There isn't a future where we don't join up more.
The more we can have - the support, the care, the safety net, the love, the creativity, the innovation, you name it - is living out there in the crowd. And we're kept way too alone by our current ways of living.
Unlearning toxic individualism is an enormous project.
I'll keep waxing oh so eloquent about it if you'd like to be on a mailing list that's just for my writing.
And I'm giving more and more preference in my schedule to intuitive group work.
So let's talk about that for a minute.
Here are a few things I know.
In growth and evolution spaces, we're used to privacy. To some degree or kind this is often appropriate.
We're used to undivided attention from our practitioners. This feels like the best use of our money and time.
We've likely spent time growing our interpersonal skills for one-on-one spaces and not so much for groups. They're different in some ways.
Given all this emphasis in our culture on these one-on-one things, we have no idea if the strangers we'll be in groups with are safe. They sometimes really aren't.
All of this is understandable and requires discernment.
And, as you already know, I'm here to challenge it.
It.
The way we grow and evolve.
The way we (need to) expand our imagination about these processes for ourselves.
The way we stretch towards each other.
The way we make use of a richer nutrient source that is each other when there's more than two.
The way we learn to relate differently.
To locate safety in less siloed or high-bar ways.
To grow a little thicker skin.
To maybe lighten up a little.
And open up a lot.
You know, to join up.
How does group work work?
Well, for less money for you and more time with me, you get on a group call. You bring the questions you have and we take turns with everyone's questions. Probably you don't bring your most sensitive questions to the first one you join. Likely sometimes you wonder if you're a little bored. Maybe someone in the group is annoying. Maybe for a myriad of reasons, you feel sorta uncomfortable.
You also hear questions and answers you weren't thinking about. Maybe you gel with some strangers, even if one of them is annoying. Maybe you think, I seee, now that I've been here, I think I wanna bring my friends and do one of these with them. Maybe you think, ok, Jen facilitated this in a way, dealt with that thing in a way, did something that demonstrated that she's got this in terms of group dynamics, and that helps me feel safer.
I don't know what happens, it's unknown.
Just like the future. I just know this way of being is the future.
Let's talk about what questions I haven't answered here. Let's discuss you and your besties doing a group together. Let's tinker with this together and see what we come up with.
There are a couple group times on my schedule.
They're an hour and limited to four participants.
Cost is $50.