by Havi Brooks | Oct 5, 2010 | stuff I think about
I had a session with Hiro yesterday, which was brilliant and kooky and amazing, as always. And she said something kind of like this: “For someone as successful as you are …. well, it’s fascinating that there’s this part of you who believes...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 30, 2010 | stucknesses & stuckification
Not a big secret that this is something I care about. I write kind of a lot about play and playing. See: yesterday and … pretty much everything else. Also, I have a Playground, a dedicated space for extreme goofballery. And tomorrow we begin the fourth quarter at the...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 24, 2010 | stuff I think about
One of the quirks of self-employment: There aren’t generally procedures in place to stop and acknowledge how hard you work and how much you have done and how much you care. This came up again yesterday during a chicken with some colleagues. That sense of come...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 17, 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 29, 2010 | updates & announcements
Okay. It’s getting to be slightly absurd the way I have been disclaimerizing all my posts this week. So this one? Also not really a post. Whatever that means. More of a … oh, let’s call it a summing up. This week of teaching at Jen Louden’s...