Course: Story Mediation Training and Certification

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 Mediation Practice

• 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

Purpose

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.

Focus

• 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 Mediation Practice

• 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

Purpose

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.

Focus

• 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

Story Mediation Practice

• 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.