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Claire Berger

Finding humor, creativity, and enough in life's in-between moments.

"I often hear people describe their life as having baggage. To me it's not baggage, it's chapters, which already makes us all writers."

— Claire Berger

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Forty years of helping people laugh, think, and tell better stories.

Claire Berger helps people laugh, think, and tell better stories. From performing with The Second City to touring the country as a stand-up, warming up audiences on more than sixty-five television sitcoms — including Seinfeld — and hosting on HGTV, Claire has always believed humor is more than entertainment. It's the most compelling way to connect.

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A writing community for people who don't think they're writers.

A writing community that welcomes anyone navigating change — career shifts, empty nesting, caregiving, grief, or personal reinvention.

Every In Betweens gathering begins with an imaginative writing prompt. By the end of each class you'll leave with new insights, surprising stories, trusted friends, and a renewed spark of personal creativity.

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How Much Is Enough?

An interactive memoir asking the question we're all quietly asking ourselves. Family, money, health, food, time — Claire tackles it all in twenty-two chapters that are as funny as they are honest.

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Meet Claire Berger

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Claire Berger helps people laugh, think, and tell better stories. From performing with The Second City, touring the country as a stand-up, warming up audiences on more than sixty-five television sitcoms — including Seinfeld — and hosting on HGTV, Claire has always believed humor is more than entertainment. It's the most compelling way to connect.

Pivoting from television to corporate boardrooms, Claire helped businesses have fun while getting the job done through memorable bespoke events. She has always found humor in unlikely places, including Italian kitchens, where she served as resident writer, ambassador and cookbook contributor for two culinary immersion programs, Tuscan Women Cook and Italian Culinary Adventures.

Today, she brings that same philosophy to audiences, creative writing communities and readers through her bestselling, interactive memoir How Much Is Enough? Getting More By Living With Less. Her In Betweens creative writing classes and workshops help people discover that every aspect of their lives — especially the messy, uncertain chapters — are worth writing about.

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The In Betweens
Creativity required. Pants optional.

A writing community for people who don't think they're writers.

A writing community that welcomes anyone navigating change — career shifts, empty nesting, caregiving, grief, or personal reinvention.

Every In Betweens gathering begins with an imaginative writing prompt. By the end of each class you'll leave with new insights, surprising stories, trusted friends, and a renewed spark of personal creativity.

Join The In Betweens in collaboration with Senior Planet from AARP

Free 1-hour class every Thursday at Noon EST, in partnership with AARP.

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After I returned from my book tour, the question I was often asked was "What's next?" I had no idea what was next. So my work became being okay with not knowing, and taking the time to be still, open to possibilities yet to be revealed.

We've all experienced the 'in between' — a transitional chapter where all we want is to force an outcome, despite the fact that much of it is out of our control. So what can we control? Ourselves, our creativity, and our community. That's why I created The In Betweens.

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Writer For Hire

Spoken word, published work, and content that connects.

As a writer for hire, Claire creates web content, newsletters, and blog posts with highly original voice for a range of clients — alongside her own published essays, articles, and spoken-word performances.

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"Claire is the kind of storyteller that offers an extraordinary take on the ordinary. She is a connector, a creativity instigator, and a gem of a human."

WENDY HAMMERS
Founder, Tasty Words & Kick Back Create Productions

Published work

Claire has served as resident writer, ambassador and cookbook contributor for two culinary immersion programs: Tuscan Women Cook and Italian Culinary Adventures.

"Your gift with writing is a real treasure and I thank you for sharing your words with us. What you wrote practically brought a tear to my eyes." — Rhonda Vilardo, Italian Culinary Adventures

"Claire is my go-to writer for food and travel, Italian and French. Her readers want to book the next flight out after reading her evocative copy." — Philip Cecchettini, Mezza-Luna Web Design

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Web copy, newsletters, and blog posts with highly original content for a range of clients.

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How Much Is Enough?

The question you've been asking yourself for years.

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Acclaimed writer and comedian Claire Berger is asking out loud the question you've been silently pondering for years, "How Much Is Enough?" Claire wrote this book and launched live events to start a long overdue conversation. Her innovative mashup of memoir and self-help genres invites audiences to join her in the search of Enough in all aspects of our lives. Health, money, family, success, food and sex are just a smattering of the topics up for discussion in a touching, highly relatable, often hilarious conversation that features thought-provoking questions and creative prompts for deeper personal reflection. You will find a renewed appreciation for all that you are and all that you have, which is often more than enough.

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Funny Works: 52 Ways to Have More Fun at Work, by Claire Berger

Also by Claire: Funny Works

Humor breaks through barriers and connects people. Funny Works gives professionals a way to productively use humor at work — one offbeat idea for every week of the year.

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"Claire is the kind of storyteller that offers an extraordinary take on the ordinary. As an essayist, her wisdom and wit have graced my stages with her fresh, comic perspective on life."

WENDY HAMMERS
Founder, Tasty Words & Kick Back Create Productions
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