MEDIATION FOR CULTURE CHANGE MAKERS
Are you a part of of an organization that is striving to shift dominant, detached and divisive culture into cooperative, interdependent and life-giving impacts on the planet? If so, thank you! In gratitude and with a desire to see you soar, I offer affordable mediation for organizations like yours to ensure relationships within your organization are thriving and never standing in the way of the success of your offerings (which happens from time to time even to the best of us!)
Contact me to learn more about my consultations and mediation which can be live or online.
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In the meantime, read testimonials from previous mediation and group consultation clients:
“Jessica was an attuned and skillful facilitator during our community retreat. She deftly entered into our community, quickly creating a feeling of safety and comfort with her. As the day progressed, she brought light to several different dynamics and offered practical and effective tools to address the negative impacts of those dynamics. When difficult emotional material surfaced, she supported me in a way that allowed somatic integration and a readiness to show up for the remainder of our time. Even at the end of a full day, she was able to keep us engaged in an important teaching on “withholds”, helping make less scary the vital work of clearing the relational field in service to greater intimacy and connection.”
“Thank you so much for sharing your gifts with our community. The balance of gentleness with solidity and assertiveness which you embody is a delight to witness and something I aspire to in myself. I especially wanted to thank you for that moment in which you called out and brought attention to the way others were interrupting / finishing my thoughts for me, and even though it was admittedly hard for parts of me to be spotlighted in that way, other parts of me were grateful to be supported. I think one learning from that for me could be how I can learn to advocate for myself (and others) in those moments in the future, and the way you did so highlighted the skill you have cultivated in gentle but direct communication.”
“I really appreciate you coming out to work with us. I’ve starting noticing the impacts it’s had on the way we communicate as a group, & I think we should work together more! I really love the tools you shared with us. You attuned to everyone in the space, and noticed and spoke up when any one person was feeling unheard or talked over, and helped us create systems to ensure that doesn’t become the norm. You helped dumb-down the process of facilitation and ‘leading’ meetings for example, in a way that feels newly accessible to me. You were an exemplary facilitator, the way you sat with presence, palms open, paying attention to the group (rather than having your head buried in notes etc.) and without knowing the content of our conversation, guided us promptly through high-level discourse with ease. I feel you quickly and astutely became aware of our dynamics and pin-pointed exactly where we needed to grow in order to make progress. Thank you for your work.”
“Thank you so much for coming to facilitate and mediate our annual retreat at Village Seed last weekend! It was a blessing to have you. My feedback is a glowing review on why I was so impressed with your skills! You helped us slow down when emotions got heated. You mirrored back what you heard happening between a medium sized group (11 people!) of passionate adults with varying thoughts and feelings on complex subjects. You were able to synthesize and reflect our dynamics in a really powerful way. I especially appreciated the way you helped us move forward when we began to feel stuck in loops of conversing the same subject for too long. And your tools for slowing down, for the stack for calling on people and the heart share tool when there is rupture were all so valuable. Truly, everything you brought was really powerful, partially if not fully because you brought it with such authority and also tenderness. I took many mental notes of how our village can improve on communication through the kind of leadership you exuded in your time with us.”
“Working with Jessica was such a healing experience. When we hired Jessica to mediate she helped us create a healing space to explore slowly and ‘safely enough’ the misunderstandings that had led to a major rupture. Having the experience of her expert guidance and clarity in moments when I didn’t know what to do next was a gift. Jessica offered an experience of repair that surpassed my expectations – she allowed me to lean into possibilities that allowed grace to flow in and healing to occur while moving at the speed of trust.”
Dr. Jessica Tartaro
Here’s a story you might not believe. In late August of 2017, I was sitting in a grassy field on Marrowstone Island looking out over the Salish Sea. It was the day of the epic solar eclipse when thousands were gathered across the country to behold this spectacle. I was part of a sacred ceremony guided by two strong medicine woman. One burned tobacco to help us commune between worlds, she said. Another beat a drum and sang. I joined my voice with hers. That summer I was visiting Washington from my home in Dallas, Texas, to teach at Dance Camp Northwest, which coincided with the eclipse. The dancers gathered in the field alongside me passed the glasses back and forth that allowed us to gaze heavenward and view the sun’s withdrawal as it slid behind the moon. When the sun finally disappeared, a holy chill settled in my bones. It was instantly cold, like I imagined the bottom of the ocean would be. I began to cry and shake for no reason I could name. Something took over. I asked the man next to me, a friend I’d just met, to hold me. And I told him this. “I’m getting a message that healing must happen through love, not through suffering anymore”. I said it over and over. Guided by that message, I moved to the Pacific Northwest, set up my practice and began to innovate services that include this one. I hope to hear from you to support and empower your work in the world lead by love!
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