Power, Activism & The Shadow
Become the transformational leader the world needs you to be
The Paradox of Change
People working for change often struggle with the very problems they are trying to address in the world.
Climate activists suffer from burnout, sustainability advocates experience despair, depletion and lack of resource.
Organisations working for equality and justice get tangled up in their own internal conflict and struggle to direct and express their own power in impactful ways.
Inevitably present, but rarely discussed, these dynamics block our potential – personally and collectively.
The Inner work that enables outer change
This interactive, experiential programme will illuminate your relationship to change, power and impact.
It invites activists, campaigners, change makers and their organisations to reflect on and move beyond unhelpful blind spots and hidden assumptions.
Amazingly the very thing that most bothers us ‘out there’ can become a signpost to our own development.
This programme is for people who:
Are working toward a different, better world within the business, community or not for profit world.
Are activists, campaigners, social entrepreneurs, politicians, tempered radicals or revolutionary spirits – in whatever sphere.
May struggle (or have struggled) with burnout, exhaustion and lack of resource in your life or project / organisation.
Experience confusion, blockages or conflict that you are ignoring, not dealing with effectively, or that are sucking up time and energy in your project.
Sense that the time has come to connect, scale and collaborate to generate real impact.
Seek tools and insights to overcome old patterns that are hindering your potential to create or contribute to positive change.
Welcome personal and professional development in service of the work you want to do.
What will we cover?
We will utilise live case studies, group dialogue and simple but powerful experiential exercises, to illuminate how the people and situations we want to change ‘out there’, provide insight to help us work more clearly, creatively and impactfully.
Incorporating insights from the groundbreaking identity work of Peter Koenig, cultural trends research, leadership development psychology and the process oriented psychology of Arnold Mindell, this is an inquiring, fun and insightful opportunity to transform your relationship to some rarely discussed topics.
What will I get?
Sharing
Safe, confidential, honest sharing of how people like you experience power, agency and impact in their change work.
Insight
Insight into what you, and your project / organisation, are blocking because of blind spots and unconscious projections.
Reconnection
Reconnection with energies and capacities that are necessary for your project to flourish, but which you’ve ignored.
Understanding
Discover a map of how people / projects working in change, develop and evolve.
Understand how this helps you navigate future opportunities and challenges.
Integration
Integrate your insights back into your life and work to act with more flexibility, creativity and clarity of purpose.
Tools
Simple but powerful tools to bring back into your organisation to support internal change and effective action.
How does it work?
This programme runs as either a 2 day face to face workshop or 6 week online programme with weekly sessions.
Outline of topics*
Introduction
Cultural change & identifying sub-groups. Understanding shadow and Projection.
Perspectives on activism...
... change, personal & leadership development. Understanding polarity & integration.
The paradox of change
Being the change vs being the thing you want to change.
Opponents, baddies, and ‘other’ ...
... as homeopathy and mirror. Activism as alchemy.
Inner and outer systems
Inner and outer power. Power, individuation and wholeness.
Reflection & Integration
Tying up threads. What on earth shall we do next?
* The exact content of each session will respond to the group’s interest, live questions, case studies and themes that emerge. We will look at all the topics and themes listed above, but not necessarily in exactly that order
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"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
Howard Thurman