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Sarah + Vanessa share a conversation they recorded earlier this year but never published on: Process Group as Comparably Uncomfortable to Acting Game and/or Ecstatic Dance.
Vanessa + Sarah reflect on the idea of the longest day of the year, the dark invitations of group, a Gerald May quote on savoring life-juice, and a poem titled, "Prayer at Winter Solstice" by acclaimed poet Dana Gioia.
Vanessa + Sarah reflect on one year of leading process groups, tolerating the aggression and gift of Slug Hugs, the invitation of faking it until you make it, and the imperative to make mountains out of molehills.
Sarah + Vanessa talk about leading with vulnerability, the etymology of the word vulnerability, and a few resonant ideas from Livington's 1999 article on Vulnerability and Tenderness in Group Psychotherapy.
Sarah + Vanessa discuss group as an opportunity to develop richer emotional connections with others by simultaneously owning what is going on within us while considering what is going on within the Other.
Vanessa + Sarah revisit the Operating Room situation, and what went Right. They talk about how a sense of creative agency and having a voice mitigates against the potentially traumatic impact of scary situations.
Vanessa + Sarah share some examples of how process group relating is leaking into their outside lives, including Vanessa's experience of her first follow-up surgery this week removing the screws from the metal plates in her jaw.
Vanessa + Sarah discuss group work through the lens of Jungian concepts of the problem of opposites, the transcendent function, individuation, and fairytales.
