Mondays with Marci

39: How to Hold Space


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0:18 Introduction - talking about how to hold space for someone

1:08 Something can happen that triggers people in our lives to a fight or flight 

1:41 What does it mean to hold space for someone?

2:05 A place of being with someone as they express their feelings that they need to move through.

3:13 What’s not holding space for someone

4:28 You’re not trying to change anything, all you’re doing is being present with them to hold the space in their emotions

5:02 What every person wants is to be seen and heard exactly as they are, without fixing

5:35 Tears are the natural ways that the body releases emotion

6:54 Tears trigger people and they can’t hold space, it’s common for most

8:18 Learning how to hold space for yourself first

8:46 Holding space is a skill that can be learned, that you can integrate into your life 

10:02 Suggestions on how to hold space for yourself and how to hold space for another

10:17 The first step is being present for yourself first and then being present with somebody else

12:34 Second is to open your body language

13:41 Third is to release judgments

14:00 Every experience everyone is having is valid

14:41 The fourth step is creating a safe container - be supportive

15:52 Fifth, more importantly, empower them.

16:50 Reviewing the three stages of information

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