Circles Session 7

Feel

Awake, aware, attuned
Hearts break, souls shake with anxiety
Can’t skip this struggling, mourning, raging, healing
A ferocious love for the planet we call home

🌱 Opening

Read 1 poem or quote from this section to open.

💫 Check-in

Prompt: Share your name + your primary emotion regarding the climate crisis right now. Then pass to someone else. (Circle leader should go first and model this.)

☀️ Discussion

Move through 3 generous questions, ensuring everyone has a chance to share:

1. What in this section made you feel seen?

2. Has the climate crisis impacted your choices about or experiences of parenthood, or with children in your life? How so?

3. What practices help you face our planetary emergency? How might we support one another in our inner climate work?

📓 Journal Prompt

Offer the following journal prompt, for those who may want to reflect and write between this session and the next one:

Who makes you feel more climate courageous, and why?

🌙 Closing

Read 1 poem or quote from this section to close.

🔧 Workplace Exploration

First, revisit the prompt from the last session.

Was anyone able to take up the workplace exploration prompt from our last session, about organizational values? What did you learn?

Then, offer this next prompt for exploration between this session and the next one.

Within your organization today, do you see climate courage in action? Where would you like to see it?