With lots humor and heart, Bryan and Ashley Strand guide couples to deeper intimacy and joy through temperaments, love languages, and interactive improv comedy exercises. Married 14 years and founders of Holy Smoke Catholic Comedy, they offer a fresh, faith-filled take on building marriages that are holy—and fun.
Bryan & Ashley Strand have been married for 14 years, are parents to four children (one in heaven), and are passionate about helping couples build marriages full of joy, intimacy, and laughter. They are so wildly passionate about laughter in the Church that they started a Catholic comedy entertainment company called Holy Smoke Comedy.
As professional speakers Bryan and Ashley have led marriage workshops across the country, weaving together insights from the four temperaments, the five love languages, comedy, and real-life experience. Their unique style combines solid tools for communication & connection with the lighthearted fun of improv comedy games, reminding couples that marriage is not just a vocation to holiness, but also to delight. Their approachable, faith-filled practical message has helped countless couples rediscover connection, respect, and playful romance in their marriages.
Ashley is —possibly the most sanguine person you’ll ever meet—keeps the laughter flowing, while Bryan brings balance with choleric drive, sanguine warmth, melancholic depth, & a dash of dry sarcasm. Their unique style combines laugh-out-loud improv games with practical tools for deeper intimacy, helping couples discover that marriage is not just holy, but a hilarious adventure.
Improv Your Marriage: Respect, Joy & Playfulness in Love
(This can be a talk or interactive workshop)
Marriage doesn’t come with a script—and that’s where the fun begins. In this lively, interactive workshop, Bryan and Ashley invite couples to discover how understanding temperaments can transform conflict, how love languages can deepen connection, and how the skills learned in improv comedy games can spark more joy, intimacy, and playfulness in marriage.
Couples will learn how to:
Respect differences without trying to control or criticize each other
Celebrate each other’s temperament as a God-given gift
Bring more fun, laughter, and lightness into daily married life
Build intimacy rooted in trust, respect, and gratitude
Whether you’ve been married for one year or fifty, this workshop will leave you laughing, encouraged, and more deeply connected.
What people are saying:
“We’ve never seen anyone teach these things with improv comedy! I’ve heard about the temperaments & love languages before but never with this much practicality and fun. It’s definitely created more intimacy and joy in our home.”
"We've been playing some of the improv games we learned with our kids too! but most importantly we learned how to respect each other and be grateful for our differences...the intimacy is incredible."
