You wouldn’t think a 37-square-mile area inhabited by 11,055 people would feel like a small town, but Vashon Island does–especially for someone like Gail Labinski. During her decades as a teacher, she has watched many an islander grow up…
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I began attending a healing circle while caregiving for my brother and sister-in-law. She was suffering from multiple chronic diseases all wrapped in quickly accelerating dementia, and my brother was exhausted from caregiving. He was experiencing…
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Nearly twenty years ago, I fell in love with circles. Since then, I’ve experienced circles as healing because they provide secular sanctuary, create safe spaces for opening up about our vulnerabilities and wounds (which we otherwise tend to…
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by Chris Camarata
I've been facilitating a healing circle on death and dying for more than a year with Nicolas and Robin. Nicolas had been studying these often-avoided topics and wanted a forum where people could talk openly about their feelings…
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Healing Circles in Vietnam started with a group of friends who found respite in circles and hope in the Healing Circles Global community. We accidentally came across one another and decided to bring circles to the people and causes we care about…
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Nina Burrowes and Cynthia Ellis have taken healing circles on the road, where they visit survivor networks and places of healing in the UK.
Nina says: We've chosen to use circle as a way of holding space around a painful, raw, and important…
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When we started offering services through Healing Circles Global in March of 2020, just after the declaration of the global pandemic, we had no idea that we’d be meeting so many cool people from all over the world. On Zoom, no less!
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The global pandemic, combined with widespread adoption of video conferencing, has provided both the opportunity and the need to offer circles to a global audience. Today, in addition to the many circles in the United States, circles have…
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greetings friends --
so good to be with you.
it's an honor to have this time together.
i want to take my brief minutes to say a few things.
first, how grateful i am to be with you after a life-saving surgery for an abdominal aortic…
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The experience of grief is unique for each of us. While we can make some general assumptions, there's no template that describes the experience for everyone.
Grief is cumulative. That is, each time loss is grieved, the grief encompasses the…
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Lifting the veil and encountering Truth
Cancer post, In Your Community, Practicing CircleCaregiving for loved ones
Caregiving post, In Your HomeHealing circles in Europe and beyond
Regions and languagesFinding meaning in circle
Accessing EmotionHealing Circles in Vietnam
Regions and languagesHealing circles hit the road
TraumaFrom Zoom Room to Ballroom
Regions and languagesA healing circle for Europeans
Regions and languagesYear-end letter from Michael Lerner
LineageSome assumptions about grief
Grief post