Give and Receive
Welcome By Michael Prince
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H situations?
ow do you show up in new, challenging or uncertain
How might the simple practice of hospitality transform how you show up and what happens next? The title of this piece is the first of eleven “Touchstones” used to create a safe, hospitable ‘container’ for Courage & Renewal retreats based on Parker Palmer’s work. Together they create a trustworthy conversation space where there is no fixing, saving, advising or correcting each other, where we support each other to listen to our inner teacher. Sounds delicious, attractive and unusual? It is and it works. After some 5 years experiencing such life-giving space, I’ve begun experimenting with taking these Touchstones beyond retreats into daily life and work.
“People learn best in hospitable spaces. In this space we support each other’s learning by giving and receiving hospitality. “ From Circle of Trust Touchstones
https://courageway.org/wp-content/ uploads/2019/01/Courage-Way_ Touchstones_Circle-of-trust-2019.pdf
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