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Methods for people to support each other in small groups

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  • Pods: personal-and-professional development in small groups, a new practice in development at Enspiral. Comprehensive . (For more on this: listen to the ; and .)

  • is a peer-coaching method from Theory U. It has a practical output (helping someone with a challenge they're currently facing), and it tends to produce a lot of insight and interpersonal bonding. It's an excellent place to start, you can get a long way in one meeting.

  • : 3 processes for sharing emotional care between friends/ comrades/ lovers.

  • : a peer-therapy process based on Internal Family Systems.

  • - approach from Parker Palmer for creating a circle of trust. Includes some guidance for cultivating a safe space for vulnerable conversations, plus great descriptions of why this is valuable.

  • Mia Mingus wrote this excellent guide to for the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective. In this context, your pod is "the people that you would call on if violence, harm or abuse happened to you; or the people that you would call on if you wanted support in taking accountability for violence, harm or abuse that you’ve done"

  • : a kind of stoic crew. 3 people, 3 week sprints, 3 commitments (one life practice (e.g. meditate daily), one renouncement (e.g. no sugar), one gift to the world).

  • long term personal development for Crews, focussed on goal-setting and accountability.

  • - beautifully documented guides to starting different kinds of support pods, from the Rocky Mountain Mutual Aid Network.

  • : a guided 12-week process for peer support in small groups, suitable for workplaces: what am I trying to do? who is related to that goal? how can I contribute to them to deepen our relationship?

  • peer support system for Partnerships.

  • Be The Change Earth Alliance use to support people who want to change their life to be more ecologically sustainable. They have a comprehensive for convening these circles, including sample agendas, facilitation and communication tips, etc.

  • The software community are actively forming crews they call . Documentation currently focusses on how to do matchmaking to form crews within a congregation. Faerie Rings are mostly "get to know you" spaces for people who are participating in a big distributed project, but don't have many opportunities to connect face to face.

  • : peer support within a learning context, e.g. university

  • . Written by Manuel Küblböck for a professional context, but the principles apply transcontextually.

  • - a simple group process to strengthen your empathy muscles.

  • - a series of 6-8 guided conversations designed to build community resilience.

  • that takes you back to an ancient village to spark insights about modern teamwork.

  • : group chat with audio messages

  • If you have more to add to this list, please and share :)

Economics

-- a short blog on the technical aspect of managing profit-sharing agreements in a collective of freelancers.

- growing trust in small groups to collectively get free of meaningless employment and build shared prosperity

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