Resources: Working in Community

A feedback culture is a foundational aspect of transitioning toward conflict resilience and a more collaborative group culture.  Ideally it supports self-awareness, cooperation, learning, and conflict resilience in groups. Feedback…

Not all conflicts have to be negative.  Many conflicts can have positive or generative possibilities. Some of the best ideas, or the strongest relational bonds, result from conflict situations. Conflict…

This guide aims to help individuals to more skillfully offer feedback, and make the most of any feedback they receive. Smaller topics can be discussed quickly by using constructive feedback.…

Compassionate communication can include pausing to imagine how the words you speak might be received by and affect those who hear them.  This aims to increase empathy and compassion for…

Any kind of societal transition may involve individuals learning to interact with, connect with, and be in relationship with people who are different from them.  Such a transition will benefit…

You can maintain effectiveness, creativity, and satisfaction by actively seeking and getting support.  This can be an important ingredient in enhancing individual wellbeing, and catalysing personal development.  Groups can also…

Cultivating compassion for challenging behaviour may include things which at first seem difficult, like conversations or conflicts which may feel uncomfortable. Navigating discomfort is often part of any kind of transition,…

Cultivating a loving and compassionate heart is a common and important challenge for most people. A personal transformation, or a transition in group culture, may involve learning how to express…

It can be challenging to resolve suppressed, repressed, or stuck emotions.  Increasing awareness can be a good first step. You can either accept an emotion or resist it.  Resistance often…

Emotions can be confusing and difficult to identify.  What if you don't know what emotions you feel?  You either can't identify them, or you're uncertain whether you feel them at…

Uncomfortable emotions can arise for many reasons, like a growing awareness of the destruction of nature or the suffering of humans. During any kind of transition , many people may…

It can be completely reasonable to feel emotions like sadness, anger, or depression in response to historical oppression, or social injustice, or marginalisation, or climate change.   Rather than dismissing emotions,…