Step Out

🚡 I took myself up the Sea to Sky Gondola. Heart racing. Palms sweating. Voice shaking. Eyes closed, because I absolutely could not look out those windows. 😅

Huge respect to everyone who glides up there and just... enjoys it. That courage is real. 🙌

I live in Squamish, where people hurl themselves down mountains for fun, and I know a lot of those same mountain shredders would rather face an avalanche than speak in front of a room full of people.

We are all scared of something. 💛

Here's what I know 👉

When we Step Out! of our comfort zone into the growth zone, we thrive. But venture too far and we hit the panic zone, and in that gondola, I hit it hard. 😂

The tools I used to bring myself back are the exact same tools I bring into every improv class and 1:1 session I run.

Breathing, presence, and nervous system regulation; whether you're dangling in the sky or standing in front of a crowd. 🎤

That's why I named my business Step Out! because growth and joy live just outside your comfort zone.

Public speaking is not one of my fears, and helping others find that same freedom is one of my life's purposes. Through improv classes or 1:1 communication mentoring and public speaking coaching, I've got you. 🚪✨

(Fun fact: I learnt aerial silks to conquer my fear of heights, but soon realized I was in control, so it didn't work out as planned 🤨)

We're all working on something.

Let me help you with yours. 📩 DM me to chat about 1:1 sessions.

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😂 WHEN AUDIENCE MEMBERS BECOME PUPPETEERS… MAGIC HAPPENS! 🎭

This is and playing 'Puppets' at our March show.

They can speak freely but can’t move unless Kate and Carolyn (past improv students) physically move them like marionettes! They have to justify EVERY random movement. 🤣✨

The scene? Bird watching best friends in the forest… high on M**A. You can’t make this stuff up, except they ARE actually making it up on the spot! 🐦💛

This is the beauty of the Squishy Squamedy Show: real people collaborating, trusting each other, and creating moments of pure spontaneous joy together. 😀

When you put yourself in your scene partners’ hands (literally!), the unexpected becomes hilarious. 🔥

This is no ordinary improv show.

This is community connection, creative courage, and laughter that stays with you long after! 💫

Ready to experience it?

☀️ THE SQUISHY SQUAMEDY SHOW: SUMMER EDITION

📅 June 10th @ Trickster’s Hideout
🚪 Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm
🎟️ Get tickets through link in bio 👉

These shows ALWAYS sell out—grab your spot! 💛✨

🔊 SOUND ON FOR THIS ONE! 🔊

Listen to and work their magic. But more importantly, listen to that audience laughter! 😂💛

This clip is from our SOLD OUT March show. They're playing Genre Rollercoaster (reality TV → Game of Thrones) and absolutely crushing it! 🎭✨

These two have been playing together for nearly 3 years, and it SHOWS.

That's what happens when you consistently show up vulnerable with your scene partners; the connection deepens, the trust builds, and the magic flows effortlessly. 🔥

But here's the thing: what you as an audience member experience at a Squishy Squamedy Show goes way beyond the night itself.

It's how the show makes you FEEL.

The residual effects that continue to permeate through your being days later. The reminder that joy, play, and realness still exist. 💫

This is real people sharing their authentic selves, playing with full hearts, and creating moments that ripple out into the collective. This is the VIBE! ☀️✨

Want to experience it yourself?

📅 JUNE 10TH Trickster's Hideout
🚪 Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm
🎟️ Get tickets: Link in bio

Come laugh with us! 💛

Look at these humans. 🥹

This is our brand new spring 2026 beginner improv class.

And honestly? I wasn't even sure it was going to run.

Spring in Squamish is a hard sell for anything indoors. The trails are calling, the mountains are right there. I get it. I live here too. 🏔️

But 13 people said yes and. 🙌

And watching what has unfolded over just the second and third class together... I am so full I could burst 💛

Because to be completely honest, I don't teach improv the way I was taught.

Before we ever touch a scene, before we even think about improvisational theatre, I spend real time creating a space where people can actually feel safe.

Where the walls can come down.

Where the masks can come off.

Where you can be a little silly, a little vulnerable, a little lost, and know that everyone around you is right there with you. 🎭

What you're seeing in this footage isn't performance.

Its presence and trust.

It's a group of strangers becoming something that feels a whole lot like a community, faster than any of them probably expected. 🥹

Because so many of us are quietly craving exactly this.

A space to play again. To get out of our heads. To be fully, unapologetically ourselves without fear of judgement. To remember what it felt like before life told us to be serious all the time. 💛

And improv? Improv gives us that back. ✨

This footage is from class two and three. CLASS TWO AND THREE. 😭🙌

I am so proud of every single one of these humans for stepping out. 💛🎭

Yes, But. 👀

It sounds like listening. It looks like engagement. But something gets lost. 😔

Because here's the thing; our relationships are everything.

Think about it.

The greatest joy you've ever felt? Probably connected to another person.

The worst pain? Also probably connected to another person. 💛

The people in our lives have the power to lift us to our highest highs and hold us through our lowest lows. And yet how often do we actually show up for each other? Really show up? 👀

Yes, But chips away at that.

Every time we half-listen, redirect the conversation back to ourselves, or nod along while mentally already somewhere else, we create a little more distance. And over time? That distance adds up. 😬

In improv, one of the very first things we explore when building a scene is relationship. Not the plot, not the punchline, the relationship.

How do these people know each other? What do they mean to each other? Because without that foundation, nothing else lands. 🎭

That's true in life too.

When we Yes, But we erode our relationships slowly, quietly, without even realising it.

When we Yes, And we build them. 💛

I made a little something to show you exactly what Yes, But looks like in real life. From friendships to the boardroom.

Watch till the end. You might recognise someone. 😏

(That someone might be you. It's okay. It's definitely been me. 😂)

💬 Which one hit closest to home?

Drop it in the comments 👇

Ever played the Machine game? 🤖✨

One by one, each person adds their sound and movement — connecting to what came before — until together we've built something none of us could have made alone ⚙️🙌

It's one of my favourite improv games because it's such a perfect mirror for life 🪞

Like a machine, every part matters 💪

If one part is struggling, the whole thing feels it. And in improv, we don't compete. We listen. We lift each other up. We make each other look good. It's not me vs. you. It's us. 🙌❤️

And yet... outside of this room? Honestly, I find this SO hard 😬

We are so deeply conditioned to judge, to compete, to turn away from people who think or believe differently than we do 😔

I feel it in myself — the resistance, the defensiveness, the quiet urge to just... disengage. And I know I'm not alone in that 💭

But here's what improv keeps teaching me, over and over again 👇

We don't have to agree. We don't even have to be friends. But we are all parts of the same machine 🤖⚙️

And when we choose curiosity over judgement — even just a little — something shifts 🌱 We stop seeing "them" and start seeing people. People who, underneath it all, want the same things we do.

More connection. Less fear. A little more belonging 💛🌍

I'm working on this one daily. Some days I nail it. Other days I definitely do not 😅🙈 But I keep coming back to the Yes, And — in class, and in life 🎭

Because I genuinely believe the world gets better when we do 🌟

✨ We don't need to fix everything. We just need to stay in the machine together 🤖❤️

💬 Is this something you find hard too? Where do you struggle most with acceptance — and what helps you come back to it? I'd really love to know 👇🧡