Comedy as a Coping Mechanism for Life With Comedian Clifford Myers

About this episode

Clifford Myers discusses how he uses comedy and his ADHD to enhance his life and career.

Our guest today, Clifford Myers is a 16-year stand-up comedy veteran, Founder of The Other Comedy Company, and President of The Canadian Association of Stand-up, Sketch and Improv Comedians (CASC).Clifford uses his unique position at the intersection of comedy, education and advocacy to speak on ADHD, humor and creativity as complex human traits, the importance of communal learning, emotional-drivers, adversity, authenticity and self-acceptance. Today we learn about how he harneses his ADHD to propel his comedic career- Enjoy! Introducing and welcome Clifford Myers So, were you diagnosed at school or did it happen years later? Tell me how the comedy started. I'm assuming it was that rush of you come off the stage, you're like, hs! When you first started versus now are people more open about their neurodiversity that you seeing Talk about how you use comedy outside of doing stand-up, outside of comedy, just on a regular basis to improve your life. How does ADHD or neurodiversity help you on stage? How can we find your great work!? 17:22 - Thank you for being here!! Give us a shout anytime! https://linktr.ee/petershankman Email : peter@shankman.com Podcast : Faster Than Normal Do…

People in this episode

Host: Peter Shankman

Guest: Clifford Myers

Topics covered

• comedy
• ADHD
• neurodiversity
• creativity
• emotional intelligence
• self-acceptance

Keywords

• comedy
• ADHD
• neurodiversity
• humor
• creativity
• self-acceptance
• emotional intelligence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Other Comedy Company, The Canadian Association of Stand-up, Sketch and Improv Comedians (CASC)

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