What’s the point of facilitating when the world is on fire?

Listen, I get it. Holding space when everything feels so fragile and heavy is difficult, but I'd argue that’s when we need it the most. Oppressive systems thrive when people feel isolated, disconnected and hopeless. Facilitation counters this by fostering connections and community.

If you center the dumpster fire, you will burn yourself out responding to emergencies (that you probably can’t control anyway) instead of building something sustainable.

🔥 Facilitate (verb)

• to make (something) easier such as:

  • to help bring (something) about

  • to help (something) run more smoothly and effectively

🔥 Qualities of heart-led facilitation: 

• Present in your body / mind / heart.

• Attentive to the group and what they need at the moment.

• Acknowledging the elephant in the room (crisis, collapse, political realities of the moment, etc) without hyper-fixating on it.

• Accepting conflict/discomfort as normal, natural and expected.