tHE TEAM
Fiona Macbeth
founder and lead facilitator
An Inside Story brings together a lifetime of work in drama and story-based practice. It defines a method of supporting people to make a change in their lives and crystalizes over 30 years of experience. Working with a huge variety of people very often facing enormous challenges in their lives, I’ve used games, drama, story and metaphor to facilitate people to step over barriers into a better understanding of their motivations, their history, their habits, their lives.
I have created An Inside Story to share with you, both in-person and online workshops, a facilitated journey into personal transformation and change. Story is a framework that is completely available to all; a wonderful tool and a powerful facilitator of change.
I have come to understand how the stories we tell to ourselves, to colleagues, to family and to friends can shape our experiences and identity; how they overlay and distort our authentic personal narratives and how sometimes the story gets stuck and we find it hard to move beyond it. I have witnessed many times the extraordinary moment when a personal experience is understood in a new and more genuine way through the re-interpretation of the story behind it. An Inside Story uses story telling as a route into a deeper understanding of ourselves and helps us gather our experiences into a meaningful, integrated narrative; one in which we are in the driving seat of our lives.
Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the University of Exeter
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Fiona Macbeth
“It is unlike any process I have been through before, and it clearly emerges from a wealth of synthesised skills, experiences and reflection over many years.”
“Fiona is an extremely gifted and insightful facilitator who very skilfully guides participants through sensitive terrains in their unconscious landscapes.”
“I loved the way Fiona held things - lightly and yet genuinely available to help me through, so that it felt spacious and inviting and safe.”
Chris Glynn
artist and researcher
Chris makes stories and ideas come alive through illustration. He is the person behind all the Inside Story drawings and illustrations and has created the archive of ‘Hungry Ghost’ characters that are used in the work. Chris uses live drawing, paper theatre and music to illustrate conferences, strategic discussions and team development activities. He works as a Senior Lecturer in Illustration at Cardiff School of Art and Design.
Pippa Marriott
writer and facilitator
Pippa is a writer and creative practitioner. She facilitates the ‘Hungry Ghost’ workshops and courses, drawing on 30 years of experience as a teacher and facilitator to support participants to identify the questions and the stories that matter to them. As a writer, her love of words and use of metaphor provide valuable and often unexpected insights for participants.
