I was in Chartres, France, a few days ago. Everyone who’s been there says that, if I’m visiting the Cathedral, I should do my best to see the crypt. So I did my best. The website said the crypt was open between 2 and 2:45 p.m. It didn’t say a ticket was needed, and I...
You Need to Learn About Holding Space Because: Despite How it Feels, Discomfort Won’t Kill You
by Krista dela Rosa | Sep 26, 2022 | Brave Space, Community, Complexity, Holding Space for Others, Holding Space for Yourself, Shame
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 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...
Let’s be in Messy Practice Together: a guide for holding space as we emerge from this pandemic
by Heather Plett | Oct 14, 2021 | Brave Space, Complexity, Holding Space for Others, Leadership, Liminal Space
Listen to me read the post... We are now in the twentieth month of this pandemic. That’s twenty months of a global liminal space that has disrupted the lives of everyone on this planet – some more than others. It’s not surprising, after such a long time of uncertainty...
Dancing with power
by Heather Plett | Aug 30, 2021 | Brave Space, Community, Complexity
I have an uneasy relationship with power. Even though I worked in senior leadership in government and non-profit, where I managed people and influenced politicians, I still go into resistance mode when I feel like too much power has been handed to me or I’ve...
Are your people prepared for hard conversations around things like decolonization and racism?
by Heather Plett | Jul 7, 2021 | Brave Space, Community, Complexity, Holding Space for Others, Leadership, Oppression, Power, Privilege
(from the Holding Space Card Deck) After George Floyd’s murder, there was a huge spike in the amount of money invested in diversity and inclusion work across the U.S. According to one study which surveyed HR professionals, 85% have expanded inclusion activities...
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 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...
The other side of despair
by Heather Plett | Oct 7, 2020 | Brave Space, Complexity, Fear, Grief, Holding Space for Others, Holding Space for Yourself, Liminal Space
listen to me read the post... I remember that moment clearly. I was sitting in the rocking chair in the tiny living room of the first home I owned with my ex-husband, I was five months pregnant with my first daughter, and I was in complete and utter despair. I...
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