Orientation
Event
During the first session, Purple started to share their experience with full time work and the internal battle that they were experiencing on whether or not they should stay in the job. For me it was interesting to see that this one story so clearly resonated with almost every member of the group. Our body language changed. It was like the group was coming together for the first time to rally around Purple so that they could feel like they were not alone in their experience. After Purple finished sharing, something that took this connection to the next level was when Yellow asked if they could share their own experience. I thought that was a powerful moment because it showed that they cared about whether or not Purple wanted feedback, it was about testing the waters and starting to lay down a foundation for the rest of the group to know that it was okay to give feedback, but we could also speak up if we didn’t want feedback. There were a few back and forth interactions between different group members, encouraging Purple in were they were and sharing similar personal experiences with contentment in work.
Feelings
As Purple was sharing I could feel myself getting more and more tired, almost as if the story was becoming overwhelming to my senses. There was anguish …show more content…
There also seemed to be a little resistance to really letting the interaction between Pink and Yellow play out because it meant that we were going to have to recognize that we are all at different places in our lives. Overall though the process at this stage met the tasks, we dealt with the conflict. This led to a deeper trust in the group, that we could share our reaction to another person’s story, even if it is not positive, and no one will judge us or try to just throw a bandaid on the situation. We were a team and had to come together despite our
Event
During the first session, Purple started to share their experience with full time work and the internal battle that they were experiencing on whether or not they should stay in the job. For me it was interesting to see that this one story so clearly resonated with almost every member of the group. Our body language changed. It was like the group was coming together for the first time to rally around Purple so that they could feel like they were not alone in their experience. After Purple finished sharing, something that took this connection to the next level was when Yellow asked if they could share their own experience. I thought that was a powerful moment because it showed that they cared about whether or not Purple wanted feedback, it was about testing the waters and starting to lay down a foundation for the rest of the group to know that it was okay to give feedback, but we could also speak up if we didn’t want feedback. There were a few back and forth interactions between different group members, encouraging Purple in were they were and sharing similar personal experiences with contentment in work.
Feelings
As Purple was sharing I could feel myself getting more and more tired, almost as if the story was becoming overwhelming to my senses. There was anguish …show more content…
There also seemed to be a little resistance to really letting the interaction between Pink and Yellow play out because it meant that we were going to have to recognize that we are all at different places in our lives. Overall though the process at this stage met the tasks, we dealt with the conflict. This led to a deeper trust in the group, that we could share our reaction to another person’s story, even if it is not positive, and no one will judge us or try to just throw a bandaid on the situation. We were a team and had to come together despite our