Kirsten Clacey

Author: Kirsten Clacey

  • Sometimes we only have energy enough to heal

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    Living openly, authentically, and vulnerably is a powerful aspiration—but it’s also one of the hardest things we can do. Turning towards others, towards our pain, towards what may feel like darkness is not always possible. And that’s also ok. Initially I judged myself for turning away, for closing off. Not sharing what I was experiencing…

  • Five Takeaways from Never Done Before 2024

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    Never Done Before is my favourite facilitation conference and this year was sadly it’s last. I joined a few sessions and share insights from five of my favourites below. The Reversal with Thomas Lahnthaler Thomas asked us to design a workshop backwards, by first paying attention to the feelings we wanted to evoke and then…

  • What would you love to create?

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    How would you live each day if your life were an expression of your heart’s deepest longings and inspiration? So often we live in the frequency of making wrong. The world seems full of problems, and we must strive to solve them. This is a natural response — often coming from a genuine desire for harmony,…

  • Keeping your heart open

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    When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. Your world seems less…

  • Wisdom is how much world we can include in the way we live

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    *Hat tip to Thomas Hübl for this quote. Wisdom is relational. If we’re in a constant feedback loop with the world, wisdom is a measure of our participation and presence in our lives. The critic says, “Trust me. I know you so well. I’ve been through this before.” Wisdom says, “Relax into your experience. You…

  • Where I’ve been and something new

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    It’s been a while since I wrote something for my newsletter. Those close to me will know that I lost my Dad this year. It’s been a year of grief and loss, but also a year of connection and hope. I’m writing to share with you where I’ve been and an exciting new project…

  • When the Process is the Outcome

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    It was such a joy to talk with Myriam Hadnes a few weeks ago! If you’d like to listen to our conversation, you can do so here: We spoke about how Learning is supported at Automattic, how we can facilitate transformative learning experiences, and what the true essence of facilitation is. Some highlights from our…

  • Intentional Random Connections

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    Serendipitous connections, like discovering a shared interest with someone while you’re in line for coffee, look slightly different in distributed organizations.  So how do you co-create company wide connection? I joined the wonderful team at Remote:AF to talk about how we created space for this at Automattic, check it out and let me know what…

  • Where Cracks Usher in Light

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    When you have lost someone you love… Do not make the mistake of living in sadness, or living small to honour their absence. You owe it to them to live even more vividly than before. If they could reach you, they would surely say.. “Take the love you had for me and turn it into…

  • You are a Being of Ancient Wisdom

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    Who is this person mirrored back at me?With ancient wisdom,As old as earth, sky and sea. How shall I all thy splendor behold?With soulful compassion,As in my eyes a thousand mysteries unfold. Is it not time to run through Eternity’s Door?With wild abandon,As the hero in me dares to dream once more. Beulah Durrheim You…