Comments on: Facilitator’s Club – How to Handle Humor on the Carpet http://livethelifeyoulongfor.com/how-to-handle-humor-on-the-carpet Because the state of your heart = the state of your life Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:19:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dmitri http://livethelifeyoulongfor.com/how-to-handle-humor-on-the-carpet#comment-1045 Dmitri Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:17:04 +0000 http://livethelifeyoulongfor.com/?p=1461#comment-1045 SO MUCH of good facilitation is being able to acknowledge where the participant is at, AND authentically see how his or her behaviors have been trying to (and even succeeding in) supporting survival. The more you can show that you understand, REALLY understand, that the participant has been doing his or her best, the easier facilitation will be. SO MUCH of good facilitation is being able to acknowledge where the participant is at, AND authentically see how his or her behaviors have been trying to (and even succeeding in) supporting survival.

The more you can show that you understand, REALLY understand, that the participant has been doing his or her best, the easier facilitation will be.

]]> By: Scott McGregor http://livethelifeyoulongfor.com/how-to-handle-humor-on-the-carpet#comment-1043 Scott McGregor Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:07:09 +0000 http://livethelifeyoulongfor.com/?p=1461#comment-1043 Great example of how to 'aikido' that situation... I could see you use the energy of the humor to move the conversation to a deeper level without shame or confrontation. Ah so. (: Great example of how to ‘aikido’ that situation… I could see you use the energy of the humor to move the conversation to a deeper level without shame or confrontation. Ah so. (:

]]> By: Steve Norcross http://livethelifeyoulongfor.com/how-to-handle-humor-on-the-carpet#comment-1041 Steve Norcross Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:54:06 +0000 http://livethelifeyoulongfor.com/?p=1461#comment-1041 Sometimes we get oh so serious about our processes in men's work that we lose sight of the bigger picture, in that sometimes very bad situations have a humorous dimension to them. Acknowledging a man's sense of humor in no way detracts from the depth of the pain he might be experiencing. Thank you for reminding us of this. Sometimes we get oh so serious about our processes in men’s work that we lose sight of the bigger picture, in that sometimes very bad situations have a humorous dimension to them. Acknowledging a man’s sense of humor in no way detracts from the depth of the pain he might be experiencing. Thank you for reminding us of this.

]]> By: Terry Hartwick http://livethelifeyoulongfor.com/how-to-handle-humor-on-the-carpet#comment-1040 Terry Hartwick Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:47:43 +0000 http://livethelifeyoulongfor.com/?p=1461#comment-1040 Good Stuff. I like the fact you work on building trust and not shaming him by advising he's not congruent with a serious subject (which I've done) Good Stuff.
I like the fact you work on building trust and not shaming him by advising he’s not congruent with a serious subject
(which I’ve done)

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