Start with this disclaimer: Lesson 7 is about naming our feelings, both our embodied feelings and emotional feelings. However, as we did with Lesson 6 we want to maximize safety in this group. So I will invite you to share your feelings, but not share the specific experiences that led to these feelings. Participants are also not required to share, if they’re not ready or feel comfortable doing so.
- The homework reflection activity asked participants to reflect on and write down the feelings that arose for them as they’ve engaged in this course using the Cycles of Grief the Emotion Sensation Wheel.
- Discussion: Ask the group what they thought of these feelings tools. Are they helpful? Are there other tools they have found more helpful?
- Sharing feelings anonymously
- For online facilitators, ask the group to anonymously share the feelings that arose for them as they’ve engaged in this course using a word cloud generator Slido. Remind people to not share the examples or specific thoughts they were having, but just to share the emotions.
- For in person facilitation, ask people to write down these feelings on post-it notes.Gather all the notes and put them up on a board or the wall (thematically if you can)
- Debrief
- Often you’ll see a flurry of ideas that are associated with negative negative – acknowledge that it’s a common experience
- Highlight any positive feelings in the word cloud – ask people to share what conditions were present for them to have a positive experience.
- Ask people to share the moments of joy they were prompted to share in the last portion of the webinar
- Ask the group to name what they need to do to adequately address the feelings and encourage participants to create a plan for themselves if they are experiencing big feelings.
