Sanctuary Cafés

The Sanctuary Cafés are designed promote safety, healing and wellness for children and families as well as to support staff and agencies in their work.

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Here are some principles to keep in mind to support the collective creativity and wisdom of the group as they engage in a Sanctuary Café.

  • Speak from your own experience - with your mind and heart

  • Listen to understand; be curious

  • Focus on what matters; welcome all ideas

  • Contribute your thinking

  • Allow everyone to speak without interrupting

  • Slow down so you have time to think and reflect

  • Link and connect ideas

  • Listen together for patterns, insights and deeper connections

  • Play, draw, doodle

  • Have fun!

Reflections

Wellness

  • How do you know when you suffering from the impact of your work?

  • What skills and practices help you stay well?

Supporting Each Other

  • How can we support each other in creating wellness throughout our organizations?

  • How might we build a culture to strengthen healthy relationships in our work and our community?

  • What skills and practices might we need?

Personal Commitments

  • Some shifts I can make in my life and my work that will contribute to my personal wellness are……

  • How I would like others to support me is....