by teddydmz | May 11, 2020 | Boundaries, Coaching, collaboration, Improv, Mindfulness, Miscellaneous, partnership, she persisted, Teaching, think fast talk smart
Screenwriter, Improvisor and Stanford instructor, Adam Tobin Communications expert, author and Stanford GSB instructor, Matt Abrahams Effective collaboration brings great joy. How the heck does it happen? In Part 2 of their two-episode conversation, Lisa, Ted, and...
by teddydmz | Apr 19, 2020 | Brené Brown, Coronavirus, COVID-19, George Carlin, Improv, improv wisdom, leftovers, Mindfulness, Miscellaneous, Patricia Ryan Madson, positive thinking, Robert Poynton, Uncategorized
It’s a Monster Baby birthday: time to consider some improv wisdom! On the 4thanniversary of Monster Baby’s first episode, Lisa and Ted celebrate by going through a recent blog post from their mentor, Patricia Ryan Madson. They start with the obligatory COVID...
by teddydmz | Apr 15, 2020 | addiction, Contemplation, Coronavirus, ghosts, half-baked ideas, Humor, Lists, Miscellaneous, museum, Nerf, sex robots, This American Life, Uncategorized, Virtual Reality, Zoom
Photo by Mohamed Hassan from pxhere.com. That’s the thing about half-baked ideas: they could be gems; they could be duds. In a bit of frivolous departure from their usual deliberations, Ted and Lisa take up the fun task of considering a few half-baked ideas for...
by teddydmz | Mar 25, 2020 | Care Bears, Contemplation, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Creativity, Improv, isolation, Mindfulness, Mindset, Miscellaneous, pivot, quarantine, shelter in place, Three Things, Virtual Reality, Wild West
How do you make sense of living under lockdown? As citizens of the San Francisco Bay Area, Ted and Lisa have been holed up in their respective homes as the coronavirus crisis continues to unfold. Recorded over Zoom, they start this episode by considering their usual...
by teddydmz | Dec 23, 2019 | Christmas, Creativity, gifts, Gratitude, Improv, improv wisdom, judgment, Miscellaneous, Naikan, Patricia Ryan Madson, positivity, Three Things
What gifts do mindfulness and improv bring to your season of light? It’s the season of giving and Ted and Lisa are musing on the life-shifting gifts of their shared practice. They start the episode with an invitation for responses and then take a few moments for a...
by teddydmz | Mar 20, 2019 | Buddhism, Creativity, Improv, Improv Playhouse of San Francisco, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Meditation, Mindfulness, Miscellaneous, paradox, Patricia Ryan Madson, play, Playful Mindfulness
Have you ever wanted to get a creative vision into the world? In Monster Baby episode #60, Lisa and Ted celebrate the release of Ted’s new book, Playful Mindfulness into the world! The conversation starts with some reflections on Ted’s current voice and presence class...
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