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In this episode, Tessa and Julia review the highlights of the interviews with guest speakers who are circle facilitators representing diverse participants and interests.

In this episode, Tessa and Jewels Wingfield ([https://jewelswingfield.com/](https://jewelswingfield.com/)) talked about:
- The value of circle lies both in the content and the spaciousness to integrate the process
- Going into a deep process with one person in circle can create dysregulation for the others and the importance of checking in after peak moments
- The helpful analogy of a 'slow meal' for a trauma-informed approach to circle facilitation instead of 'bolting food' and chasing dopamine the hits of peak moments
- Bringing discernment about whether it's you as a facilitator that wants the shift for someone or the participant themselves...

In this episode, Tessa and Julia read a couple of circle stories each from their book published in 2024. They unpack those stories and provide an update of what their facilitating circles on in 2026.

In this interview Tessa spoke to Natalie from [https://www.evolvebreathbody.com/](https://www.evolvebreathbody.com/) about:
- Boundaries and consent
- Slowing down consent with practising when body is saying yes and when no
- How presence underpins all the other practices
- In longer sessions or trainings, it's important not to make big decisions until learning integrated
- Honesty is important from the facilitator to create a feeling of safety in people's nervous systems
- Sharing your own experience as a facilitator is context dependent - sometimes might be more appropriate to share with those that opt in into a smaller group
- Holding space...

In this episode, Julia and Tessa talk about how the book came about, the different voices in the book, how to use it if you're a budding facilitator and more.

In this episode, Tessa and Claire talked about:
- from corporate to coaching - finding meaning through a different kind of leadership
- creating a structure in circle to let the magic happen
- a focus on the quality of process rather than the outcome
- different from coaching because not asking follow up questions about how someone feels or about their experience
- important to manage participants' expectations and stay in your lane if you have multiple skills/ professions
- the power of being witnessed
- sharing creative output without critique or judgement, but how it is received and...

In this episode Galia shares:
* introducing creative writing in a women's shelter
* creating a safe enough space to share personal experience
* building trust within your circle
* creating a space for creative feedback
* how best to provide creative writing feedback in circle
* the value of writing as an alternative to speaking
* the importance of having appropriately trained individuals in trauma spaces
* creating a safe enough container - the closed writing circle
* creating your writing theme: meaningful writing from the heart
* how to promote your writing circle
* the ambitious writer in...

In this episode, Tessa and Julia:
- gave two examples of settling practices to prepare the ground for listening
- discussed the importance of caring for people's nervous systems as part of a circle
- showed how your vulnerability may make it safer for others to share
- shared guidelines that are essential for creating the container for deep listening
- explored how pacing the sharing is important, including having time for people to listen to their thoughts before sharing aloud
- how using a talking object can slow down turn taking
- the role of the disrupter to listen...

In this episode, Tessa and Julia shared how they brought the end of the year to their circles with ideas of practices you might use for the Winter Solstice, the New Year or the ending of a series of circle sessions.