Parker Palmer's Circles Of Trust

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As we look into our questions that matter to us, the process of working through the questions for the question, reflection and understanding the importance of hearing everyone’s voice on the issue. Yet we can still be reluctant to open up to others so all voices can be heard, why? Sometimes it can be because of the fear of compromising our current values, being different and/or wrong. With Parker Palmer’s idea of “Circles of Trust”, much like our cohort, has some baseline norms and rules that are set to help us be more inviting to hear everyone’s voice. Having the ongoing circle of trust helps us with our accountability to our own truths and give us a safe space to share and help make change both inner and outer.

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