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Our book Circle Holding: A Practical Guide to Facilitating Talking Circles is available HERE Where you can also find our recommendations for circle books and poetry.

In this episode Julia & Tessa discuss:

• In this episode Tessa and Julia Share Tips including:

  - preparing the ground for listening through settling practices

  - appreciating the importance of caring for people's nervous systems as part of a circle

  - how your vulnerability may make it safer for others to share

  - guidelines that are essential for creating the container for deep listening

  - how pacing the sharing is important, including having time for people to listen to their thoughts before sharing aloud

  - using a talking object can slow down turn taking

  - the role of the disrupter to listen to discomfort / undercurrents in the circle

  - the difference between a listening techniques in circle and specific coaching or counselling techniques

  - understanding the value in not reflecting back or asking further questions

  - the use of pairs and triads in the group setting to support deep listening skills

  - shared the possibility of people talking side-by-side rather than face-to-face to support listening

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