by Havi Brooks | Aug 4, 2010 | stucknesses & stuckification
I talk to monsters. Like my Book monster. Or the You’re Not Allowed monster.* * At first they are very scary but then they’re all schmoo-schmoo-schmoo. Extreme schmoo-ness! And sometimes I talk to other people’s monsters. It’s kind of one of my...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 12, 2010 | my personal practice
I talk to my monsters. Kind of a lot. Last week I talked to the one who doesn’t want me to go on Skabbatical. This time: an especially bizarre conversation with the most giant monster of all: Book Monster. Usually I get a Negotiator to show up. But the only one...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 6, 2010 | my personal practice
The topic? The possibility of going on Skabbatical — my own private version of a sabbatical-that-is-awesome. For three months.* * Reassurances! 1) It won’t be happening for a while. 2) I won’t be skabbatical-ing from the blog or anything I’m...
by Havi Brooks | Jun 8, 2010 | my personal practice
Whenever I mention that there will be optional Old Turkish Lady yoga at one of my events, people invariably want to know what the hell. The funniest, most delightful variation on that question came from a lovely reader who identified herself as someone who was an old...
by Havi Brooks | Jun 3, 2010 | updates & announcements
Background? Back in January. I was in Monterey, teaching a six day Destuckification Retreat, having a ridiculously good time, and also getting pounded by some hardcore shivanautical epiphanies. Anyway. I knew we needed a Playground. And so I wrote it a love letter....