Courageous Curiosity: Advanced Clarity Circles on Zoom
Zoom Speaking Circle regulars have experienced the clarity and delight of being the center of kind, intelligent attention for 10 minutes in each 70-minute session. Having recognized the transformational impact of luxuriating in the “luminous listening field” in that...
Cultivating the Safe Space Within
I can trace the roots of my extreme stress around public speaking–which I didn’t solve until I was nearly 50–to growing up in a family that did not provide a safe space to be myself out loud. This started early when my parents followed child rearing...
The Paradox of Time
“There have been countless ingenious technological innovations the past 200 years, in the last 50 years especially, all designed to save us time. Remarkable inventions. Somehow, the result has been that nobody has any time left. Why? What is that all...
Speaking Circles® Applied to Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
What is Attention Deficit Disorder? ADD is a neuro-biological disorder with a triad of symptoms: inattention, impulsivity and, sometimes, motor hyperactivity. Primarily genetically transmitted, symptoms usually become apparent by age seven. Five percent of the...
Speaking Circles® and Adolescent Development
The psychologist Erik Erikson identified the search for identity as the primary developmental task for adolescence. According to his theory, the primary milieu for this search was in peer relationships. Speaking Circles seem to be one optimal setting for young people...
Speaking Circles®
Learn how to move through stage fright rather than trying to mask it by sharing who you really are.