by teddydmz | Sep 11, 2019 | AIN Applied Improvisation Network, Applied Improvisation, Contemplation, facilitation, Improv, IPSI, Mad Scientist, mango, Mindfulness, NASAGA, OD, organizational development, Sivasailam Thiagarajan, Teaching, Thiagi, Thought-Provokers
Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan, renowned facilitator, game maker, and general wizard. “You don’t solve problems in life. You keep reconciling paradoxes.” –Thiagi Every now and then—if you’re lucky—you get to spend time “under a mango tree” in the presence...
by teddydmz | Sep 6, 2019 | + Reinforcement, accountability, accountable, agreement, Buddhism, ethics, Improv, Jakusho Kwong, Mindfulness, Thought-Provokers, washing potatoes
“Check here if you got it done.” Who holds you accountable? Even just a little addition of accountability can make a huge difference in the behavioral choices we make. What the heck makes that work? Given an unexpected gift of time and inspired by an...
by teddydmz | May 26, 2019 | Brené Brown, Coaching, Creativity, Denise Jacobs, faith, Improv, inner critic, Mindfulness, Mindset, Thought-Provokers
Can you quiet your Inner Critic and nourish your Inner Coach? Few things block your creativity more than the nastiness of the voices inside your own head. And it’s true for all of us. On episode #63 of the Monster Baby podcast, Lisa and Ted sit down with creativity...
by teddydmz | Sep 17, 2018 | clown, clown camp, clowning, fashion, image consulting, Improv, Mindfulness, Ontario, Thought-Provokers
What did Lisa learn at clown camp? Still a bit hazy from her experience off in the woods of Northern Ontario, Lisa reports back in on her experiences training to clown. Ted and Lisa start by acknowledging the typically chilly conditions of late-summer San Francisco...
by teddydmz | Aug 10, 2018 | Alan Alda, Bobby McFerrin, class clown, Contemplation, Humor, Improv, Martin deMott, Mindfulness, therapy, Thought-Provokers
The conversation with Joe Bill goes wider and deeper. When legendary improvisor Joe Bill arrived in San Francisco to teach and perform, Ted and Lisa seized the opportunity and wrangled up a whirring, stirring conversation about improv, psychology, surviving...
by teddydmz | Aug 9, 2018 | artist, Contemplation, Del Close, engineer, Humor, Improv, Jill Bernard, Keith Johnstone, LSD, Mindfulness, Patti Stiles, psychoactive drugs, Thought-Provokers, Viola Spolin
Joe Bill’s an improv luminary with a brilliant mind that careens joyfully between gutter-level explicitness and spiritual truth—oh wait, are they different? When Joe came to San Francisco to teach and perform, Ted and Lisa cranked up the podcast for a two-part...
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