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What is a Circle? with Julia and Tessa

What is a Circle? with Julia and Tessa

14m 52s

This week we will be answering the question what is circle? 

A circle is a tool that can be used in a whole variety of contexts, some of which you will hear about in other episodes.
In its purest form it is: In person, a group of people sitting in a circle who can all see and hear each other each having the opportunity to listen and talk.
Online it is a group of people who can do the same however the people tend to be in boxes rather than an actual circle.

There is a structure to circle holding...

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome & Stepping Into Group Facilitation with Kate Codrington

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome & Stepping Into Group Facilitation with Kate Codrington

30m 5s

This episode will be reassuring for new circle facilitators and get lots of nods of recognition from experienced ones. In this episode we talked about:
- Imposter syndrome is normal when moving from 121 to group work
- The difference between a leader, teacher and facilitator
- How you grow capacity to hold space as you do it
- That it’s normal for group process to be messy
- The more you bring yourself as a person to facilitation, the more you enable others to
- Having a clear intention for your circle is paramount
- You don't want the...