Bøger af Heather Plett

A journey of self-exploration, forgiveness, and individual and collective healing.Where Tenderness Lives is a loving exploration of what it means to unravel what we've learned from our families, societies, religions, and cultures in order to heal and create a purposeful and joyful life. In this illuminating book, acclaimed author Heather Plett reveals:¿ How trauma-from the earliest patterns of our upbringing to devastating events-can shape our lives and our personalities¿ How treating ourselves with radical tenderness can be the balm of healing for our wounded selves, and how this healing can invite others into their own healing¿ How learning to hold space for ourselves-our hopes, our aspirations, and our desires-is one of the most worthwhile pursuits of a life well-livedEach chapter in this heartfelt and honest book contains a revelation about how to move from shades of fear and doubt to freedom and joy. Through stories that range from what it meant to grow up Mennonite to surviving a horrific assault; from leaving a marriage that no longer worked to the poignant moment her grown daughters leave home, Plett provides a vocabulary of understanding how we grew into the people we are and how to move on from what no longer serves us.By reflecting on her own life with vulnerability and self-compassion, Plett provides a springboard for your own self-exploration, as well as a path to individual and collective healing.

LEADING GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON HOLDING SPACE: Heather Plett has held space for people in a remote village in Ethiopia and in a park in Oregon, in boardrooms and bathrooms, in forests and on beaches, at deathbeds and on airplanes. She's taught people to hold space in cozy retreat centres in Australia and massive ballrooms in Kentucky.BOOK GREW FROM VIRAL BLOG POST: So far, Heather's work on holding space has been translated into nine languages, quoted in the Harvard Business Review and the New York Times, and included in the curriculum of a nursing school in New Zealand and a veterinary college in the United States. GLOBAL TEACHER: Heather has taught the art of holding space in-person in Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Canada, and the United States, and is scheduled to teach in Costa Rica, Austria, Spain, and Switzerland.INTERNATIONAL PROFILE: Heather works internationally as a speaker, coach, writer, and workshop facilitator. She also teaches a variety of online courses (most notably, the internationally acclaimed six-month Holding Space Coach/Facilitator Program), giving language to what people do instinctively, yet want to practice more effectively. She speaks at international conferences, leads retreats for individuals and organizations, and coaches people from all over the world.MOVING PERSONAL STORY: Heather's viral blog post on holding space grew from her experience supporting her mother in palliative care, grieving her father's sudden and tragic death at work, and responding to her ex-husband's depression and suicide attempt. She doesn't pull her punches in this book, and the result is harrowing and deeply moving.PHYSICAL SPACE IN THE WORKS: Heather is in the process of opening The Centre for Holding Space in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The centre will be the home of workshops and other trainings.RESPONSE TO LONELINESS EPIDEMIC: An award-winning communicator, educator, and connector, Heather helps people be in relationship with each other, and offers a response and antidote to the epidemic of loneliness and loss of community in our society.Key Selling PointsNational Media Campaign targeting radio, podcasters and online media outlets in the personal development, spirituality and anti-oppression spacesPhysical ARCsPromotion through the Centre for Holding Space, which is co-owned by the author, on its website and in virtual events: https://centreforholdingspace.com/Outreach through the email newsletters and social media of influencers such as Pamela Slim and Desiree Adaway Two-month online advertising campaignRegular mentions in the author's email newsletter (13,000 highly engaged subscribers) and social media: Twitter @heatherplett (2100 followers)Instagram @heatherplett (1600 followers)LinkedIn /heatherplett (1100 followers)Facebook heather.plett (3K followers)Author lives in Winnipeg, MB