In this podcast, we bring you insights into circle holding, whether you are an (aspiring) circle facilitator or attendee, through interviews with experienced circle holders and conversations between Julia and Tessa, the founders of Circle Holding.

This week's guest is Kate Codrington, the author of the Second Spring and facilitator of circles as part of workshops and retreats around perimenopause. See what we covered in this episode below. You can find her and lots of resources at https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/

Our book Circle Holding: A Practical Guide to Facilitating Talking Circles is available at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Circle-Holding-Practical-Facilitating-Talking/dp/1805013157/

Find details of the next free mini training and Q&A here and all our upcoming trainings on the Training menu above.

This episode will be reassuring for new circle facilitators and get lots of nods of recognition from experienced ones. In this episode we talked about:

- Imposter syndrome is normal when moving from 121 to group work

- The difference between a leader, teacher and facilitator

- How you grow capacity to hold space as you do it

- That it’s normal for group process to be messy

- The more you bring yourself as a person to facilitation, the more you enable others to

- Having a clear intention for your circle is paramount

- You don't want the inner critic driving the bus!

Music for the podcast is provided by Fabio Venuti.