{"id":1736,"date":"2025-12-29T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T16:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librosdeimpro.com\/?post_type=ao_book&#038;p=1736"},"modified":"2025-12-29T17:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T16:25:20","slug":"healing-improv-bart-summer","status":"publish","type":"ao_book","link":"https:\/\/librosdeimpro.com\/en\/book\/healing-improv-bart-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing Improv (Bart Summer)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Healing Improv: A Journey Through Grief to Laughter.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2009 Bart Sumner\u2019s life was shattered when his 10-year-old son, David, suffered a traumatic brain injury at football practice and died in his arms. Finding a way back to the road forward in a world where mourners are told \u201cHe\u2019s in a better place\u201d or to \u201cGet over it\u201d is a daunting and painful journey. He came to realize that the twenty-five plus years he spent as a performer and teacher of improvisational comedy was not only the key to his own survival, but also a powerful tool to help others mired in grief. Healing Improv: A Journey Through Grief to Laughter is an emotional and honest recounting of his family\u2019s trek through grief to the founding of a nonprofit that provides no-cost Comedy Improv Grief Workshops for others suffering with loss. Mr. Sumner\u2019s approach is unique in its application of improv comedy exercises to grief treatment. Healing Improv includes many of the improv games used at Healing Improv workshops so that others can also benefit from the curative, life affirming fun. Pairing these techniques with his family\u2019s powerful and touching story of survival makes this book a strong ally to those who feel lost and alone after tragedy strikes, providing comfort and hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healing Improv: A Journey Through Grief to Laughter. In 2009 Bart Sumner\u2019s life was shattered when his 10-year-old son, David, suffered a traumatic brain injury at football practice and died in his arms. Finding a way back to the road forward in a world where mourners are told \u201cHe\u2019s in a better place\u201d or to \u201cGet over it\u201d is a daunting and painful journey. He came to realize that the twenty-five plus years he spent as a performer and teacher of improvisational comedy was not only the key to his own survival, but also a powerful tool to help others mired in grief. Healing Improv: A Journey Through Grief to Laughter is an emotional and honest recounting of his family\u2019s trek through grief to the founding of a nonprofit that provides no-cost Comedy Improv Grief Workshops for others suffering with loss. Mr. Sumner\u2019s approach is unique in its application of improv comedy exercises to grief treatment. Healing Improv includes many of the improv games used at Healing Improv workshops so that others can also benefit from the curative, life affirming fun. 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