Beyond the Boundaries: A Group Relations Podcast

Curious about the many ways we as humans bifurcate one another’s experiences? Join us as we unpack our multiplicity with mental health, race, gender expression, disabilities, and more, and the difficulty of naming, exploring, and finding community in these liminal spaces. We dive into our personal tensions around this concept as well as how this shows up in Group Relations Conferences.

In this episode, we review different types of boundaries, define and give examples of both formal and informal authority, and talk in depth about self-authorization and the authorization and de-authorization of others. We talk about how our backgrounds impact how we take up our own authority and who we unconsciously give authority to or who we take it away from. We explore the impact of unconscious bias, shadow sides, and the interconnectedness of the human experience. We talk about the roles we take up or that others put onto us and how we can be complicit in other people's negative perceptions and projections unto us even during our best attempts to be seen in our fullness. The overall message being that boundaries, authority, and roles intersect in complex ways but often lead to powerful learning if genuinely explored and worked with.

Join us to explore some of these core Group Relations concepts.

In this episode, we explore and talk through all the various forms of boundaries from time; to task; to role; to authority. We reflect through how we show up within this context at conferences, work, or even with people in our lives. As you listen, think of all the ways that boundaries show up for you and how you show up in boundaries. 

We welcome your thoughts, feedback and comments on this episode! Thank you for listening!

Hey listeners, 

In this episode we dive deep into describing what Group Relations Conferences look like and talk through our experiences attending conferences.  This episode sheds light on what to expect when going through a conference while unpacking themes, nuances, and patterns that emerge during the experience. 

Tune in and let us know what your experience was like if you've attended a group relations conference before. Was there anything we missed or you'd like to hear us address, please comment!

Valences, Projections, and Projective Identification: We will explore these terms, how they relate to one another, and their impact on us and others. We discuss why we think it is important to know our valences, how and what we project onto others, and what they might be projecting onto us. We will talk about how this relates to our social locations, environments, histories, lineage, and our spiritual identities. We will also dive into the shadow side of knowing and naming valences and projections and how we often weaponize these to consciously and unconsciously keep ourselves and others in boxes. Lastly, we share some of our personal histories and experiences as we work to join around these topics and offerings.

In this episode, find out more about who the hosts of this podcast are, how they came together, and some of their first experiences in Group Relations work. We will talk about why this work is so meaningful to us and we will begin to make sense, together, of the impact Group Relations work can have on individuals, groups, and systems.