Listen to Krista read the post... Two things. One, I need to stop saying out loud that I’m going to write a post weekly because obviously, I’m terrible at meeting my own expectations. Second, the musings that follow are definitely directed more at me than...
You need to learn about Holding Space Because: You’re experiencing Empathetic Overwhelm
by Krista dela Rosa | Sep 12, 2022 | Brave Space, Community, Complexity, Holding Space for Others, Holding Space for Yourself
Listen to Krista read the post... You may have known this about us already, but Heather and I experience “the big ick” whenever we have to start marketing ourselves or our programs. Every year around this time, after a busy summer where we’ve done everything but a lot...
Holding Space and the Art of Motorcycle Riding
by Krista dela Rosa | Jun 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Guest post by Emily Gillies, Master Holding Space Practitioner From the glorious summer Saskatchewan, Canada prairies, here’s another installation of how motorcycling is akin to holding space, from me, Emily Gillies! I am a Master Practitioner with the Centre for...
Holding Space is Not Annoying and Meaningless
by Krista dela Rosa | Jun 13, 2022 | Complexity, Hijacking Space, Holding Space for Others, Liminal Space
"Holding Space is annoying and meaningless!" Or, that was the recent opinion of someone I follow on Twitter anyway. This tweeter went on to suggest that, instead of offering that phrase to folks, you simply say, “Damn, that sucks”. The replies went on to mostly agree...
Krista’s Thoughts on Community: Part 1 – Normalize Outgrowing Community
by Krista dela Rosa | Feb 7, 2022 | Community, Hijacking Space, Holding Space for Yourself
One of the few constants of the human condition, whether we like it or not (or whether we accept it or not) is that we are constantly changing. We know this is true physically. Our bodies change dramatically over the course of our lives - from infancy to old age and...
Food for Thought: Beginning to Be Back Together
by Krista dela Rosa | Jun 12, 2021 | Brave Space, Community, Complexity, Holding Space for Others, Holding Space for Yourself, Leadership, Liminal Space
Listen to Krista read the post... There are days I know for sure that we are getting closer and closer to being able to be together in person again, and there are other days I despair that it will ever happen. Here, in my part of the world, we are still in the...
Holding Space in Organizations
by Krista dela Rosa | Mar 31, 2021 | Community, Facilitation, Holding Space for Others, Leadership
In 2019, our own Master Practitioner Candidate, Brenda Barritt, began a process of teaching the principles and tools of Holding Space to the organization she then belonged to. This is her story of how that journey began and her reflections on the process. by Brenda...
Holding Space and the Fine Art of Being Wrong
by Krista dela Rosa | Jan 10, 2021 | Brave Space, Community, Complexity, Fear, Holding Space for Others, Holding Space for Yourself, Leadership, Liminal Space, Shame
Listen to Krista read the post... You might be surprised to hear this, but one of the things Heather and I are in almost constant communication about is whether we could be wrong. Are we wrong about how we have approached something? Were we wrong in the way we...
Oobleck and Holding Space
by Krista dela Rosa | Oct 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
by Vicky Bryan, Apprentice Teacher for the Holding Space Foundation Program Watch Vicky Playing with Oobleck My son and I were watching Emily’s Wonder Lab one day, and we were learning about non-Neutonian fluids. What are non-Newtonian fluids? Fluids in which...
Lessons in Holding Space Learned on the Seat of a Motorcycle
by Krista dela Rosa | Sep 23, 2020 | Community, Holding Space for Others, Leadership
We are delighted to share this guest post by our Master Practitioner Candidate, Emily Gillies. Emily completed Heather's Holding Space Practitioner Program (now called the Foundation Program) in 2018. She went on to serve as Assistant Teacher for the next two sessions...
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