by teddydmz | Nov 16, 2019 | Constructive Living, goldfish, Hawaii, Improv, Maui, Mindfulness, officiant, Reality, Stanford Alumni Magazine., Thought-Provokers, wedding
Lisa Rowland and Ted DesMaisons What can you learn from improv without ever taking an improv class? After catching up a bit after a long stretch away from the podcast, Lisa and Ted reflect on a recent article in the Stanford alumni magazine that quotes each of them....
by teddydmz | Oct 17, 2019 | best day ever, BJ Fogg, bricolage, Contemplation, Convergence, Country Music, discipline, Improv, Ken Burns, Mindfulness, Steven Nachmanovich, Thought-Provokers, Tiny Habits
Lisa Rowland and Ted DesMaisons What if this (and every day) were the best day ever? Finding inspiration from their everyday interactions with others, Ted and Lisa offer up a Monster Baby grab bag of musings and insights. After opening up with a rousing game of...
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...
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