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Mon 3 Apr 2017 5:23AM

Power and Hierarchy in Mindfulness for Change

PJ Peter Jacobson Public Seen by 48

From what I understand there is always power inequality and hierarchy - how do we acknowledge and handle that in our community?

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Patricia Morgan Tue 27 Jun 2017 9:48AM

Hi Nick @nicklaurence sounds good to me but could you say a bit more about what "shared holder" means in this context, at the moment for me shared holder and steward seem fairly similar? All the best, Patricia

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Nick Laurence Tue 27 Jun 2017 9:28PM

Hi Patricia, yeah they are fairly similar. "Shared Holder" basically refers to the idea that our role is to hold space, and we share that role - not directing, but not being completely passive either. For me the word steward/kaitiaki seems more widely understood in the world than shared-holder - and I'd noticed that quite a few people assumed (understandably) that it was similar in meaning to "shareholder", which its not at all in a financial sense.

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Patricia Morgan Wed 28 Jun 2017 9:54AM

Hi Nick @nicklaurence thanks so much for that - a little light bulb just went off - "shareholder" as in the holder of shares in a company! In that sense steward seems better. All the best, Patricia