Living into the Touchstones: A Circle of Trust ® online series
This 11-part online series is dedicated to exploring and experiencing each of the Circle of Trust ® Touchstones for creating safe and trustworthy space.
This program is being independently organized and led by a Courage & Renewal Facilitator(s) prepared by the Center for Courage & Renewal. While we support our facilitators in various ways, CCR has no direct responsibility for the planning or facilitation of this event. Please direct any questions to the facilitators using the contact form below.
The Center for Courage & Renewal and its facilitators do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, height, weight, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status.
In a Circle of Trust® (and in life) The Touchstones help to create and hold safe spaces where people can risk being themselves. They are reminders of ways of engaging with self and others with generosity, compassion, harmlessness, service, reverence for life and courage.
Each touchstone alone is an admirable idea. You could devote a day to noticing how it shows up in your life or work; you could meditate on each one for a week or a month. The magic and mystery of this collection of practices come from the chemistry of how they combine to catalyze trust. — Shelly Francis, The Courage Way
If you would like to spend time exploring each of the touchstones and the quality of presence they can bring to the way you live, work and lead, join Courage & Renewal facilitators Kirsty McGeoch and Noela Maletz for Living into the Touchstones.
These sessions are ideal for anyone who is interested in:
aligning their innermost values with their actions.
experiencing the benefits of reflective practice in community.
practicing forms of listening that enable them to be more attuned as colleagues, parents, partners and friends.
developing their resilience and capacity to lead and serve, particularly for professionals such as educators, counsellors, social workers, health practitioners and community organizers.
deepening skills in questioning and facilitating reflective processes for coaching, mentoring and professional supervision.
What to expect:
Each 3-hour online retreat will experienced as a Circle of Trust®, based on the approach to reflective inquiry of sociologist, educator, author and activist, Parker J. Palmer and The Center for Courage & Renewal. We will welcome a maximum of 21 participants per session at a cost of $75 AUD plus a booking fee, 100% of which is donated via Humantix to charities working to close the education gap.
Participants are invited to register for any of the upcoming retreats without the requirement of having to attend them all. For those seeking recognition of learning for their workplaces, each session will count for 2.5 hours of professional development.
See below for the full schedule.
We hope you will accompany us for Living into the Touchstones, and:
experience our innate capacity to honor, not violate, the identity and integrity of others. And …. witness the remarkable things that can happen — within us, between us, and beyond us — as we learn to relate to each other that way. — Parker Palmer – A Hidden Wholeness
#1 Give and receive welcome: Sunday 2 February, 10am – 1pm AEDT
#2 Be present as fully as possible: Sunday 2 March, 10am – 1pm AEDT
#3 Invitation not demand: Sunday 6 April, 10am – 1pm AEDT
#4 Speak your truth: Sunday 4 May, 10am – 1pm AEST
#5 No fixing, saving, advising or correcting: Sunday 1 June, 10am – 1pm AEST
#6 Respond with honest and open questions: Sunday 6 July, 10am – 1pm AEST
#7 Turn to wonder: Sunday 3 August, 10am – 1pm AEST
#8 Attend to your inner teacher: Sunday 7 September, 10am – 1pm AEST
#9 Trust the silence: Sunday 12 October, 10am – 1pm AEDT
#10 Observe deep confidentiality: Sunday 9 November, 10am – 1pm AEDT
#11 Know that it’s possible: Sunday 7 December, 10am – 1pm AEDT
This program is being independently organized and led by a Courage & Renewal Facilitator(s) prepared by the Center for Courage & Renewal. While we support our facilitators in various ways, CCR has no direct responsibility for the planning or facilitation of this event. Please direct any questions to the facilitators using the contact form below.
The Center for Courage & Renewal and its facilitators do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, height, weight, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status.
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