Archive: The value of hearing each voice

Wheaton Franciscan Sisters learn that, “Circle incarnates the value of hearing each voice and strengthens a common sense of wholeness.” Meeting in circle regularly gave them great hope that they would hold together in uncertain times and could do what they needed to. 

Archive: A community disagrees on how an abandoned railroad should be used

A railroad would become a trail, but who would be allowed to use it? Some felt that it should be used only by people on foot and bikes. Others felt it should also be open to ATVs and snow mobiles. How could these views be reconciled?

Archive: A Circle Tale in Three Countries

On teaching circle to Europeans primed for leadership and experimentation of processes in Germany, using circle to discuss health, governance and travel in a Zimbabwean village, and leading a circle practicum that brought together diverse groups in Cape Town.

Archive: Reigniting the Spirit of Caring

Sue Edstrom shares the following story from one of her organization's 3-day Reigniting the Spirit of Caring workshops that are transforming health care through the implementation of Relationship-Based Care to strengthen leadership, improve patient care, design effective systems and build winning teams. 

Archive: Circle and Centering Pregnancy

Sharon Schindler Rising founded an organization on the belief that the most important thing pregnant women can experience is community and confidence in their mothering skills. The Centering Pregnancy model circles share some of the The Circle Way circle components, but have style all their own. After Sharon attended a The Circle Way Circle Practicum, she shared this story of how she used her learnings with her board, faculty and women's groups.