Through Cancer and Humor's Helpfulness
This week's episode features actress and two time cancer survivor, Aniela McGuinness. In this gift of an episode… Aniela shares what inspired her to take an improv class Learn how improv helped her through her mother’s cancer diagnosis and death and her own cancer diagnosis and treatment Find out...
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Jordana Cole on Psychological Safety, Positive Psychology, and Ukuleles
This week's episode features, Jordana Cole. In this gem of an episode… Jordana shares her improv origin story (i.e. how and when she started improvising) Find out what Jordana does for her ukuleles at Thanksgiving Learn about athletes as improvisers Learn about positive psychology - what it is…
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Welcome to Improved!
Welcome to Improved, the podcast. There’s one certainty in life, and that’s that it’s filled with uncertainty. One of the things that helps us navigate chaos and uncertainty is the ability to improvise. This podcast is all about how we create, adapt, navigate change, and improvise in our own…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to How to Handle Anything, the podcast where we talk about, well, how to handle anything.There’s one certainty in life, and that’s that it’s filled with *uncertainty.* One of the things that helps us navigate chaos and change is the ability to improvise. This podcast is all about how we create, adapt, navigate change, and improvise in our own lives and work, so that we can handle anything.Join us for conversations with entrepreneurs, business leaders, athletes, entertainers, and more about their stories in how they improvised and navigated change in their lives and work.
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Mary Lemmer
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Welcome to How to Handle Anything, the podcast where we talk about, well, how to handle anything.There’s one certainty in life, and that’s that it’s filled with *uncertainty.* One of the things that helps us navigate chaos and change is the ability to improvise. This podcast is all about how we...
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How to Handle Anything is created and hosted by Mary Lemmer.
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