Taming Your Gremlin

A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way

By: Rick Carson

Narrated by: Rick Carson

Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

This is a completely updated edition of the 1983 classic that introduced a powerful method for gaining freedom from self-defeating behaviors and beliefs. Rick Carson, creator of the renowned Gremlin-Tamin Method, has revised the book to include fresh interactive activities, real-life vignettes we can all identify with, and new loathsome gremlins ripe for taming. Carson blends his laid-back style, Taoist wisdom, the Zen Theory of Change, and sound psychology in an easy-to-understand, unique, and practical system for banishing the nemesis within. Among the things you will learn are:

• Techniques for getting a sliver of light between the natural you and the monster of your mind.
• The extraordinary power of simply noticing and playing with options.
• Six keys to maintaining emotional balance amid upheaval.

©2003 Richard D. Carson (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers

one of the greatest books you will ever read

this book has helped me and so many people get in touch with our true self and to live a life of inner peace more and more

one of the best remedies for feeling rotten that I

I've owned this book for over a decade in various forms and I keep coming back to it as a way to get my head on straight and enjoy my life.

Ignore your internal monologe

Excellent book with tools for how to handle your inner critic. There are several guided exercises so you will need to have a pen and paper handy. Totally new perspective on that voice we all deal with.

Great work

After many years of unknowingly "grappling with my Gremlin" and pursing the analytical approach to "self-help" with little sustainable relief, I am excited to now have discovered these tactics and methods. I'm indebted to Mr. Carson and to those who helped steer me along the path to discover his work.

The most important book to read.

It is so important to understand what your Gremlin is and how to simply notice it.
This book is not just a great read, but also has real exercises you can do that really help you.
The author does a fantastic job of taking you on the journey.
Darrell Stern
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A decent book about mindfulness

Personification of the source of negative self talk, fear, self doubt, anxiety, greed, etc. is a useful tool in developing mindfulness. There are some good practices detailed in this book that I expect to use for years to come

Amazing

Absolutely an amazing book!!!!!! The narrator made me actually feel what I was hearing and really get into the zone. Excellent job. I would recommend this to everybody.

Fell asleep

Boring narration and horrible accent, content is too redundant on "simply noticing" over and over.

Powerful Book!

Putting the content in this book to work by doing the work, will change your life.

I improve more every time I listen

Would you listen to Taming Your Gremlin again? Why?

I listen to this often, to reinforce the process, and because I get something new out of it each time. Some of the changes takes effect immediately, others need a little time to be in process and practice. Years of self-sabotage can take a little effort to undo, but this makes it so easy to notice when it's happening, and just by noticing, it begins to dissipate. This does not set you up to do battle with your gremlin, rather to disarm him in the moment. He then shows up less and less.

What did you like best about this story?

My favorite part of this process is the lack of analysis required for improvement. I know people that spend years in analysis to no end. You do not have to go down a path of rehashing what someone did to you back when that made you this way. It doesn't serve this process. Rather, awareness is key. It is amazing how quickly you can choose to disengage the ugly voice in your head this way.

Which character – as performed by Rick Carson – was your favorite?

Rick has a great voice; he comes across to me as a gentle and caring soul who is very adept at the process, getting right to it.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I have a few a-ha moments throughout. I have a bit of an ego, thinking I'm not going to learn anything new about myself, then something he says sinks in and I feel growth takes place. And it sticks. Listening to this over and over is like adding to my toolbox for when life throws me a curveball.

Any additional comments?

This is a tool, a guide, a process. That doesn't mean it is for everyone on the planet, but if it is for you, it is life-changing. I am in process daily, and like any good skill that is practiced, it is becoming second nature. It is not 'religious'. Rick does mention past gurus or leaders who most likely were the first to mention a process of the mind or heart. I think that is giving credit where credit is due.