Purpose
Getting to know one another
Have an overview of Story Mediation
Focus
Set intentions for the practice
Story Mediation Practice
Sharing the Ice Cream Activity (breaking the ice)
Getting used to Story Sharing and Active Listening
Purpose:
Understand that change starts within
Focus:
Authorship, self-leadership and responsibility as an internal agreement.
Sensing, Active Listening and mirroring
Story Mediation as servitude (empowerment as oppose to intervention)
Story Mediation Practice:
Nurturing the Roots Activity (getting to know each other's stories)
Intentional sharing and Learning
Active listening and note taking as emotional mirrors
Purpose:
To connect with a sense of servitude in relation to a community
Focus:
Acknowledge the story and lived experience of the individual as well as the purpose assigned to the Story Mediator's role
Reflect on the context and the activity in which Story Mediation will support your practice
Explore the different sub-roles of a Story Mediator
Story Mediation Practice:
Story sharing (Nurturing the Roots and Third Person experience), Active Listening (Emotional mirror with Treasure Hunter) and Note taking (handwriting)
Purpose
To deepen awareness of the values that guide Story Mediation, and to support participants in orienting their practice toward stories that can be meaningfully lived and sustained over time.
Focus
Recognise the role of values in shaping how stories are listened to, held, and crafted
Explore TILES as a compass and a lens to support attentiveness in Story Mediation
Reflect on how stories are exchanged, included, authored, balanced, and sustained within a given context
Begin identifying and articulating personal values that inform your presence as a Story Mediator
Story Sharing
Sensing a future-oriented story connected to a project or activity you may wish to lead as a Story Mediator
Active Listening through TILES
Attending to exchange, inclusion, authorship, balance, and sustainability in the stories shared
Reflective Noticing
Engaging with simple guiding questions to notice what is present, emerging, or missing
Question Crafting
Developing questions that deepen your own reflection before sharing with the group
Personal Values Reflection
Noticing the values shaping how you listen, hold space, and engage with stories
To translate personal values into a living craft—supporting participants in shaping a grounded, intentional, and responsive presence as Story Mediators.
This week moves from recognising values to composing with them: turning abstract principles into a tangible compass that can guide action, attention, and decision-making in practice.
Deepen the connection between values and craft in Story Mediation
Explore how values are not only held, but expressed through presence, listening, and interaction
Engage with TILES as inspiration, while opening space for personal interpretation and reinvention
Develop a personalised “Mosaic of Values” as a guiding structure for practice
Reflect on how values can support orientation in moments of uncertainty, tension, or complexity
Story Sharing
Engaging with stories connected to lived experiences and emerging directions in Story Mediation practice
Active Listening through Values
Attending to how personal and shared values shape what is noticed, encouraged, and sustained in the stories shared
Reflective Noticing
Observing how values influence presence, responses, and the space created for others
Role Awareness
Recognising how different ways of listening emerge (such as the Cheerleader, Emotional Mirror, or Treasure Hunter), and how they relate to what is valued
Mosaic of Values Exploration
Beginning to articulate and shape a personal set of values as a compass and lens for practice
To plan intentionally by sensing directions that feel meaningful for you and those you serve. This week invites participants to approach future projects through Metaphorical Tourism and the Work as Craft mindset, stepping into possible futures and relating to them from within.
Reframe planning as an exploratory, story-based process
Engage Metaphorical Tourism to experience future possibilities
Apply the Work as Craft mindset (WAC) by witnessing, allowing, and connecting with future-oriented thinking
Notice how different perspectives shape how a project is imagined
Experience the emergence of Metaphorical Fields and Luminous Spaces in group exploration
Future-Oriented Story Sharing
Sharing stories of a future project, grounded in personal motivation and context.
Metaphorical Tourism with WAC mindset
Exploring the project as a destination with openness—sensing possible futures by witnessing, allowing, and connecting with possibilities, opportunities, and compromises.
Role Awareness
Engaging primarily as a Cheerleader, while remaining open to Emotional Mirror and Treasure Hunter. Maintaining a bird’s-eye view to support awareness of time and its distribution.
Awareness of Metaphorical Fields and Luminous Spaces
Allowing multiple future perspectives to coexist, noticing shifts without forcing alignment or conclusions.
To develop greater awareness of the power at play in Story Mediation, personal projects, and everyday life. This week invites participants to notice how stories are shaped by personal experiences, social expectations, and wider narrative systems.
Distinguish between Story as a living presence and narrative as the meaning we make from Story
Explore the difference between small “n” narratives and big “N” Narratives
Notice how personal beliefs, social scripts, and dominant Narratives influence our choices
Reflect on power as awareness rather than control
Strengthen the Bird’s-Eye View role by sensing relationships between stories, narratives, and systems of power
Bird’s-Eye View in Action
Noticing patterns, assumptions, tensions, and wider systems without drawing conclusions or directing meaning.
Sensing Power in a Future Project
Reflecting on the expectations, fears, values, privileges, barriers, and narratives that may be shaping your relationship to a future project.
Small “n” and Big “N” Narratives
Identifying local beliefs and wider social Narratives that may be influencing how you see yourself, others, and what feels possible.
Self-Leadership Through Story
Practising awareness of your own position, choices, and values in relation to the stories and narrative systems you are navigating.