Taming your Gremlin

I have been a little side tracked the past few days while on vacation, but I want to get back to the post I made about my Gremlin, George. Remember him? My Gremlin is George and he is the self-doubt I have in my head that makes it challenging to find inner peace and satisfaction at times.

Do you have a gremlin or two? Those voices in your head that push the right buttons and stops you in your tracks?

On the right side of the blog I have a link to this book if anyone is interested in purchasing it through Amazon. The book is "Taming Your Gremlin - A surprisingly simple method for getting out of your own way". It was written by Rick Carson and has a copywrite date of 2003.

I first discovered the concept of personal gremlins while taking a coaching course that was part of my PhD program. It was and remains one of the books I use as part of my Life Coaching business as it gives clients the view of thoughts, actions, and events that are getting in their way of satisfaction and inner peace.

This book is NOT here to help you find the answers to life. As we all know there are many pieces that have to come together in order to have a quality life. This book helps me and us do a self assessment on what may stop us from pursuing what we want. It is about getting out of your own way!

I will not be able to go through each chapter of the book, but I do want to spend the next few days helping you gain a better understanding of Gremlins and provide you with an overview of Carson's approach to taming them.

Carson writes, "Taming Your Gremlins 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" (p. xiv). It is the process of choosing positive over negative and living with or without purpose.

It is a choice each of us has to make; to tame or not to tame.

What are your Gremlins? Tomorrow I will go through a few from the book to give you examples of some of those that seem to be hiding in many of us. This may help you start your personal process of "getting out of your own way".