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# **Stop negative thoughts**, assuage anxiety, and live in the moment with these **fun, easy games** from improv expert Clay Drinko, Ph.D.

 

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## Meet **Clay Drinko, Ph.D.**

A smarty pants Ph.D. (but def. won’t lord it over you, he’s super nice) an educator, and the author of [Play Your Way Sane: 120 Improv-Inspired Exercises to Help You Calm Down, Stop Spiraling, and Embrace Uncertainty](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Play-Your-Way-Sane/Clay-Drinko/9781982169220) and [Theatrical Improvisation, Consciousness, and Cognition](https://www.amazon.com/Theatrical-Improvisation-Consciousness-Cognition-Drinko/dp/1137335289/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=clayton+drinko&qid=1602940564&sr=8-4). He’s also an improv researcher and contributor for [Psychology Today](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/play-your-way-sane) and [Lifehack](https://www.lifehack.org/author/clay-drinko). Clay may have a background in academia, but that doesn’t stop him from talking smack about the Kardashians and telling super embarrassing personal anecdotes.

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