Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for Transformation in Your Groups, Trainings, and Retreats by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Education, Adult & Continuing Education
ISBN: 9781732003309
Google: tDgMzgEACAAJ
Amazon: 1732003300
Publisher: Cliffhouse Press
Published: 2020-11-21T23:00:00+00:00

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This story was written by Katie Jay, MSW, and edited by the authors. Katie is a life and wellness coach, trainer, and workshop and retreat leader. She makes her home in Reston, Virginia. Visit www.nawls.com to see more of her work.

Chapter 11

The First Key—Creating Safe Space

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

—Maya Angelou

Have you ever been in a group that became dysfunctional? What were the symptoms? People talking over each other? Sidebar conversations? People coming late and leaving early? In many groups, an intentional culture is never set. How to be together as a group is not addressed. It’s taken for granted that gathering around a common purpose is enough for participants to stay focused and productive. But this is a gamble. As we saw in Katie’s story, her retreat devolved into chaos because she and her participants hadn’t declared conscious group boundaries. In her group, when the rim of the circle wasn’t firm enough to hold disagreements, strong feelings, and emotional discharge, people felt unsafe, unsupported, and began to act out in dysfunctional ways.

In this chapter, we’ll explore five ways to gather a functional group by creating a container that can support emotionally safe and effective interactions:

Get clear about your intention.

Attend to the space.

Set group agreements.

Use conscious dialogue.

Abide by ethical guidelines.

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