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What does it mean to be engaged? Big news from Monster Baby land: Lisa got engaged! For Episode, #107 she and Ted take the opportunity to explore just what that meansāboth in a marital sense and in an improv and mindfulness sense. They start by playfully acknowledging some technical difficulties (2:03) before Lisa tells the [moreā¦]
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How often do YOU hold eye contact? Why or why not? If youāre like Ted and Lisa of the Monster Baby Podcast, thereās a lot thereāfor both mindfulness and improvāwithin the world and practice of eye contact. After a short improvisational riff on raccoons (1:32), Ted introduces his reasons for wanting to explore the topic [moreā¦]
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Whatās been cooking in Ted and Lisaās improv and mindfulness kitchen over this last while? Itās been a few months since the Monster Baby crew gathered for an episode so itās time to get caught up! Ted starts the conversation off by sharing āWordle Haiku,ā a new creative delight that he and a loyal Monster [moreā¦]
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How does a āsilly verbal tennis matchā become a profound spiritual practice? Inspired by the intro āClangingā game they played on the immediately previous Monster Baby episode #103, Ted and Lisa invited the gameās creators, Dion Flynn and Josh Radnor, to come on the podcast themselvesāand they accepted! For context: Dion Flynn is a writer, [moreā¦]
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Who are you? Answering that question well may require more angles than we usually think of. After starting with a delightful new game (āClangingā, introduced by Dion Flynn and Josh Radnor) (2:25), Ted and Lisa consider some of the primary lessons about identity from the world of mindfulness, including the Buddhist notion of non-self (14:06). [moreā¦]
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Itās so fun to make stuff up together! Thatās one of the truths that Ted and Lisa uncover in conversation with their dear friend, Dan Klein, master teacher of improvisation in the drama, Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Platner Institute for Design (ād.schoolā) at Stanford University. (Heās also the same Dan perilously mentioned [moreā¦]
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What if we put relaxation first? Inspired by mindfulness practitioner Bill Morganās book, āThe Meditatorās Dilemma,ā Ted and Lisa explore the value of putting relaxation in front of other forms of meditation, improv included. They start by musing about Lisaās recent time in Paris and the value of French croissants (2:06), after which Lisa acknowledges that [moreā¦]
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Time for a celebration and retrospectiveāMonster Baby reaches 1oo episodes! Welcome to the party, peopleāMonster Baby has reached a milestone! In honor of this, the 100th episode of Ted and Lisaās ācurious romp through the worlds of mindfulness and improvisation,ā the pair takes a look back to remember and to give thanks for the good [moreā¦]
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Rhythm and improvised poetry can lift the highs and heal the lows. For Monster Baby Podcast episode #99, Ted and Lisa link up with San Francisco freestyler, improvisor, music-maker, comedian, actor, Larry martial artist, activist, spiritual practitioner, and all-around good guy, Larry Dorsey, Jr. Larry starts the conversation explaining the history behind the āJuniorā in [moreā¦]
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What makes a home āhomeā? Sparked by Lisaās move into a new apartment, she and Ted consider the many elements that go into feeling at home. The two warm up with a playful new spontaneity game called āA or Bā that you can play right along with (1:35) and then explore whatās making Lisaās new [moreā¦]
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Making friends with inner voices can be funāand healing. For Monster Baby episode #97, Ted and Lisa are joined by fellow Applied Improvisor Kat Koppett to discuss (and play!) her mindfulness-and-improv-blending exercise, āInside Out.ā Lisa starts by asking about Katās inspiration for exploring mindfulness (2:12) and about how mindfulness has affected her life so far [moreā¦]
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Good ensemble members make great humans. Continuing a conversation from the previous Monster Baby episode, Ted and Lisa chat more with improvisor and author Dan OāConnor, discussing his new book (co-authored by Dr. Jeff Katzman), Ensemble! Using the Power of Improvisation and Play to Forge Connections in a Lonely World. This episode starts with a [moreā¦]
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A good ensemble can cure the loneliness blues. For Monster Baby episode #95, come join Ted and Lisa for Part 1 of their conversation with improvisor and author Dan OāConnor, celebrating the release of his new book, Ensemble! Using the Power of Improvisation and Play to Forge Connections in a Lonely World. Dan starts with [moreā¦]
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Youāve got great stories to tellāwant some tips for sharing āem? In part two of his conversation with Lisa and Ted, improvisor, storyteller and author Corey Rosen dives deeper into the craft and skill of telling great stories. Corey starts by noting how stories change over time (1:37) which leads into Tedās sharing a story [moreā¦]
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Whatās more compelling than a well-told story? For Monster Baby episode, #93, Ted and Lisa join improvisor, storyteller, and recently published author Corey Rosen for Part One of a super-fun conversation exploring the many facets of his new book, Your Story, Well-Told. The episode kicks off with some musings on the old camp favorite ārest [moreā¦]
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Things are different now. Itās been a while since the last Monster Baby Podcast episode but we had good reason for the delay: Lisa had a baby! In Episode #92, Ted and Lisa take stock of the mindfulness and improvisation ramifications of Lisaās new life as a (gulp!) mom. Ted cheekily starts the episode by [moreā¦]
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Good things come in small packages. Thatās especially true if we pay attention to their beauty and impact. In Monster Baby Episode #91, Ted and Lisa explore the many delights of tiny choices. Lisa starts the episode with a check-in on the imminent birth of her first child (3:11) and Ted reports the great fun [moreā¦]
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What to do with discomfort? We all feel stress sometimes. A little noodge. A joint out of whack. A bump in the wheel. In Monster Baby episode #90, Ted and Lisa explore what mindfulness and improvisation have to teach us about gettinā (at least a bit more) comfortable with that discomfort. The pair kick off [moreā¦]
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What does it mean to make a resolution? Happy New Year Monster Baby fans! Maybe youāre a person who makes resolutions, maybe youāre not. But we bet youāll think about āem differently if you listen in. Ted starts the podcast thinking about change in the air (note: when we recorded, we had just gotten [moreā¦]
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If youāre looking for a holiday dessert, how about a taste of humble pie? Itās Episode #88, and Ted and Lisa are thinking about all the ways they just donāt know. After a fun prompt from Ted and a few rounds of syllable-at-a-time-three-things (2:36), Ted shares what led him to this episodeās topic (9:12). Lisa [moreā¦]
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