Episode 31 - The ProAction Cafe is a group conversation approach where people can offer peer support for each other's ideas, projects, and challenges. In this episode, I interview Ria Baeck, to learn the origin story of this method that she co-created with Rainer von Leoprechting. She shares how the rounds of conversations work and we explore how this conversation approach allows you to tap a collective intelligence in the room.

For more information the Peer Power Hour events see this link.

Episode 30: In times of fear and uncertainty, we need spaces where people can connect and offer peer support. In this episode, Beth Tener talks with Andrea Martin, also a facilitator, about an in-person space they’re creating called the Peer Power Hour, that allows people to help each other with our ideas, projects, and challenges. Andrea also shares about an initiative she started called Give and Gather, which creates local gatherings for mutual support and community connections. You’ll get practical ideas how you can host these kind of peer-support gatherings and hear about the benefits.

How can you create experiences of belonging and collective vitality, that support people’s creativity and thriving? Join Beth with her guest Bruce Nayowith as explore stories of how people have created environments of belonging in different contexts, as featured in podcast episodes 6-8 of Season 3. We explore how Minneapolis creatively engaged a diverse range of citizens to transform policies related to housing and hear from a local housing advocate about creating ways to engage residents in policy decisions. We unpack what it takes to ‘design’ inclusive spaces that facilitate authentic social connection and trust, with the story of the SeaCHANGE Conference. Finally, we discuss how people can strengthen a sense of their belonging and interconnectedness with all living things, learning from Four Arrows about moving beyond Western culture's assumptions to discover the kinship worldview.

Resources and links:

Home: Living Love Playlist Season 3: My gift to you - a Spotify playlist of favorite songs of the guests on the Living Love podcast Season 3.

Kinship: A Hub to Amplify the Power of Community: Check out this web site to learn about Beth Tener’s work, focused on designing for connection in groups and communities of all kinds. You can join the newsletter here.

Interconnected, by Daniel Siegel: Bookshop.org

Fire, poem by Judy Brown:

Green Acre Baha’i Learning Center:

Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age, by Bill McKibben: Bookshop.org

Great March for Climate Action (2014): http://climatemarch.org/

For a transcript of this episode see: Kinship website

Audio editing by: Podcasting for Creatives