Category: The Monkey

Meet your Monkey If you close your eyes and try to think of nothing, it’s almost impossible to do and most of us find that what we call our thoughts intrude. Experiencing the quiet and the bigger picture we seem to sense in the silence moments we grab out...

Leadership There is a lot to leadership. There are literally hundreds of books, theories and courses all hinting at what makes a good leader great. There are examples of leaders that highlight how different they can be and how different they go about leading. For our purposes we are...

Most people lose sight of their New Years resolutions by the end of March and by June, there is no link between what they do today and what they said they wanted in January, only 6 months before. Part of the problem is the choice of resolution : Some...

In our book The Misaligned Monkey  we talk about the appropriate style you could adopt for working with your Monkey. Those of you who have tried telling them or bullying them know that this just doesn’t work. Self Help There’s a trail of techniques and tools that litter the...

For those of you unsure about who or what the Monkey is –  join the club – nobody really knows but what we are interested in is how to make the most of them if they can be of use to us. The first step in this process is...

New Developments to look forward to “1” It’s been a couple of years since I felt that I had successfully reengineered my relationship with my Monkey. The changes have been significant and remain effective to this day. However, the process has begun to give me more than ‘just’ a...

Beliefs Are A Choice! Here it starts just suppose that even this one was a choice. You could go through your life knowing that what you believe is what you believe and you can’t change it or you could stop for a moment and have a quiet think. Suppose...

The Short answer is:                   Yes! we think so but, maybe control is the wrong word?   We think it’s certainly worth a little contemplation and study before you write off the possibility……..   What if I told you something you...

The Goal of Meditation and mindfulness? Students of meditation or mindfulness are taught that an empty or quiet mind is an ideal one. An empty, quiet mind creates the conditions to allow us to experience an expanded consciousness of our real awareness. This provides us with opportunities to exist...

We have all met the Monkey before. That voice or urge that can come as words, feelings, sights, or sounds. The thought that gives us good reasons to dither, to procrastinate, to become anxious about a future event or that can remind us of our past mistakes – It...