Who are the voices inside your head? What are they saying? What are you listening for? What would the voice who has always loved you, say to you now?

Our internal voices are varied and powerful. And, so much of the time, they are extremely critical! In this episode, Holland Andrews and I talk about the ways they’ve worked to cultivate a loving inner voice and their self-healing practices. We discuss healing from traumatic childhoods, working with our shadow selves and inner critics and get into the intersections of Holland’s practices as a performer, channel and healing conduit.

PART 1: This episode opens with Holland’s facilitation of a listening practice for cultivating a loving inner voice.

Learn more about Holland and their work at www.hollandandrews.com, follow them on Instagram @holland.andrews , and find some of their tracks at www.likeavillain.bandcamp.com/

You can find the complete drone from the background of this episode’s meditations here:

Holland Andrews is an American vocalist, composer, and performance artist whose work is based on emotionality in its many forms. In their composition work, Andrews focuses on the abstraction of operatic and extended-technique voice to build soundscapes encompassing both catharsis and dissonance. Frequently highlighting themes surrounding vulnerability and healing, Andrews arranges music with voice and clarinet, harnessing the innate qualities of these instruments’ power and elegance to serve as a vessel for these themes. As a vocalist, their influences stem from a dynamic range of music stylings including contemporary opera, musical theater, and jazz, as well as ambient and noise music. Andrews has performed solo music under the stage name Like a Villain. In addition to creating solo work, Andrews develops and performs the soundscapes for dance, theater, and film, and whose work is still toured nationally and internationally.