by teddydmz | 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...
by teddydmz | Mar 13, 2021 | + Reinforcement, BJ Fogg, Contemplation, enlightenment, Improv, joy dots, leadership, Magical Realism, Mindfulness, Tiny Habits
Good things come in small packages. That’s especially true if we pay attention to their beauty and impact. In Monster Baby Episode #91, Ted and Lisa explore the many delights of tiny choices. Lisa starts the episode with a check-in on the imminent birth of her first...
by teddydmz | Aug 1, 2020 | circles, Contemplation, Denise Levertov, Dolores Park, emotions, Improv, Inclusion and Social Justice, joy, Mindfulness, Queen, rumination, Teaching
Hmm. Things seem somewhat muted these days. How do you dance with your doldrums? Yup. We’re still in a pandemic and it looks like we will be for quite a bit longer. In this episode, Ted and Lisa take stock of that fact and look to transform their feeling a bit down…by...
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 | Feb 2, 2020 | atheism, Contemplation, Improv, Joseph Chilton Pearce, listening, Mindfulness, Spirituality, St. Theresa, yes, yes to life
What if your spiritual practice meant simply saying “Yes!” to life itself? In anticipation of this March’s “Yes to Life! The Improvisation and Spirituality Weekend,” Ted and Lisa welcome the retreat’s co-facilitators, Angelo John Lewis and Cindy Franklin, on to the...
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