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Saying the Unsaid
2 friends discussing the surprising invitations, terrors, replications, possibilities and intimacy of process groups.
Episodes
20 episodes
REMEMBERING JOY: WHEN WE KNEW WE WANTED TO LEAD GROUPS
Vanessa + Sarah reflect on the one year anniversary of Joy's death and how her death was a catalyst to prioritize friendship and a Joy-ful life, including their decision to lead process groups together.
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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SAYING THE UNSAID WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS
Vanessa + Sarah talk about what it means to Say the Unsaid when something bad happens. A week prior Vanessa was in a bike accident that resulted in a broken jaw in multiple places and multiple broken teeth. Sarah flew out to accompa...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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HOW PROCESS GROUP: BE THE CREATURE YOU ARE
Vanessa + Sarah describe process groups as a bunch of animal creatures showing up in their precise animal form, learning about themselves and other creatures by putting as much as possible into words.
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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WHY PROCESS GROUP: ARE YOU EFFECTIVELY GETTING WHAT YOU WANT?
Sarah + Vanessa discuss a second component to learning to take what you want in process groups: finding out if your strategy is working.
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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WHY PROCESS GROUP: LEARNING HOW TO TAKE WHAT YOU NEED
Sarah + Vanessa talk about one of the goals of process groups: learning how to take what you want, and coming to see that that "taking" doesn't necessarily mean "taking-away" from others, but can add to their potential vitality, too.
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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WHY PROCESS GROUP: AN EIGHT-WAY (OR SO) MIRROR
Vanessa + Sarah talk about one of the reasons someone might want to participate in a Process Group: to see how others perceive them.
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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WHY PROCESS GROUP: UNVEILING CARDBOARD ARMOR
Sarah + Vanessa talk about group as a metal detector for (often unconscious) protector armor.
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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METAPHORS FOR GROUP, PART II
Vanessa + Sarah review some of the ways Saying the Unsaid group participants finished the sentence, "Group is like _____________." (Part two of two.)
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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METAPHORS FOR GROUP, PART I
Vanessa + Sarah review some of the ways Saying the Unsaid group participants finished the sentence, "Group is like _____________." (Part one of two.)
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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CONVERSATION BETWEEN LEADERS BEFORE STARTING A NEW GROUP
Sarah + Vanessa discuss some of the anticipatory excitement and angst of beginning a brand new process group.
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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INTRODUCING VANESSA: WHAT IS SPIRITUAL DIRECTION?
Vanessa describes to Sarah the landscape of spiritual direction and her experience of being a spiritual director and supervisor of spiritual directors.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION WITH AN EARLY PARTICIPANT AND LASTING CHEERLEADER FOR THE CAUSE, ERNEST MORROW
Vanessa + Sarah have a conversation with an early Saying the Unsaid pilot group member, Ernest Morrow, who reflects on his impression of the purpose and experience of the group.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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A SECOND FAILED ATTEMPT AT DESCRIBING PROCESS GROUPS, SKATEBOARDING AND SALSA EDITION
Sarah + Vanessa try to describe what a process group is, again.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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WHY WE CAN'T BE NORMAL WITH EACH OTHER AS CO-LEADERS AND WHY WE WISH WE WERE
Sarah + Vanessa realize they have unconscious ingrained habits around not relating to one another in front of groups and how they hope they can do something new.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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IS GROUP FOR REALLY DIRECT PEOPLE TOO?
Sarah + Vanessa talk about whether process groups can still be beneficial for people who don't seem to have a hard time "saying the unsaid."
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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GROUP AGREEMENTS AS ASPIRATIONAL MARITAL (RELATIONAL) VOWS
Sarah + Vanessa wonder about what it would be like if marital vows, or friendship/relationship aspirations, were modeled after process group agreements.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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A FIRST FAILED ATTEMPT AT DESCRIBING PROCESS GROUPS
Sarah + Vanessa set out to describe process groups and then get distracted by their own embarrassment.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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GROUP AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISAPPOINT AND BE DISAPPOINTED
Sarah + Vanessa explore the idea that process groups are a place to practice tolerating being disappointed and, possibly even worse, being disappointing.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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