Growth sessions _
MARNIX offers creative growth sessions for children, young people and adults who feel stuck or long for renewal. Impactful solutions, tailored or based on proven concepts: creative, human-centered and when needed in alignment with (care) professionals.
Growth sessions can be hosted individually or in small groups. One-off, on a regular basis, or as a permanent member of your team.
What MARNIX offers:
- For whom: Children, young people, or adults who feel stuck or need extra challenge. Also suitable for anyone navigating an (complex) issue and open to a fresh perspective.
- For what: More self-confidence, creative thinking, ownership, social & creative skills and a sense of meaning. For (re)discovering joy, meaning, wonder and connection with yourself, others and the world around you.
- How: Through expression, technology, building, cooking, play, art, theater forms, design thinking and art-based learning, always tailored to the individual.
What makes MARNIX unique:
- Hands-on and strategic: He works directly on the floor and actively thinks along, drawing from his experience as a creative facilitator and designer of spatial, interactive installations.
- Disruption as a gateway: By doing the unexpected, the brain switches off autopilot. That’s exactly where growth begins.
- Aligned with care professionals: He always works in close collaboration with caregivers, therapists, or educators.
“What MARNIX does is urgently needed”, says a rehabilitation physician who endorses his work. “He touches the limbic system, where emotions, motivation and safety converge. In my field, I emphasize this too. By engaging creativity precisely there, space for change and healing emerges. I always say: reprogram the limbic system.”
When to call MARNIX:
- You have clients or students who don’t respond to conventional methods.
- You need a creative sounding board who actually gets things done.
- Your team lacks someone who thinks outside the box but keeps both feet on the ground, someone who safeguards core values and keeps the whole team engaged.
GROWTH SESSIONS IN YOUTH CARE
Creativity as a compass for growth and recovery.
from one-on-one to one-to-many
GROWTH SESSIONS IN YOUTH CARE
Creativity as a compass for growth and recovery.
from one-on-one to one-to-many
Small-Scale Youth Care in Nature
Since October 2024, MARNIX has been working weekly at Famke Meerhoff, Specialized Orthopedagogical Guidance, a small-scale youth care organization surrounded by nature. He supports young people who, because of diverse reasons, had stepped outside the traditional school system, helping them reconnect with their own rhythm, interests and talents.
These “growth sessions” used creativity as a catalyst for ownership, resilience and self-confidence. MARNIX’s approach balanced freedom, structure and trust, tailored to each participant’s needs. While holding a teaching qualification (but no BIG registration), he always worked under the supervision of registered professional Famke Meerhoff.
Projects included building a complete Escape Suitcase (story, technology, puzzles and props), hosting an Open Stage with music and performances and creating stop-motion films, ASMR audio experiences, robotics and theatre exercises. Spontaneous expression was also encouraged—playing instruments, singing, dancing and producing a podcast. Seasonal and themed activities ranged from a Sinterklaas photo challenge to outdoor sessions with chickens and horses. In every activity, the focus remained on fostering self-confidence, collaboration and a sense of ownership.
His role is complementary, activating the limbic system, opening new pathways and making change tangible.
