Mistaking Judgment for Insight with Mark Nicolson
Show notes
Mark Nicolson has been an executive coach for 35 years. He joins Cecily Mak to reframe the inner critic and self-judgment as a “dimmer.” He believes that judgment is a way we flatten feelings instead of staying present. Trained at Oxford and Stanford and with formal MAPS training and a doctorate in clinical psychology, Mark has helped people prepare for and integrate after more than 300 legal psychedelic sessions.
In this episode Mark explores self-criticism, upper limiting (a concept from Gay Hendricks’ book The Big Leap), high sensitivity, grief and compassion, and how psychedelics support recovery and lasting change. Anchored in the Sixth Awareness of the Eight Awarenesses, Respect: I don’t judge or impose my limitations on others, this conversation is for anyone working on presence, emotional growth, and letting others walk their own path. Mark regularly leads dynamic interactive workshops at Esalen called Designing the Life We Want.
Mark featured in Rolling Stone, "Inside the New Psychedelic Awakening"
Mark's Eselen Workshop
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Credits:
Host: Cecily Mak
Producer: Joanne Elgart Jennings
Composer & Sound Alchemist: Laura Inserra
Editor: Kai Heartlife
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