by Havi Brooks | Mar 1, 2010 | my personal practice, stucknesses & stuckification
So I spend a lot of time with my monsters. Sometimes I have negotiators or moderators. Sometimes my monsters get cookies. Sometimes they don’t (not all monsters like cookies). And it seemed appropriate to give some more information about the what, why and how of...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 25, 2010 | my personal practice, working on patterns & habits
I have been thinking a lot about costumes. Mostly because of Anna. Anna is wonderful. You can completely count on her to put together a fabulously crazy outfit. Even when she’s traveling. If you decide you want to do Ironic Aerobics (which I often do —...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 23, 2010 | my personal practice, stucknesses & stuckification
So I went to my friend Carolyn the other day (remember she helped me with my pirate hacker infestation?) to talk out this whole me having huge resistance to being a grown-up thing. Because I’m having this extremely metaphorical baby, and it’s bringing up...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 11, 2010 | my personal practice
Background: the metaphor technique is something I’ve adapted from Suzette Haden Elgin’s teachings. It’s a terrifically great tool for destuckifying. We play with this one at the Kitchen Table and at some of my wacky events. It’s mainly an...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 4, 2010 | my personal practice, stuff I think about
So there’s this thing that tends to happen when your brain is all scrambled, which is that the part of you that is excessively sensible forgets to weigh in. It’s awesome. Because then you get all the stuff you would normally never say. Much of it...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 1, 2010 | my personal practice, stucknesses & stuckification
Yesterday I spent the better part of the day observing harbor seals at Monterey Bay. And then practicing being one. Or being like one. Observations. It’s hard to see something as ridiculously awesome as a harbor seal without going all annoyingly National...
