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 Annoying and Meaningless
by Krista dela Rosa | Jun 13, 2022 | Complexity, Hijacking Space, Holding Space for Others, Liminal Space
At least, that was the recent opinion of someone I follow on Twitter. 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 with her, suggesting that telling people...
Navigating Emotional Safety in Relationships and Community
by Heather Plett | Dec 2, 2021 | Brave Space, Community, Holding Space for Others, Holding Space for Yourself, Safe Space
Authenticity and vulnerability – those are two buzzwords we talk about a lot in personal growth and community development work. Most of us know how important they both are, and so we strive to embrace them. But… there’s an important aspect that is sometimes...
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...
Holding space with your whole brain
by Heather Plett | Sep 8, 2021 | Holding Space for Others, Holding Space for Yourself, Uncategorized
Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke that wiped out the capacity of her left brain. As a Harvard trained neuroanatomist, she had unique insight into what was happening in her brain and was fascinated to discover that when she had only right brain capacity, she...
Co-regulation – Is it possible in online spaces?
by Heather Plett | Aug 19, 2021 | Community, Holding Space for Others, Safe Space
A few weeks ago, I was in a FaceTime conversation with my friend Saleha, who’s just completed a master’s degree in counseling psychology. As we always do in our conversations, we were going deep into our past trauma, our families of origin, and the most recent...
Companionship
by Heather Plett | Jul 19, 2021 | Circle, Community, Family, Holding Space for Others
“Will you be my companion?” That was a familiar phrase in our household when I was growing up. As a farm family, my siblings and I all had daily chores that we had to do in the barn after school, and none of us wanted to do them alone. If one of us had a job we...
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...