Taming Your Gremlin (Revised Edition) audiobook

This book has been sitting on my to-read shelf for about 20 years. I just pulled it out and read it, and was blown away by how it is able to communicate so much psychoeducation in such a user-friendly, understandable format. As a therapist, I've ordered copies for most of my clients, as the book covers so much of what we work on and discuss regularly. Personally, I found wisdom in it that I can integrate into my life. I also really appreciated the Zen philosophy underlying it all. I am wondering about the general approach of thinking that the gremlin's motivatbefell to keep us from feeling enjoyment. Often, I think, gremlins have a more benevolent motivation (to protect us) but their strategy keeps us from feeling enjoyment. I've ordered the follow-on book to see if this is addressed. However, that is minor, and possibly the product of my gremlin's strategy of "being right". This book is a jewel and I recommend it to anyone with gremlins that could use a little taming.

****5.0****You likely already have some sense of your gremlin, which has influenced you since your birth.Did I? Well, I do know that I never looked it in that perspective. Everybody has a inner voice that stops you from doing things or encourages you to try some stuff or just normally continously ramble in your head. But to tame it and to think that that ramblings in not you is a not you is a bit difficult.It has a gentle and guided approach to tackle energy draining thoughts / issues in one's life. There are a list of daily routines and practices which would serve towards your goal.But definitely it is an eye opener and helps you towards the betterment of the self. Happy Reading!!

A great book about an ego mind which the author calls the Gremlin that lives inside of us.What I liked the most are the approaches that Rick presents as coping mechanisms to our Gremlins' behaviors. Mindfulness is encouraged and simply noticing is said to be the first step of taming the Voice. And, if you ask me, one of the most important takeaways from this book is that if we even begin to argue with our Gremlin, he has already won. The non-judgemental and mindful approach is necessary to break the illusion of imagination being a reality. “I free myself not by trying to be free, but by simply noticing how I am imprisoning myself in the very moment I am imprisoning myself”The author also reminded me of the things I can do after simply noticing my Gremlin. Centering oneself is necessary to create a space from which to observe the toxic (or non-toxic, but nonetheless illusory) dialogue of one's ego-mind. As well as deep-breathing and simply appreciating the reality around. I can connect the dots and see how most of the stuff that Rick talks about must be true and it is true in fact. If you really want to live a good life, you have to "tame your Gremlin", in other words, you have to realize on a day-to-day basis that your ego-mind plays numerous tricks on you and is limiting your potential second-by-second by installing habits and behavioral patterns that suits its survival strategies the most. The work described within this book is one of the most difficult ones to undertake but is the only one that leads to a life of real fulfillment.Living with an untamed Gremlin is living in Hell. Taming your Gremlin is a doorway to Heaven. So, in short, this book helps you to navigate yourself towards the doorway to Heaven, where the real work of improving oneself begins.

If I could give this book sixteen stars, I totally would. It is one of the most useful books I've ever read. It offers simple, tangible advice for how to deal with the voices in your head that say mean and ugly things.It's a short read, totally worth the investment of time, and I've read it three or four times now already. If you're unhappy and can't figure out why, this book will not only highlight some of the contributing factors, but will give you methods for handling them.READ THIS BOOK!(that's all.)

This book is great for those of us who live with anxiety... depression... or have gremlins that hold us back from being the best version of ourselves. Going to be keeping this book close at hand... especially when that evil gremlin pops its head up.

my therapist recommended this one to me lol. a texan man with a long drawl tells you in a compassionate and goofy way how to « tame your gremlin » meaning, how to tame/handle the intrusive negative thoughts you may be experiencing. so of course I loved it!! sometimes it got a bit repetitive, and sometimes I didn’t fully understand what the author meant, but all in all it was a great therapeutic experience that I’ll be drawing from in the future I’m sure. If you struggle with intrusive thoughts, low self esteem, and/or lots of internal strife, check this one out!

Another one of the business-y/self help books recommended to me over the years and finally getting to this.This one I found super useful - it's very easy to read, the exercises are handy, and there were illustrations (at least in the version I read) that made it fun. There were a couple exercises that really got me and helped me think more deeply about myself. Overall, I'll keep this book and refer to it when wanting to do more self-work.

Book does what you would expect with a title that promises to tame little but destructive gremlins aka your inner self-critic. The fact that the audiobook with the author reading sounds like Ted Lasso is a bonus. I started to consider the possibility the actor playing Ted copied the author’s voice. Lots of good suggestions in this book but only time will tell whether I can keep it up. Bad gremlin, of course I can.3.5 ⭐️s.

This book helps us easily make contact with some of the parts of ourselves and have fun doing it. No shoulds. No guilt. No holier than thou. We get to learn how to tame our gremlins effectively. It is a great gateway read to diving deeper into psychological/spiritual work. Highly recommended.

Great book to learn more about yourself and how to "deal with" yourself. Definitely had some interesting applications for life and very insightful.

one of my favorite "self-help." I lend it out all the time.

I haven't read much in the way of "self-help" books since my teenage years. (There were pretty big in the 1980s.) But this specific book was suggested to me, as a way to help circumvent some of the self-sabotaging traits that I have. Let me focus on the negative things I have to say about the book first. It can get rather hippie-dippy, and it occasionally seemed heavy on the platitudes. This was an updated version of the original book, and the pieces (original and updated) sometimes didn't seem to mesh together well - imagine a 70s counselor suddenly mentioning his website, and you sort of get the idea. Also, I found the pictures spectacularly unattractive to look at, and there's a lot of them. (I know. They're gremlins. But even the humans didn't look very good.)All that said, I still got a lot out of this book. I like how things were laid out and explained, and I especially liked the very-low-pressure "sales technique". I was expecting a "to change your life, you must do the following" sort of book. But instead, the basic tone is "consider looking at things like this", and "here are some things you might choose to try". Instead of looking at this bit of self-improvement as a chore, it phrased it all as a choice - "this might help". And I found myself looking forward to trying the things the author suggested, and learning about my "gremlin". I was a bit surprised how quickly I identified several of my gremlin's techniques, and I've started learning to "hear him without heeding him". I'm not going to say "I'm now two inches taller, twenty pounds lighter, and I'm a much better dancer" - it's not that type of book, and it didn't promise that sort of results. But when I run into anxiety and anger and other potentially damaging emotions, I'm finding myself staying calmer, checking my options and making somewhat better decisions during them. And that alone makes this book worthwhile.I usually either get rid of a book after reading it, or else place it on my (limited) bookshelf for frequent re-reads. I don't this book deserves either fate. I'm going to put in storage, as I think it'd be worth looking back to on rare occasions, to see if my "gremlin taming" needs some fine-tuning.

I downloaded this book to help with my anxiety, but what I found was something that applies to a much-wider remit - day-to-day life. What I enjoyed most about the book was the emphasis that was placed on not engaging with the Gremlin in your head. The repetition of the "simply notice" mantra really struck a chord with me. The book has a gentle tone - it never feels like a lecture, just a nice chat with someone who knows what they're talking about; the use of second person throughout really helps make it feel personal and cosy. The humour throughout helps give a little insight into one of the main takeaways from the book - don't take any of it too seriously. I've done a fair bit of reading in this area, but this book has helped me to understand how better to put some distance between me and the thoughts in my head. It's no big secret - the answer is mindfulness - by the author has described it in a way that strips back the big scary labels and makes it feel more accessible (thus avoiding another chance for the Gremlin to jump in with something counterproductive). I also appreciate the honesty of this book - this isn't a quick-fix methodology, but something that you have to spend a lifetime practicing. The pictures in the book helped to give a sense of the author's approach to the topic - lighthearted and slightly sarcastic - but the fact that they didn't match up with anything I had ever envisaged my inner voice to look like, I found them a little distracting from the message of the book. I like the simplicity of how the message was communicated and this is a book that I'll be revisiting for helpful tips over the years I'm sure.

Um livro superimportante para compreender e lidar com o medo e o diálogo interno negativo. Este livro mudará para sempre a maneira como você se relaciona com seu eu interior negativo. Muito poderoso para desbloquear antigos traumas da infância e ajudá-lo a viver um presente momento positivo.É um livro divertido e muito importante para ajudar a controlar suas emoções negativas, seus comportamentos de autossabotagem, seus medos, suas dúvidas etc. O que eu realmente amei neste livro é que ele fornece uma estrutura muito fácil de lembrar e entender de onde todas essas coisas estão vindo - basicamente do que Rick Carson chama aqui de Gremlin.O Gremlin é aquele crítico interno negativo que você tem em sua mente e que está constantemente falando com você dentro de sua cabeça, dizendo todas as coisas que você não pode ou deve fazer, que você não pode realizar, todas as coisas que você deveria ter medo, por que você não vai ter sucesso etc. E, como você pode imaginar, isso é o que o mantém estagnado na vida, é o que o mantém bloqueado e é a razão por você não conseguir criar o sucesso que deseja em qualquer área da sua vida.O Gremlin também é responsável por você não ser capaz de mudar seus comportamentos de forma positiva - então, seja para perder peso, ter relacionamentos melhores, ter uma sensação de paz mais constante em sua vida, se sentir bem e seguro para perseguir objetivos maiores em sua carreira ou em seu negócio - todas essas coisas estão sendo limitadas se você tiver uma autocrítica interior muito negativa.Este livro ajuda você a fazer uma autoterapia - ele tem exercícios e perguntas depois de explicar toda a teoria e dá muitos exemplos de outras pessoas que Carson ajudou em sessões de terapia, dá vários exemplos de espécies diferentes de Gremlins e como eles os enfrentaram e ficaram melhores na integração de seus Gremlins ou em ignorá-los. Ele lhe dá boas técnicas sobre como superar as cicatrizes emocionais que você tem do passado que alimentam o seu Gremlin e então, uma vez que você o acalme, você toma o controle e cria o que quiser.