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A Call For An Emerging Masculine: Is The Circle Way for Men?

One of the questions my friend, colleague and co-teacher Tenneson Woolf has held over the years is about why there are often few(er) men in Circle. I love that he is holding an intention to explore that and shift it. From Tenneson: I wrote this short article to be deliberate about inviting men and women to […]

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Using Circle for Celebration and Learning

The email came in with a short invitation: I am planning a gathering and wonder if you are available and interested in helping me to lead a circle? The purpose of the night was around the Bridge Mat Shelter Program that has been going on in several communities just outside Vancouver. The program is operated […]

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Leading Collaborative and Transformative Meetings

Last summer around this time I was preparing to co-teach the August PeerSpirit Circle Practicum on Whidbey Island. This August I get to share a sweet announcement… been working on this behind the scenes for the past couple of months!   Nancy Fritsche Eagan of People Potential and I are delighted to announce a new […]

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Using Circle Process to Move to Wise Action

This is a post I wrote for the May PeerSpirit Circle Tale. Sharing it here on my blog as well! Second Fire Gathering – Using Circle to Move to Wise Action As a practitioner of The Circle Way I notice that sometimes circle process is perceived as separate from the idea of getting work done. […]

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The Circle Way Videos: Legacy Project, Components of the Circle Way and Application Stories

Last May I was part of a gathering on Whidbey Island – the First Fire Gathering – who came together for two purposes: To explore the shift of the Circle Way from primarily being carried by its founders and pioneers (Ann Linnea and Christina Baldwin) to it’s next generation of practice and scope. To participate […]