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Mystery awaits
Where one sees only danger, another delights in the mystery. Where one feels fear, another finds wonder. Where one feels helpless, another discovers something that no-one can take away. What if the greatest mysteries of our lives are those which we allow ourselves? The moments we turn from fear to wonder. From helplessness to trusting
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Finding the Question that Needs to be Asked
Creating spaces that allow for emergence: I don’t have to be the prompting engine, rather the space itself allows for them to start having the honest, open conversations. I’m less necessary when I’m doing it well. Find the question that the group wants to be asked. Individuals change once they become a collective. Silencing someone
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While we have their attention, what do we most want to say?
Beginnings matter. Those first pages of a book carry more gravity than everything that follows. The same goes for movies, while we may continue watching, how we watch, what we pay attention to, and how we feel is determined by how it begins. So in a workshop… while we have their attention, what do we
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In a sea of chaos
There are two responses when we find ourselves in “a sea of chaos”: I recognise these feelings in myself, feeling both powerless and afraid, especially in the last few months. “If systems are far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to uplift the system to a higher
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Compassion is felt
An invitation: We appreciate that some people love these kinds of frameworks and others have mixed feelings. That is absolutely ok. We’ll be using the tool as a springboard for conversations, what you take away is up to you. An obligation: This is a well-researched framework and will serve as the foundation for our discussion. We
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What’s the meaning of this?
Let’s find out what words mean again, in our lived experience, in reality as we see it, not just how they’re presented on paper. The map is not the territory. The word is not the thing. For example; friction. The word has many definitions. What comes to mind first for you? Perhaps a technical definition.
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Just be, and you are
Compare the following statements: “The edge is where making ourselves wrong ends and the possibility of acceptance begins.” “The edge is where acceptance ends and the possibility of making ourselves wrong begins.” The first statement assumes wrongness as the default and acceptance as a possibility. Whereas the second statement acceptance is the default and wrongness
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Reflecting on xchange’s Time for Transformation
xchange’s annual workshop on Dec 12th was an inspiring example of what we as facilitators can make possible in the world. I’m grateful for the heartfelt artistry I witnessed and have reflected on core elements below. But first… let me put into perspective what this team accomplished: At the end of a four hour workshop