Taming Your Gremlin aka Ending Your Self Defeating Behavior


Taming your gremlin is basically taming your inner voice.  It is that little self defeating behavior in all of us that makes us doubt ourselves.  So how do you quiet those negative thoughts?  How do you turn off your inner critic?

Taming Your Gremlin- How to Get Rid of Self Defeating Behavior
Taming Your Gremlin is a book by Rick Carson.  It is a book that has stood the test of time.  It was originally published in 1984, but it has had recent revisions and still continues to sell even to this day.  So how do you tame your gremlin?  Well to answer how to tame your gremlin, first you have to acknowledge what and how it makes you behave.  Your little inner monster never has anything positive to add to your experiences, it stifles your creativity, your hopes, your dreams, your goals.  Your gremlin is how you interpret all your events, so it taints your outlook on life in a negative way.  But there are easy techniques to overcome your everyday challenges and live a positive satisfying life.  This book will focus on:
  • your continual negative patterns
  • helping you become aware of your thoughts 
  • how you respond to certain emotions and circumstances
  • you in your relationships
  • imagining different scenarios for better outlook
  • getting over certain common excuses we tell ourselves
  • practicing mindfulness
One thing to note.  It may or may not bother you.  There is a lot of reference to gremlin in this book.  So much so that you may think it is overkill.  But I think it is used that often so it is ingrained in you that this little monster always exists in you. And it is all up to you to tame that little beast into silence. Anyway, if you can get past that aspect of the book, then everything else should just flow and help you in overcoming limiting beliefs.

Taming Your Gremlin is great in showing you effective ways to deal with your inner voices.  After all, we are our own worse critics, right? Why not get all the help we can get for more inner peace and less inner chatter.