048: Jane Leyden Cavanaugh – On the Connection Between Humor and Truth - a podcast by with speaking tips and inspiration by Sally Z from BeMoved

On this week’s This Moved Me, I talk with Jane Leyden Cavanaugh – speaker, improviser, comedian – and spiritual guide. Yes, that’s right – Jane is a hilarious prophet. So, we dove in to talk about the important connection between the truth and the funny.

 

In the show we talked about: 

Jane’s time at the Groundlings – learning what funny really is

When she finds the true in the funny – building her prophetic voice

The importance of vulnerability in this work

The power of imagery – inspired by Parker Palmer’s Let Your Life Speak

And the realization that we have to find our wisdom and insight by doing the work ourselves.

 

TMM MOMENTS:

Jane: This powerful quote by George Bernard Shaw: “This is the true joy in life – being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a might one; being thoroughly worn out before you are throw on to scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances.”

 

This quote has inspired Jane’s purpose to speak with a prophetic voice – a voice that lifts people up and leaves them with hope and an idea of what could be (rather than being a clod of ailments and grievances). Love it.

 

Sally: Jane’s TMMM is what moved me!

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