Improv in Real Life Episode 3: Improv as Medicine with Beth Boynton
Aug 6, 2025
40:24
Improv isn't just for the stage. It's showing up in hospitals, clinics, and memory care centers. In this episode, Jude speaks with medical improv trailblazer Beth Boynton, who shares how principles like "yes, and" are helping caregivers build connection, reduce stress, and bring more humanity to people with cognitive decline.
*Connect with Beth - website, Facebook, LinkedIn, free workshop, more about Medical Improv. Purchase her book The Medical Improv Toolkit.
To learn more about these concepts, check out:
- "Just Join Them": Improv and Dementia Care
- Pilot of a Communication Program for Dementia Caregivers Using Improvisational Techniques
- Effects of Improv Training on Older Adults in a Long Term Care Facility
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