Monster Baby #97 Inner Voices (a conversation with Kat Koppett)

by | Oct 30, 2021 | Applied Improvisation, Contemplation, Dion Flynn, Humor, Improv, inner voices, Inside Out, Insight Meditation Society, Kat Koppett, Mindfulness, Mindset, Mopco, puppet strings, silent retreat, Thought-Provokers

Making friends with inner voices can be fun—and healing. For Monster Baby episode #97, Ted and Lisa are joined by fellow Applied Improvisor Kat Koppett to discuss (and play!) her mindfulness-and-improv-blending exercise, “Inside Out.” Lisa starts by asking about Kat’s...

Monster Baby #67 Under a Mango Tree: A Conversation with Thiagi

by | 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...