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4.6 | For your TEAM meeting in this period, practice with the Peer Circle. What did you notice? Post insights.
Below, you will see the Session #4 reflection questions. Please answer these questions at the bottom of the screen.
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I notice the power of questions (as opposed to being the expert, jumping in with ready answers, is undervalued. I also wonder whether my organization is ready for something like a wisdom circle, and continue to consider opportunities to incorporate into my work (as opposed to limited solely to my dear group)!
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For this team meeting I shared something for the wisdom circle for the first time. I was nice to talk about the issue and have other listen, but listening to other’s stories about similar experiences had the most impact. I was nice to hear that I wasn’t alone with this issue and that other have been in similar circumstances.
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With the challenges of busy people and other commitments, I reached out to a broader range of people who could provide feedback and insight. As I enter a job search, I was able to have an easy “excuse” to ask others for the time, advice and feedback. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly people responded with a willingness to help. (Of course, finding time to talk was more challenging….) Advice was helpful, and I was grateful that it was shared rather than just clarifying questions.
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We weren’t able to the the wisdom circle this time
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As always, it was such a treat connecting as a team again. Between sessions 3 and 4 many of us actually met in person which only deepened our connection to each other. As our time with one another has grown, so has the evolution of our wisdom circles. There is so much openness and compassion each time we meet that it’s really made each time such a unique and incredible experience.
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I have learned that we all hold some defenses against vulnerability and that we all struggle with the boundaries with what is too much and what is too little, and we all struggle with allowing something too close, getting hurt, closing off and backing away. We acknowledged the universality of this experience in relationships, business and personal. We acknowledged the bandwidth that it takes to be the presenter on the Wisdom Circle – to open up that soft closed space that is not open for public consumption. My love and thanks to my sisters in the Wisdom Circle. It has been my pleasure and privilege to sit with you.
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So grateful my team has stayed connected and that we met. I learn so much each time we get together. It is such a rich and wonderful experience to be with such wisdom and generosity of heart. Each time I have come away feeling less alone as a human and better for the experience of having risked connection and vulnerability.
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This is a fantastic group – meeting together is a true delight and it surprises me each time how deeply we have grown to care for each other’s wellbeing.
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Our Wisdom Circle has taught me throughout our meetings that we can unify our forces to evaluate and understand possible outcomes for a problem. Asking questions allows me to remain a witness in the process. I have developed more interest and curiosity about what everyone has to say in a group.
By being present, we fully witness each member and respond to his/her needs with care and compassion. When we practice mindfulness of listening, we are more flexible and receptive to what this person is experiencing. The Circle has become a sacred space for me where I see new possibilities arriving. I find it very comforting and renewing.
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There is always a take-away for me even when the focus is on another group member. The circle is so humanizing in that way. It feels like as a group we hone in on a core question for whoever is working each time that is really valuable.
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The group tool is so powerful it shocks me whenever I consider it. Yet we did not meet. Or at least I didn’t. Maybe they met without me.
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A multi-day snow storm knocked out our power this week, and our Wisdom Circle meeting fell through, sadly. I know I’m not alone in saying that I gain so much from the strength, insight, and dynamism of our little group.
We have made plans to connect next week 🙂
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The compassion and wisdom that permeates our Wisdom Circle is most comforting. We are all working towards assimilating the Dharma in our lives; relationships, work, self. Listening to the struggles of my fellow wisdom sisters, I am reminded over and over again how connected we all are; how important it is to reach out. And to be available to others when they reach out! Important, meaning, it is transformational to reach out and listen and to reach out and share. And when someone reaches out to me, to be available/receptive to the need and to respond in kind with whatever the moment asks of us. the interaction is what is healing and transformational. Giving and receiving. One of our members was not able to join us unfortunately but we sent her love. It seems that creating these “wisdom circles” in our lives is a valuable thing to do! I have a few and cherish them. Lastly, while sharing with my “sisters” I connected to realization that this training has helped me connect to my natural “confidence”; it has returned. I am most grateful!
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Our Wisdom Circle has been a huge sleeping breakthrough piece for me in this training. The circle feels like an honest family. A smart and caring family. A family that is present for the member in the middle , is truly caring and always positive and uplifting. This has been collaboration in love at it’s finest.
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I am deeply grateful for my Wisdom Circle and for that practice. Only half of us were able to meet this month, and I was unable due to a death in my family; yet the Circle’s notes of support made me feel included and supported, and I likewise was grateful to send them support in spirit, heartened by their meeting. As we all approach two years of a global pandemic, with ongoing aspects of “social distance,” it is lovely to find alternative ways of support to stay together even when apart.
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