Circle Holding

Trauma Informed Creative Writing Circles with Galia Shilo Sum

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In this episode Galia shares:

  • introducing creative writing in a women's shelter
  • creating a safe enough space to share personal experience
  • building trust within your circle
  • creating a space for creative feedback
  • how best to provide creative writing feedback in circle
  • the value of writing as an alternative to speaking
  • the importance of having appropriately trained individuals in trauma spaces
  • creating a safe enough container - the closed writing circle
  • creating your writing theme: meaningful writing from the heart
  • how to promote your writing circle
  • the ambitious writer in circe
  • the joy of listening to stories unfold

    • About Galia:

    I am a proactive, positive and innovative entrepreneur in the media business with a substantial track record in starting up two financial newspapers from scratch, journalism and editorial work, projects management, PR strategy and building teams. I have strong presentation skills as well as lead, train and motivate teams to meet challenging performance goals.
    You can find Galia:
    @galiashilo
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/galiashilosum/

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    https://www.circleholding.org

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    Music credit: Fabio Venuti

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    Circle HoldingBy Julia Davis and Tessa Venuti Sanderson