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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...