What to Expect at Your First Speaking Circle®
Speaking Circles are the result of my lifelong journey from severe stage fright to absolute ease and joy whenever I stand before a group. A Speaking Circle consists of up to 10 people, often ranging from newcomers with some performance anxiety – or a lot – to...
Relational Stillness: Somatic Way in to Relational Presence
When you are right in the heart of your still center, you are a person around whom real magic can happen. ~Richard Rudd I’d never been able to sit still. I was the squirmy kid in class, at the dinner table, in the office. I was diagnosed as hyperactive decades...
The Power of Essence Listening
Developmental psychologists point out that the range of expression available to a child depends on the nature of the listening in their immediate environment. If the listening is receptive and respectfully curious, it evokes the full range of curiosity and wonder in...
The Nature of Essence Appreciation
After a person’s second turn up front (five minutes in most Speaking Circles) listeners have the opportunity to give brief positive feedback in the form of what we call “essence appreciation.” Newcomers are asked to just listen and abstain from chiming in because what...
Speaking Circles®
Learn how to move through stage fright rather than trying to mask it by sharing who you really are.