Comments on: Talking to Monsters http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/ Storytelling, Technology and Life Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andy Dolph http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 Andy Dolph Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:03:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-1429 Hi Karen, I'm so glad you found this useful - It's been a similarly powerful tool for me. Be well! Andy Hi Karen,

I’m so glad you found this useful – It’s been a similarly powerful tool for me.

Be well!

Andy

]]> By: Karen J http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 Karen J Sat, 22 Jan 2011 08:59:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-1428 Hiya, Melody! I am soooo going to try that, too! Thanks for sharing :) Bright Blessings! Hiya, Melody!

I am soooo going to try that, too! Thanks for sharing :)

Bright Blessings!

]]> By: Karen J http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-1427 Karen J Sat, 22 Jan 2011 08:55:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-1427 Hi Andy and all y'all! wow! yeah! "Talking to your Monsters" is really some powerful stuff. And I've gotta give you a share of the credit for helping me learn just how to do that! A whole stew-in-my-head of inputs, new and old, have gone into making this Banquet of Change I'm just sitting down to, in the past week, a most exhiliarating experience! I gave myself permission to actually 'sit with' my Inner Judge last Friday, and ask what, exactly "he" was afraid of and therefor trying to protect "me" from. I don't remember that I got an answer in words, but the shift in my inner roadblocks has let me pick up some awesome tools that I've been letting rust in my mental in-box for nigh-on 40 years! Hi Andy and all y’all!

wow! yeah! “Talking to your Monsters” is really some powerful stuff. And I’ve gotta give you a share of the credit for helping me learn just how to do that!

A whole stew-in-my-head of inputs, new and old, have gone into making this Banquet of Change I’m just sitting down to, in the past week, a most exhiliarating experience!

I gave myself permission to actually ‘sit with’ my Inner Judge last Friday, and ask what, exactly “he” was afraid of and therefor trying to protect “me” from. I don’t remember that I got an answer in words, but the shift in my inner roadblocks has let me pick up some awesome tools that I’ve been letting rust in my mental in-box for nigh-on 40 years!

]]> By: admin http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-964 admin Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:53:33 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-964 Melody, It keeps amazing me what can happen when we allow ourselves to have open conversations with the parts of ourselves we need to talk to.... Thanks for sharing your very cool post! Andy Melody,

It keeps amazing me what can happen when we allow ourselves to have open conversations with the parts of ourselves we need to talk to….

Thanks for sharing your very cool post!

Andy

]]> By: admin http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 admin Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:53:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-1348 Melody, It keeps amazing me what can happen when we allow ourselves to have open conversations with the parts of ourselves we need to talk to.... Thanks for sharing your very cool post! Andy Melody,

It keeps amazing me what can happen when we allow ourselves to have open conversations with the parts of ourselves we need to talk to….

Thanks for sharing your very cool post!

Andy

]]> By: Melody http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Melody Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:30:56 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-963 Hey, Andy! I love this! Open conversations with ourselves are so important. We all do it, whether consciously or not. In my case, I tend to employ this tecniqhe a lot with physical pain. Like, for example, I have a recurring pain right above my left shoulder blade, and I totally had a conversation with it. I wrote about it @ http://melodykiersz.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/a-conversation-with-my-left-shoulder/ And I agree, it's so important to thank our monsters! Actually, I gotta go. Must have a chat with my "I can't believe you just shamelessly self-promoted!" monster right now. Ta-ta! Melody Hey, Andy!

I love this! Open conversations with ourselves are so important. We all do it, whether consciously or not.

In my case, I tend to employ this tecniqhe a lot with physical pain. Like, for example, I have a recurring pain right above my left shoulder blade, and I totally had a conversation with it. I wrote about it @ http://melodykiersz.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/a-conversation-with-my-left-shoulder/

And I agree, it’s so important to thank our monsters!

Actually, I gotta go. Must have a chat with my “I can’t believe you just shamelessly self-promoted!” monster right now.

Ta-ta!

Melody
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]]> By: Melody http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-1347 Melody Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:30:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-1347 Hey, Andy! I love this! Open conversations with ourselves are so important. We all do it, whether consciously or not. In my case, I tend to employ this tecniqhe a lot with physical pain. Like, for example, I have a recurring pain right above my left shoulder blade, and I totally had a conversation with it. I wrote about it @ http://melodykiersz.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/a-conversation-with-my-left-shoulder/ And I agree, it's so important to thank our monsters! Actually, I gotta go. Must have a chat with my "I can't believe you just shamelessly self-promoted!" monster right now. Ta-ta! Melody Hey, Andy!

I love this! Open conversations with ourselves are so important. We all do it, whether consciously or not.

In my case, I tend to employ this tecniqhe a lot with physical pain. Like, for example, I have a recurring pain right above my left shoulder blade, and I totally had a conversation with it. I wrote about it @ http://melodykiersz.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/a-conversation-with-my-left-shoulder/

And I agree, it’s so important to thank our monsters!

Actually, I gotta go. Must have a chat with my “I can’t believe you just shamelessly self-promoted!” monster right now.

Ta-ta!

Melody

]]> By: admin http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-959 admin Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:15:17 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-959 Hi Elizabeth, Thanks for your comment! It is really amazing when we let ourselves become the monster, or the fear or the wall or whatever and really get to feel how "they" feel in our bodies - so very powerful. Andy Hi Elizabeth,

Thanks for your comment!
It is really amazing when we let ourselves become the monster, or the fear or the wall or whatever and really get to feel how “they” feel in our bodies – so very powerful.

Andy

]]> By: admin http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 admin Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:15:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-1346 Hi Elizabeth, Thanks for your comment! It is really amazing when we let ourselves become the monster, or the fear or the wall or whatever and really get to feel how "they" feel in our bodies - so very powerful. Andy Hi Elizabeth,

Thanks for your comment!
It is really amazing when we let ourselves become the monster, or the fear or the wall or whatever and really get to feel how “they” feel in our bodies – so very powerful.

Andy

]]> By: Elizabeth http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-957 Elizabeth Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:23:02 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-957 The first time I tried talking to something (monsters, what have you), I was reading a book about a Tibetan practice - as part of it, you dialogued with your fear to find out what it wanted and how it would feel if you gave it what it wanted. It was fascinating. You had to be you, then your fear - and when I was my fear, I got teary because I felt so misunderstood. I think of that when I'm getting upset at my monsters (which, of course, I still do). Funny .. I had read Havi's posts on dialogues and never tried it until I read this book. I think sometimes I'm just not sure how I would go about having the conversation. The first time I tried talking to something (monsters, what have you), I was reading a book about a Tibetan practice – as part of it, you dialogued with your fear to find out what it wanted and how it would feel if you gave it what it wanted. It was fascinating. You had to be you, then your fear – and when I was my fear, I got teary because I felt so misunderstood. I think of that when I’m getting upset at my monsters (which, of course, I still do).

Funny .. I had read Havi’s posts on dialogues and never tried it until I read this book. I think sometimes I’m just not sure how I would go about having the conversation.
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]]> By: Elizabeth http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-1345 Elizabeth Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:23:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-1345 The first time I tried talking to something (monsters, what have you), I was reading a book about a Tibetan practice - as part of it, you dialogued with your fear to find out what it wanted and how it would feel if you gave it what it wanted. It was fascinating. You had to be you, then your fear - and when I was my fear, I got teary because I felt so misunderstood. I think of that when I'm getting upset at my monsters (which, of course, I still do). Funny .. I had read Havi's posts on dialogues and never tried it until I read this book. I think sometimes I'm just not sure how I would go about having the conversation. The first time I tried talking to something (monsters, what have you), I was reading a book about a Tibetan practice – as part of it, you dialogued with your fear to find out what it wanted and how it would feel if you gave it what it wanted. It was fascinating. You had to be you, then your fear – and when I was my fear, I got teary because I felt so misunderstood. I think of that when I’m getting upset at my monsters (which, of course, I still do).

Funny .. I had read Havi’s posts on dialogues and never tried it until I read this book. I think sometimes I’m just not sure how I would go about having the conversation.

]]> By: admin http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-948 admin Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:14:04 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-948 I suspect I have plenty of mosters from high school as well, I think many of us do... and it really is about integration for me, to accept the monsters and honor them as an important part of me allows me to be more and more a whole person. I suspect I have plenty of mosters from high school as well, I think many of us do… and it really is about integration for me, to accept the monsters and honor them as an important part of me allows me to be more and more a whole person.

]]> By: admin http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 admin Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:14:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-1344 I suspect I have plenty of mosters from high school as well, I think many of us do... and it really is about integration for me, to accept the monsters and honor them as an important part of me allows me to be more and more a whole person. I suspect I have plenty of mosters from high school as well, I think many of us do… and it really is about integration for me, to accept the monsters and honor them as an important part of me allows me to be more and more a whole person.

]]> By: Natalie Peluso http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-944 Natalie Peluso Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:28:35 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-944 Ah Andy, good to see you are welcoming your monsters to the table. This work is so good because it's fun as well as constructive. And in the act of giving your voices a name you can then encourage them to come together and be a part of who you are without criticism. And I too have a whole Fraggle Rock full of monsters that all go back to my time at school - although mine came out of high school instead. The point is you are doing the work. Better to know your monsters than to be in the dark without them. x Ah Andy, good to see you are welcoming your monsters to the table. This work is so good because it’s fun as well as constructive. And in the act of giving your voices a name you can then encourage them to come together and be a part of who you are without criticism. And I too have a whole Fraggle Rock full of monsters that all go back to my time at school – although mine came out of high school instead. The point is you are doing the work. Better to know your monsters than to be in the dark without them. x
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]]> By: Natalie Peluso http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 Natalie Peluso Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:28:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-1343 Ah Andy, good to see you are welcoming your monsters to the table. This work is so good because it's fun as well as constructive. And in the act of giving your voices a name you can then encourage them to come together and be a part of who you are without criticism. And I too have a whole Fraggle Rock full of monsters that all go back to my time at school - although mine came out of high school instead. The point is you are doing the work. Better to know your monsters than to be in the dark without them. x Ah Andy, good to see you are welcoming your monsters to the table. This work is so good because it’s fun as well as constructive. And in the act of giving your voices a name you can then encourage them to come together and be a part of who you are without criticism. And I too have a whole Fraggle Rock full of monsters that all go back to my time at school – although mine came out of high school instead. The point is you are doing the work. Better to know your monsters than to be in the dark without them. x

]]> By: admin http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-942 admin Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:29:45 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-942 Thanks for your comment Marie, I totally agree with you - I hope that in the future, we'll look back on the tolerance schools have for teasing and bullying and see it as a dark age in our understanding of how to help kids grow into the best human beings they can be. Andy Thanks for your comment Marie,

I totally agree with you – I hope that in the future, we’ll look back on the tolerance schools have for teasing and bullying and see it as a dark age in our understanding of how to help kids grow into the best human beings they can be.

Andy

]]> By: admin http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-1342 admin Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:29:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-1342 Thanks for your comment Marie, I totally agree with you - I hope that in the future, we'll look back on the tolerance schools have for teasing and bullying and see it as a dark age in our understanding of how to help kids grow into the best human beings they can be. Andy Thanks for your comment Marie,

I totally agree with you – I hope that in the future, we’ll look back on the tolerance schools have for teasing and bullying and see it as a dark age in our understanding of how to help kids grow into the best human beings they can be.

Andy

]]> By: Marie http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Marie Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:56:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-941 I think you may a great point about the monsters being there for protection. Wrong-headed protection, but protection nevertheless. Yikes, the playground! We did what we had to do at the time that seemed to work for us. I still carry around a lot of monsterly protection from those years of being judged, teased and rejected. So I think it is important to recognize that our minds are playing tricks on us and our feelings aren't crazy--they just aren't needed now and are getting in the way. Thanks for the great post! I think you may a great point about the monsters being there for protection. Wrong-headed protection, but protection nevertheless.

Yikes, the playground! We did what we had to do at the time that seemed to work for us. I still carry around a lot of monsterly protection from those years of being judged, teased and rejected.

So I think it is important to recognize that our minds are playing tricks on us and our feelings aren’t crazy–they just aren’t needed now and are getting in the way.

Thanks for the great post!

]]> By: Marie http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-1341 Marie Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:56:00 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-1341 I think you may a great point about the monsters being there for protection. Wrong-headed protection, but protection nevertheless. Yikes, the playground! We did what we had to do at the time that seemed to work for us. I still carry around a lot of monsterly protection from those years of being judged, teased and rejected. So I think it is important to recognize that our minds are playing tricks on us and our feelings aren't crazy--they just aren't needed now and are getting in the way. Thanks for the great post! I think you may a great point about the monsters being there for protection. Wrong-headed protection, but protection nevertheless.

Yikes, the playground! We did what we had to do at the time that seemed to work for us. I still carry around a lot of monsterly protection from those years of being judged, teased and rejected.

So I think it is important to recognize that our minds are playing tricks on us and our feelings aren’t crazy–they just aren’t needed now and are getting in the way.

Thanks for the great post!

]]> By: admin http://andydolph.com/2010/07/28/talking-to-monsters/comment-page-1/#comment-938 admin Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:06:40 +0000 http://andydolph.com/?p=437#comment-938 Such a great point - the bit of silliness in the process is useful. In fact a bit of silliness in many things is useful, at least as far as I'm concerned.... Such a great point – the bit of silliness in the process is useful. In fact a bit of silliness in many things is useful, at least as far as I’m concerned….

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