online (zoom)
with John Markland
JUNE 5th - July 3rd
“I’m not good enough.” “Get this right.” “I don’t believe myself.” “I hate my voice.” “Why do I keep doing this?’ “I’m never going to book.” “I should quit. ” “I’m ugly.” “This is embarrassing.”“Don’t fuck this up.” “I suck.” “They feel sorry for me.”
You ever heard the phrase, make friends with your nightmares, they may just be other kids too
scared to play? Probably not because I just made it up. But it’s an amalgamation of two philosophies
in psychology. One, in turning toward your fear or perceived threat, no matter how uncomfortable,
you overcome or learn from it. Two, the inner critic develops as a coping mechanism to protect the
vulnerable parts of you from perceived threats or pain.
So, what do we do? How do we face, understand, and tame the critic, the noise, the voice inside?
We play. We will invite your strongest voices into character play and allow them to live out in the world, so they have a chance to explore, to not hide, to be seen and most importantly to become a friend… a voice no longer wanting to punish but rather play.
It’s a dynamic at the core of a lot of my work and recently I have witnessed how powerful this approach is in truly freeing people of the inner critic.