Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Managing Outbursts in Meetings

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> What can be  helpful is facilator intervention, to acknowledge the draw  out
> the emotion, and more importantly, help the individual and group discover
> what is behind and emotion. Think of emotional outbursts as  steam from a
> kettle. The steam is caused by the heat underneath. To stop the steam you
> need to remove the kettle from the heat.

But if there were no heat and no kettle where would we be? Nowhere.

I really like to know how people are feeling. Our feelings are who we are.
Frankly, I find it hard to believe people are even paying attention when
they are being nice-nice all the time. It seems so disconnected.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org


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