David

David Daniel is a best-selling author and speaker who tours the world teaching the tenets and philosophy of the improvisational comedy technique, "Yes, And", and yoga and meditation.

Wisdom of Water

The Wisdom of Water

The ocean calls each morning as the sun prepares to crest over the horizon to start a new day.  Adi and I drive to the shore each morning as the amber hues dot the sky and we set the tone for the day.  All possibilities exist in this space and our state of mind determines which path we will take.  Will we see possibility, or will we see a roadblock?  Both are available and it is only our perception that decides how we will move forward. I know the importance of intention and I understand it’s the foundation of our […]

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The Big House

My mother-in-law passed away a year ago.  To say it devasted the family would be an understatement.  Morticia (my nickname for her inspired by the Addams Family) was a witchy mermaid who positively affected everyone she came in contact with, and her bigger than life personality was one that couldn’t be easily replaced.  The love of her life and Adi’s dad, Gomez (they truly were like the Addams Family), will attest to the huge void that entered his life when Morticia passed on to the great beyond and never have I personally witnessed the adversity a family had gone through

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Mise En Scène

I remember it like it was yesterday—May 6, 1989—I was about to prepare to perform stand-up comedy for the very first time.  It has been a dream of mine since I was a young boy to stand onstage and make people laugh, and on this night, that dream would commence. Little did I know it would take me on a journey that I could have never imagined. I would co-found an improvisational comedy show called Four Day Weekend that would become an unlikely hit, selling out shows all over the country, performing for two U.S. presidents, delivering a “Yes, And” keynote

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Flower Power

Listen on Spotify! Everyone has those chapters in their life that are challenging.  Things seem to be rolling along and the next thing we know a speed bump appears and forces us to slow down and reevaluate our life.  2023 was that year for Adi and me.  Three weeks into the start of the year, my mother passed away at the age of 85.  She lived a good life and by her own admission was ready to pass on to the other side.  She told me the world was just moving too fast for her and she was ready to

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A Drop of Honeysuckle

A Drop of Honeysuckle

Listen on Spotify Adi and I went for our morning walk today through the park.  This has become somewhat of a ritual for us as we transition to a new phase of our lives.  Our daughter graduates from high school in less than 30 days and I am left eyeing the end of one book of my life while anticipating the turning of the page beginning what I can only conclude would be the final book of my life. I mentioned to Adi recently that I sense that I will have essentially three books of my life:  The first began

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