CrazyDriven Podcast 4 - Karyn Ruth White

The funniest person in the room is usually the one holding the most. Karyn Ruth White spent fifteen years as a professional stand-up comedian before she ever stepped onto a corporate stage. In this conversation we talk about what humor actually does for us under pressure, and what it hides. I'm Heather Lutze, and this is The Crazy Driven Podcast, where I sit down with high performers and ask what success cost them. Karyn Ruth is an award-winning humorist, keynote speaker, author and speaking coach, and the owner of Laugh and Learn Productions here in Colorado. Her TEDx talk on humor and resilience is called "She Who Laughs, Lasts." She has been a humor and stress expert on Denver's Channel 7 and Channel 9, and she has spent two decades teaching people how to laugh off the small things and hold onto what matters. She also coaches other speakers, which means she spends her days helping driven people say the hard thing out loud. We get into what that looks like from the inside. WHAT WE COVER 00:00 [intro] 00:00 [fifteen years of stand-up, and what it teaches you about pressure] 00:00 [humor as resilience versus humor as armor] 00:00 [being the one who holds the room together] 00:00 [what she tells high achievers who can't slow down] 00:00 [where to start this week] ABOUT KARYN RUTH WHITE Award-winning humorist, comedian, keynote speaker, author and speaking coach. https://www.standupforsucess.com ABOUT THE SHOW The Crazy Driven Podcast is part of the Crazy Good Life Project, my work on mental health, burnout and what it takes to build a life that feels as good as it looks. New episodes with celebrities, entrepreneurs and industry leaders who tell the truth about the pressure. Inspired by my upcoming book, Crazy Driven: The Survival Guide for Overachievers. CONNECT Website: crazygoodlife.com Be a guest: heather@findability.com or 303-909-6710 Subscribe for new episodes, and tell me in the comments: when has laughing helped you get through something, and when has it let you avoid it? #CrazyDrivenPodcast #CrazyGoodLife #KarynRuthWhite #Resilience #MentalHealth #Burnout #Humor #Speakers