Building Listening Spaces

Service Description

Do you hold listening spaces for groups? Are there people in your groups who are neurodivergent? Would you like to be more confident in creating cultures of safety, support and self responsibility for all participants? This is a two hour taster workshop facilitated by Jenny Rose Smith and Abi Denyer-Bewick where we will be exploring how to build listening spaces where everyone feels able to meaningfully engage and take part. Spaces where people have choice, comfort and confidence in being able to express their needs and their unique ways of knowing and experiencing. The workshop will be practical and experiential. We will be exploring what the principles of offering these kind of spaces might be. as well as turning honestly towards the meeting place between our care and commitment with our own needs and limitations as facilitators. Abi and Jenny brings decades of experience of facilitating groups across a diverse range of settings as well both having developed specialisms in their work. Abi brings seasonal and cyclical intelligence to her work of supporting people's journeys through shame and towards dignity. Jenny has developed an approach to sensitive and skillful listening that reduces the risk of burnout, and instead supports listening to be sustainable and enjoyable for the long term. Both of us identify as people with sensitive nervous systems. Abi had undiagnosed ADHD from childhood and was diagnosed as AuDHD 5 years ago. Jenny defines herself as sensitive, a deep feeler and a slow processor. We are offering it at three price levels £40 / £60 / £80 please pay what feels right for you at the moment. If you have any questions please email Jenny on jennyrosesmith123@gmail.com or Abi on menstrualmedicine@gmail.com