A one day workshop in Central London
From Fear to Flow Saturday 20th September 2025
"Know thyself" Socrates 450BC. "Ony the shallow know themselves" Oscar Wilde 1874
In the 2000+ years between these two statements we've learned
(a) There's great wisdom and value in knowing ourselves
(b) The task is difficult because so much of ourselves is unconscious
(c) We need to do it anyway because...
"Unless you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate" Carl Jung 1919
One way to make the unconscious conscious is seeing through the lens of archetypes. Archetypes give shape and form to energy. They are templates through which energy moves before finding expression in the world.
We each have many archetypes - some known to us while others play out in the shadows. They often influence us without our awareness. Knowing them allows us to understand ourselves better - to connect to who we really are.
Most of us were raised to tune out our instincts and tune in to other people. We learned to please or impress. Our subconscious mind became conditioned… programmed with a different blueprint. From this point on we remain disconnected from the instinct in the body (which is authentic) and the inspiration of our soul (which is creative).
This means we have to work hard to control, copy or compete with others. We have to rely on willpower and adrenaline for fuel, leading to burnout and lack of aliveness. Adrenaline is survival energy (which is finite) rather than creative energy (which is renewable). Our need to control means we lose an aspect of our authentic creativity, which is a shame because expressing that is our greatest joy.
Our creative self is often buried under layers of learned behaviours, habits and patterns. A discovery of our archetypes - the ones we came in with, the survival ones we all share and the ones in the wings that are waiting to emerge - provides insight into this creative self.
We’re all born with natural talents - perhaps these are things our soul came in with to help us co-create our destiny with joy rather than succumbing to Carl Jung’s cautionary tale - living out our fate.
If you’re interested in pursuing this further I’m holding a one day event in Central London on 12th July - join us!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-fear-to-flow-tickets-1405509208879?aff=oddtdtcreator