by teddydmz | Jun 22, 2018 | clown, Clown Neutral, Emotion, emotional sounds, Improv, Inside Out, Mindfulness, Pixar, Thought-Provokers
Pull out the pillows and the tissue paper—Monster Baby Episode #47 gets emotional. Or, more accurately, gets into emotions. Lisa and Ted start with some reflections on Lisa’s end of term teaching improv at Stanford (2:27) and working through some “leftovers” from last...
by teddydmz | Apr 27, 2018 | esteem, five languages of love, Improv, KeithJohnstone, Mindfulness, pecking order, power, privilege, rank, Stanford, status, Teaching, Thought-Provokers
Ted and Lisa are working the levers of status: who’s got it, how it’s communicated, how we get good at playing with it—and more. On this, the Monster Baby Podcast’s 2nd birthday, our intrepid pair starts by giving away a scholarship slot for their upcoming Mindful...
by teddydmz | Feb 5, 2018 | Dickens, expectations, genius, Great Expectations, Improv, Mindfulness, process, Stevie Wonder, Thought-Provokers
Responding to a listener question (thanks, Shannon!), Ted and Lisa start to explore the world of expectations. Some initial responses (1:56) give way to another question: if we don’t have expectations, can we be disappointed? (6:04) Lisa delineates between...
by teddydmz | Jan 23, 2018 | abstinence, Facebook, fasting, Hulk, Improv, Instagram, Mindfulness, sharks, teetotaler, Thought-Provokers
How did the Monster Baby Facebook fast go? Lisa starts with her results and notices the power of habit, voyeurism and what it means to think in status updates (5:03). Ted reports about noticing loneliness and boredom but also renewed mental clarity and lessened need...
by teddydmz | Sep 12, 2017 | break-up, Contemplation, David Whyte, heartbreak, Improv, Kahlil Gibran, Mindfulness, poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke, romance, The Prophet, Thought-Provokers
Coping with a wounded heart can be tough, but mindfulness and improvisation principles and practices can help. In this episode, Ted and Lisa process Ted’s meteoric rise-and-fall romantic connection (2:33), preparing with a little levity in an opening game of...
by teddydmz | Aug 30, 2017 | Eco, Ego, humility, Improv, Mindfulness, Patsy Rodenburg, self-focus, Thought-Provokers, yield
How does yielding at the right times serve creativity and collaboration? Ted and Lisa start with a game of Sound Ball (1:49) and catch back up after a summer apart (3:47) before jumping into this episode’s topic of “It’s Not You.” (11:02) They explore the connections...
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