Listen to Heather read the post: Sometimes, when it has rained all day and everything is damp, it’s nearly impossible to start a fire, even if the wood was under a tarp. Last night was one of those nights. The challenge was compounded by the fact that the only paper I...
Do you still have hope? On climate change, despair, and holding space
by Heather Plett | Oct 16, 2023 | Brave Space, Community, Complexity, Grief, Liminal Space
Listen to Heather read the post: I wonder sometimes if I still have hope. Every time I read the news (and those times are becoming fewer and fewer) there are more reasons for despair. We hear dire warnings of what will happen if our global climate increases by...
Holding Space for Grief is a Practice of Community
by Heather Plett | Sep 19, 2023 | Brave Space, Community, Grief, Holding Space for Others, Leadership, Liminal Space
We are delighted to share this blog post written by Holding Space Master Practitioner, Nam Pham, one of the primary teachers in our How to Hold Space Foundation Program. Nam lives in Viet Nam and has worked with us at the Centre since its inception. We are so grateful...
Meet me at the dinner table (a post about the end of the world)
by Heather Plett | Jul 21, 2023 | Brave Space, Community, Holding Space for Others, Liberation and Tenderness, Liminal Space
Listen to me read the post: In the movie Don’t Look Up, two scientists (played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio) try to convince the public that an astroid is about to hit and, unless some action is taken to mitigate the threat, the earth is about to...
Why Krista Should Rest (and you should too)
by Heather Plett | Jul 11, 2023 | Holding Space for Yourself, Liberation and Tenderness
Krista is taking the month of July for some much-needed rest, but because Krista is a high-functioning person who is very good at GETTING STUFF DONE (she has, in the past, had seven part-time jobs at once, while raising children and running a church) and not...
The Path to Liberation and Tenderness Starts with Holding Space
by Heather Plett | Sep 29, 2022 | Community, Family, Holding Space for Yourself, Sovereignty
Back when I first committed myself to diving deeper into this work of holding space, after I’d wrestled through the initial resistance and overwhelm that came when my blog post went viral and my inbox was suddenly flooded with requests for me to teach about a...
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...
The dance between safe space and brave space
by Heather Plett | Aug 9, 2021 | Brave Space, Safe Space
“There are three things that are necessary ingredients for healing,” my therapist said recently. “Safety, safety, and safety.” Ever since then, I’ve been reflecting on what he said and I think he’s definitely on to something important. In therapy sessions...
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