by Havi Brooks | Jul 21, 2010 | my personal practice
Background: the metaphor technique is something I’ve adapted from Suzette Haden Elgin’s teachings. It’s an amazing tool for destuckifying. It’s also how I discovered that I work on a pirate ship and defeated the hackers. And cured my fear of...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 21, 2010 | my personal practice
Yep. Talking to my monsters again. Last time it was the Skabbatical monster and the Book monster. Then on Official Pirate Queen Holiday I had the best idea for the most perfect thing ever: a long, sweet writing vacation. Not just going on Skabbatical but being...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 20, 2010 | biggification
A client of mine has been going through a hard. Some seriously menacing dragons showed up in her space to breathe fire at her. And they wouldn’t let her build a castle. It was crappy. We decided that we would outwit the video game by not doing any of the normal...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 19, 2010 | stucknesses & stuckification
I have all kinds of things I want to say about this fox. But if this is going to even slightly make sense, I have to explain the Video Game Technique.* * A useful thing my students/clients use to simultaneously practice several of the principles we work with. If...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 17, 2010 | stuff I think about
Personal ads! They’re … personal! Very. So my itty bitty personal ads made me realize that it’s time to make a regular practice of trying to feel okay asking for stuff. Even when the asking thing feels weird and conflicted. Ever since I posted the...
