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How to Handle Anything: The Experience
A 6-week live experience to help you navigate uncertainty, pressure, and real-life curveballs…in real time.
Imagine this: You walk into a high-stakes meeting, a surprise confrontation, or a last-minute change of plans, and instead of freezing or spiraling, you smile, take a breath, and handle it with confidence and humor. This isn’t magic. It’s improvising, in real life.
In the How to Handle Anything experience you’ll learn and practice The Improve Method™, a proprietary framework that blends applied improvisation with nervous-system-informed, research-backed practices, and real-world experience, so you can respond with clarity, confidence, and creativity, even when things don’t go as planned. You’ll practice handling uncertainty with grace, unlock creative problem-solving skills, regulate your emotions in real-time, and communicate with clarity, even in the most chaotic or high-pressure moments. You’ll finally stop overthinking and start flowing.
Over 6 weeks, you’ll join a small, supportive group online for live sessions led by Mary Lemmer, an entrepreneur, TED speaker, creator of The Improve Method™, and author of the forthcoming book How to Handle Anything: Four Improv Principles for Navigating Life’s Curveballs (Bloomsbury 2026).
Each session includes regulating exercises to calm your nervous system, improvised games to stretch your thinking, and space for reflection so you can apply what you’re learning directly to life, work, and relationships.
Life doesn’t follow a script. You can do everything “right” and still find yourself navigating uncertainty, change, or moments that feel messy, overwhelming, or unclear. This experience is designed to help you handle those moments…not by avoiding them, but by learning how to move through them with more clarity, confidence, and creativity.
This isn’t a course where you just learn ideas.
And it’s not just improv.
You won’t just learn techniques. You’ll bring real situations you’re navigating, and apply this work in real time. Each week, you’ll bring a real situation you’re currently navigating, and we’ll work through it together using The Improve Method™.
So you’re not just learning how to handle anything.
You’re practicing it while it’s actually happening in real life.
Quick details…
Live weekly 1-hour sessions virtual via Zoom for 6 weeks (Once you register you’ll receive the Zoom link to join at least 24 hours before the start of the first session)
Limited to 10-12 people for a personalized experience
Starts May 19, and runs Tuesdays at 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET (Wednesdays 10 am AEST)
What’s included:
6 Live Group Sessions
Learn practical techniques and apply them to real-life situations in real time.
Weekly Audio Drops
Short voice notes to help you apply the work during your week.
The Today Is The Day Challenge
A 21-day challenge to help you take small, bold action.
The Handle Anything Toolkit
Your go-to guide for applying the core frameworks in daily life.
Private Group Chat
Optional space for support, wins, and real-life problem-solving.
What people are saying
“I NEEDED THIS!!” - Jennifer O, Consultant
“All I can say is WOW! This session was full of humor, interactive and tips that you can implement immediately.” - Sarah K, Learning & Development Leader
“Any leader who wants to build more collaboration and connectivity in their team should include improv in their toolkit. Working with Mary is a delight.” - Ellina S, CMO
This experience is for you if you:
Find yourself freezing, overthinking, or stressing when plans change
Want to feel more confident, calm, and connected in uncertain moments
Are navigating change, transition, or the unknown
Are high performers who feel over
whelmed or stuck
Are a builder, leader, or creative navigating a lot at once
There are two ways to join:
Core Experience — $950
Includes the full 6-week experience and all group components.
Concierge Experience — $1,500
For those who want more personalized support and direct support applying this method to your real life.
Includes everything in Core, plus:
1 private 60-minute session
Priority coaching during sessions
Early Bonus:
The first 3 people to join receive a bonus 1:1 session.
Scholarship Offer:
If you deeply want to join but need financial support, I’m offering one partial scholarship. Please email me to inquire about this.
Meet your guide
Mary Lemmer is a creative entrepreneur, speaker, and founder of Improve, where she helps individuals and teams navigate uncertainty, build confidence, and perform at their best, especially when things don’t go as planned. She’s worked with companies like Google, Verizon, Pfizer, and Techstars, and her TED Talk “How improv can improve your leadership and life” has helped people around the world rethink how they approach change, pressure, and the unexpected.
Mary is the creator of The Improve Method™, a proprietary framework that blends applied improvisation with nervous-system-informed, research-backed practices, and real-world experience to create practical, engaging experiences that help people think on their feet, communicate more clearly, and handle whatever comes their way. She is also the author of the forthcoming book How to Handle Anything (Bloomsbury, 2026).
This work isn’t theoretical for Mary, it's how she lives, creates, and navigates life herself.
Features special guests!
If this feels like what you need right now, I’d love to have you in the group.
FAQs:
What happens if I can’t make a live session?
We hope you can make the live sessions, but just in case, you’ll still have the weekly audio drops and other resources between sessions.
I work full-time, what is the expected time commitment?
As much or little as you want to put in. This experience is designed to work with people’s lives, whether you’re working full-time, have kids, or enjoy pickleball every week. You can make it work for you within your existing life. Each live class is an hour with the option to hang around for an extra 5 minutes. Participants will have access to weekly audio drops and other materials for optional self-study if you’d like. If you want to get the full benefit of the course we recommend attending all of the 6 live sessions, listening to the audios, and practicing the techniques from each session.
What’s the refund policy?
If you need to cancel your registration, please email yes@chooseimprove.com
There are no refunds after the first class begins.
Is this right for me?
If you’re navigating uncertainty, feeling stuck, or want to build more confidence and clarity in real-life situations…this is for you.
Other questions? Message me directly. I’m happy to help you decide if it’s a fit.