On the other side of despair I Heather Plett
I remember that moment clearly. I was sitting in the rocking chair in the tiny living room of the first home I owned with my ex-husband, I was five months pregnant with my first daughter, and I was in...
7 Okt 20209min
Holding Space is Not About Willful Blindness or Complacency in the Face of Injustice I Heather Plett
Not long after my first attempt at defining holding space, I changed some of my original language and I added a few important nuances. Specifically: I stopped talking about “non-judgement” and rep...
21 Sep 202015min
Holding space when the emotions are big and unguarded I Heather Plett
A couple of weeks ago, I shared a video on social media of the moment I first glimpsed a printed copy of my book. It was a fun little moment – one I’ve waited many years for – and I wanted to share it...
1 Sep 202010min
Maybe Plan B is the best you can hope for (letting go of the dream that needs to die) I Heather Plett
Last night, after sunset, I lay in my hammock in the growing darkness of my backyard feeling low. I couldn’t shake the growing melancholy that’s been with me this week, but I couldn’t quite name it ei...
7 Aug 20208min
On trauma, shadow, and flawed leadership I Heather Plett
It happened repeatedly in my youth. I’d come home from a friend’s house and walk into the house to find nobody there. I’d look in all of the rooms, start to get that panicky feeling and then go out to...
2 Juli 202013min
Ten practices for the liminal space I Heather Plett
We’re now a couple of months into The Great Pause. We’ve baked all the bread, learned to cut our own hair, logged too many hours on Zoom, built elaborate islands on Animal Crossing, adapted to the new...
15 Maj 202018min
There are no words for this I Heather Plett
I am a meaning maker. A word warrior. A truth teller. To me, the written word is like a flashlight, illuminating the darkness just enough so that I can see the next place my foot should land on the pa...
6 Apr 20206min
Holding space for yourself in a time of social isolation and liminal space I Heather Plett
The world is settling into an eery quiet in this new age of coronavirus. It’s hard to believe that a thing so small – a virus that is invisible to the human eye – could cause the most significant glob...
25 Mars 202016min
