Your Brain Rewrites Feedback About Improv Scenes (Here's Why & What to Do)

OUT NOW! Get my latest guides, all about getting and giving improv notes! Find them and what's inside the guides at https://improvupdate.com/notes. 50% discount on your second guide if you grab them together. Getting improv notes can affect your nervous system, and your brain. We look at why your brain rewrites feedback and how you can separate the actual content from the emotional delivery (aka, the framing). When a coach gives you feedback after a scene, your brain often processes their tone and body language before the actual words. This means you might react to a perceived threat before you even hear the advice. We explore a metacognitive approach to receiving improv notes that helps you manage this early physiological response. You will learn an exercise to isolate objective facts, and we cover why writing down your feedback immediately can prevent rumination. Go here for links to ALL episodes in this series on metacognition: https://improvupdate.com/receiving-im... CHAPTERS: 0:00 How your brain rewrites your improv notes 1:18 The Eileen Gu metacognition example 2:09 Separating the content from the emotional framing 3:28 The first wave nervous system response 4:16 Comprehensive guides for giving and receiving notes 5:04 Brian James O'Connell and sorting your feedback 6:47 Why vague notes are the hardest to process 8:09 Preventing rumination by writing down the evidence 9:19 Rejection sensitive dysphoria and the physiological reaction 10:16 Buying your brain time for the second wave 11:37 An exercise to practice separating facts from framing 13:31 Capturing your notes accurately after practice RESOURCES & LINKS: NEW! Student and Teacher Guides on Notes: https://improvupdate.com/notes Contact BOC:   / b3oc   BOC will travel to teach you! https://highwireimprov.com/boc-tour/ Watch Billy Mai in this: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089491 Free PDF note tracker: https://improvupdate.com/newsletter Link to podcast version: https://improvupdate.com/improvbrain (Ep 46) Evidence based approach episode: https://improvupdate.com/why-just-be-... ——————————— MORE RESOURCES ——————————— Find improv resources, including downloads, at https://improvupdate.com Get weekly articles about improv and performance and connect with Jen at https://ImprovUpdate.com/newsletter NEW! Comprehensive guides all about getting notes as a student, or giving them as a teacher. Two guides, discount if you get both! https://improvupdate.com/notes ——————————— ABOUT ——————————— Your Improv Brain is a show about the cognitive side of comedy. Host Jen deHaan explores how our unique brain wiring affects how we learn, perform, and create. Now expanding to cover the "body" side of the brain-body connection! We're digging into why we freeze up, how to find our flow, and using "nervous system" concepts to become better improvisers. Whether you are neurodivergent (ADHD, Autistic, etc.) or just want to understand your own creative process better, this show is for you. This podcast was created, written, and is hosted by Jen deHaan. All creative graphics made (by a human!) Jen deHaan. Jen deHaan is an autistic and ADHD performer and spends a lot of time thinking about how neurodivergent brains handle the demands of professional life, creative performance, and just getting through a Tuesday. Her background is a unique collection of things: close to 30 years teaching creative technology and instructional design, improv and acting coaching, fitness instruction, a BFA, and a bunch of certifications. Jen is certified in polyvagal informed approaches (and soon the Community Resilience Model), and completed graduate studies in Developing Healthy Communities from Tufts University. She's building education and community around nervous system regulation that actually accounts for neurodivergent experience, and is the founder of StereoForest Studio that creates and produces podcasts, audio dramas, and educational shows. Learn more at https://jendehaan.com/about This episode was and edited and produced by Jen via https://StereoForest.com. ——————————— CONNECT ——————————— Contact Jen at https://jendehaan.com Bluesky https://jendehaan.bsky.social Threads https://threads.com/wireddivergent Linkedin   / jdehaan   ——————————— SUPPORT ——————————— Grab a booklet about improv! Find them at https://improvupdate.com/downloads One time tip: https://learn.improvupdate.com/produc... Podcast hosting: https://www.captivate.fm/signup?ref=y... Subscription-free transcriptions: https://gumroad.com/a/20303251/ivpqk ——————————— WHERE ——————————— This show was made in British Columbia, Canada by StereoForest Studio.