Shut Your Monkey
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Hear that voice in your head? The one that nitpicks all your new ideas? That's your monkey. And we're gonna shut it down! SHUT YOUR MONKEY: The Podcast is going to give you a weekly dose of moral support and practical advice. With intelligence, wit, and compassion, best-selling author Danny Gregory and his weekly guests will delve deep into your head and pull that monkey out. We'll explore creative blocks, missed deadlines, tantrums, procrastination, perfectionism, and all the old monkey tricks. And we'll leave you super-charged, inspired and ready to start making your best work. Based on the new, life-changing book — available everywhere.

12-The Final Shutdown

Two years after my last episode, I'm back with some final thoughts and a big announcement. I will tell you the one thing that is guaranteed to not onl...
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11Intoxicated - Victor Yocco

This week we’ll discuss how the monkey uses alcohol, drugs, overeating and other destructive habits to interfere with our creativity. This week's gues...
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10Impossible — Jennifer Louden

Last week, I felt a little harried and overwhelmed and the podcast was rushed and missing some good bits so I hope to make up for it this week with lo...
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09Unreliable — Ilise Benun

This week we’ll discuss how unreliable the monkey’s advice can be and why you should ignore much of what it says. And then we’ll get some much more re...
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08Change - Karen Salmansohn

In this week’s podcast, Shut Your Monkey author and host Danny Gregory talks with the author Karen Salmansohn. Karen has sold over a million copies of...
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07Distractions - Jonathan Carroll

In this week’s podcast, Shut Your Monkey author and host Danny Gregory talks with the novelist Jonathan Carroll. The conversation is freewheeling — fr...
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06Meddling - Todd Colby

In this week’s podcast, Shut Your Monkey author and host Danny Gregory talks with Todd Colby, the poet, artist and former member of Drunken Boat. They...
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05Ghosts - Patti Digh

In this week’s podcast, Shut Your Monkey author and host Danny Gregory talks with Patti Digh, the bestselling author, teacher and storyteller. They'll...
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03Origins: Dr. Robyn Cooper

Why do most of us have an inner critic, a negative inner voice that keeps us from being creative and trying new things? In this week’s podcast, Shut Y...
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