Taming Your Gremlin®
A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way
By RICK CARSON
A Few Words From Rick
Gremlin-Taming is a method for meeting the inner challenge that is inherent in every activity from climbing Mount Everest to getting a good night’s sleep. It is, in a phrase or three, a graceful process for choosing light over darkness, good over evil (and boy those terms are loaded for people), or better yet, the true love that sustains you over the fear that can destroy you. It’s a meaty subject, to say the least, but one that is germane to having a fulfilling inner life and a peaceful interdependence with others.
We are, after all, in this thing together. And while it may sound like a wispy platitude, there is no getting around the raw and simple truth that peace on earth does, indeed, begin within.
Rick Carson, Author
Books
“This book is not intended to guide you to enlightenment, or to eternal bliss, or to riches. It will, however, help you to enjoy yourself more and more each day. It is simple and practical and I hope that reading it brings you much pleasure.”
Rick Carson
“Rick’s writing is so real, so inviting, so compassionate, and so playful. With this magical combination, Rick has packed this book full of practical information that I put to use immediately!. A must read for ANYONE who is interested in a satisfying journey through life.”
Mary Olk, PhD
Executive and Leadership Development Coach
“I have found ‘Gremlin-Taming’ to be a unique, imaginative, and effective tool on my path of deep healing. It has helped me dump some of the baggage which hindered my life so unnecessarily. It is also fun…I highly recommend it!”
Joan Baez
“I found myself chuckling as I read. I felt I was in a very human picture show where I and all other humans were being shown how we had all been under a witch’s spell and did not know it. “The imagery of this book led me to a very profound awareness – a new form the fable of the Emperor’s New Clothes.”
Virginia Satir
Considered the Mother of Family Therapy, Author of People Making, et.al.
“Since at least the time of the Buddha, the ‘Mind’ has been recognized as the necessary ground of enlightenment, but also of all confusion and distress… Gremlin-taming is a most worthy ambition, and Rick Carson is a most worthy advocate and ally.”
Jimmy Dale Gilmore
Singer, Songwriter, Three-Time Grammy Award Nominee
Taming Your Gremlin is often imitated but never duplicated. A consistent seller for HarperCollins for over four decades and translated into several languages, Taming Your Gremlin has impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands in a cross-section of cultures and circumstances.
Call it a Gremlin, a sabateur, or the monster of the mind, when it comes to Gremlin-Taming, Rick Carson wrote the book. And now he reads it to you.
A Master Class is a gift to all of us and is chock-full of vignettes and examples to help psychotherapists, coaches and mentors of all varieties take their skills to the next level.
Gremlin-Taming® Institute
Executive Coaching, Keynote Presentations, and Workshops for Businesses and Non-Profit Organizations
I’ve known Rick for close to two decades. His counsel is based on common sense and deep wisdom. Rick ‘cuts to the chase,’ addressing issues that to us mere mortals seem intractable.
His ability to enter situations where communication is failing, unravel the circumstances, and put the parties on a better path is uncanny and efficient. The ROI from saving and facilitating important relationships is off the charts, and this is before you factor in the preventative value of Rick’s counsel and training.
It is a huge comfort to me to know that when I have an internal communication challenge or when a member of our team has an external challenge, Rick is there as a caring and effective resource to help.
It was a shame. I had a potentially near-perfect employee that put up a wall I could not penetrate. Over the course of year I tried everything I knew to improve chemistry and got nowhere. Rick broke through quickly and gently in one session with my team. If it’s at all fixable Rick can fix it. As a result of his work with us my entire team is more effective and efficient.
Peter Granoff, Owner, Readingglasses.com & GooGoo Eyes, Dallas
Training, Consultation, and Presentations for Psychotherapists, Coaches, and Mentors of All Varieties
No formal education, graduate school, or other seminar has improved my personal development or clinical ability as much as working with Rick Carson.
No measure of academics compares to Rick’s experiential approach. I gained more insight in one training session with Rick than the majority of books that had been a part of my graduate training. Rick is an artist as a facilitator, and he truly desires for each member of the group to absorb the material. I highly recommend Rick’s program to my mental health and related professionals.
Simple. Profound. Life-changing. A few words to describe Rick’s technique and modality. Shines a healing light on the parts of self that are true, real, and often hidden.
Individual and Relationship Coaching
Rick is a true gift! He is eminently skilled, compassionate, wise and a straight shooter. Through my many years of working with him, I have learned to fully embrace and embody my natural self. And when I forget to do that, thanks to Rick, I know the way home.
Need coaching? You could not do better than to get Rick’s help. I’ve worked with Rick on and off for many years and he’s been invaluable to my growth. As a side note, I train and evaluate coaches. So, I am pretty picky, and when I need coaching – I pick him.
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Our Team
Rick Carson
Creator of the Gremlin-Taming Method®
Rick is a practicing psychotherapist, personal and executive coach, seminar leader, keynote speaker, and consultant to businesses, nonprofit organizations and several United States government agencies.
Jane Massengill
Director Of The Gremlin-Taming® Institute
Jane is a gift to all of us, and gifted. It thrills my soul that she has embraced the Gremlin-Taming Method like she has. And I guarantee you she has learned it from the inside out.
Contact
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