Group coaching, workshops and training

Group processes create a different space and dynamic than individual coaching.

Group programs or workshops are for you if…

  • You value community care: experiencing compassion for others can be a starting point for practising more self-compassion.

  • You appreciate how groups provide you with the normalising perspective that you are not alone, flawed or in any other way not enough.

  • You prefer being part of the group dynamic over being the focus in 1-on-1 coaching.

  • You like the dynamic, energetic, caring, sometimes fun ways of shared inquiry.

  • You appreciate the sense of belonging we can get from shared experiences and celebrating each other’s progress, shifts or insights.

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I bring my 4 signature qualities to how I design and facilitate groups

  • A map made out of collage to explore resilience

    Arts-based

    All my group offers include experiential elements where we engage with some creative processes and materials.

    But they aren’t art classes and don’t require specific skills, materials or prior experience.

  • A mixed media collage of fragmented areas filled with patterns

    Trauma-informed

    I always consider how people experience safety in group processes.

    Depending on the topic of the event, I’ll integrate educational materials and resources linked to trauma-informed practice and mental wellbeing.

  • A visual journal page showing handwriting and a mixed media artwork

    Reflective

    Reflective writing is a go-to ingredient in my group offers. It’s accessible, works well online and meets each participant’s need for privacy or sharing. We might use imagery, poems, stories, or write letters. The sharing and witnessing that happens in a group is another rich source for reflection.

  • Meaning-focused

    My understanding of the universally experienced sources of meaning and tensions in life shapes how I design group processes. When I bring the Map of Meaning® into my workshops, it provides a structure that’s intuitive and relatable and makes talking about meaning and other complex experiences easier.

All my group offers are hosted live online.

One-off events & workshops

Workshops on a range of themes and topics. Some recent ones include: exploring resilience, reflective writing sessions to review and envisage a year, mapping meaning or cultivating compassion.

Small groups. Not recorded to keep it a rich and personal experience.

Group Coaching Programs

My upcoming program for 2024: RISE from burnout.

We’ll discover the underlying burnout dynamic without simplifying it to more self-care or less yes-saying.

A well-paced yet deep exploration of how to understand and shift your patterns around working, caring and giving.

You can find out more and sign up for the waitlist (and a discount code) below.

Training

I’m a lead trainer with Map of Meaning International and facilitate some of their professional trainings.

The course dates I’m facilitating are listed in my upcoming events. You can explore the full range of courses that suit different time zones at Map of Meaning International.

Upcoming events

Upcoming online program

Our next Sensemaking Studio starts on 24 June.

We will meet online for 4 months - the time of our live gatherings works well for anyone in Europe, Asia or Australia.

Mid-Year Sensemaking Studio
Mid-Year Sensemaking Studio

Sensemaking Studio is a small group program to develop your reflective practice.

It’s a program where you can experiment with different reflective processes and shape your personal reflective practice.

We will meet monthly, from June to September and you’ll receive 3 prompts for self-paced reflection in-between our live gatherings as well as a couple of e-guides to get started.

This program is for anyone who wants to start or deepen their reflective practice to create the conditions for meaning, success, change, joy, rest, connection… whatever it is you seek more of.

Map of Meaning Introduction (Fast Track)
Nov
18
to 19 Nov
online workshop, meaning-focused coaching, Map of Meaning International

Map of Meaning Introduction (Fast Track)

Fast Track training over one weekend, 12-4pm AEDT on both days (18 and 19 Nov).

The Map of Meaning is an evidence-based framework based on 20+ years of research. This online introduction could be the starting point for building more meaning into your work and life and exploring possibilities of supporting others in creating the conditions for more meaningful working and living.

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Coming up: 2024 online group coaching

RISE from burnout

For 2024, I’m developing an online group coaching program on decoding (cyclical) burnout, exhaustion, compassion fatigue or a perennial imbalance of giving more than you receive.

Burnout is not a problem exclusive to people-pleasers, yes-sayers and over-committers. Focusing entirely on self-care or resilience puts the responsibility back on the individual.

While early programming experiences shape how we see and navigate the world, we cannot ignore the role of systemic factors, chronic stress and toxic workplace culture.

You’ll explore your personal burnout dynamic in four phases and get clear on the contributions of your outer and inner world:

  • Rest – build the stability you need to plot your way forward.

  • Insights – gain insights about external and internal contributors to your burnout experience.

  • Sensemaking – connect the dots to understand your unique burnout pattern and ensure lasting change.

  • Emerge – emerge with practices that help you cultivate vitality, meaning opportunities and relationships to thrive in the context of your real life.

My interest for this area comes from my own experience of working at the edge of collapse. How we end up exhausted is unique to each of us. Without understanding your distinct patterns and responses to stress, improvements could be fleeting.

If you worry about the impact work has on your health, relationships, and emotional wellbeing, and are interested in a well-paced yet deep exploration of how to RISE from burnout, click the button below to join the waitlist — I'll email you (with a discount code!) when registration opens.

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Kind words

  • Landscapes & Stories Workshop

    “What a powerful way to start the year with creative provocation of random images that stimulate the imagination to make connections that may otherwise be elusive or stay hidden.”

    “The simple process made me review my year with a deep appreciation for all the challenges I had faced and how powerfully and successfully I had worked through them. I was left viewing the year feeling victorious not just exhausted. This acknowledgment of myself and what I had accomplished prepared me to move into the next year with a sense of strong personal power.”

  • A Map for Tough Times

    I was inspired to attend A Map for Tough Times because I thoroughly appreciate the work that Conny does. She combines sensitivity with intelligence, instinctive empathy, her inspired creativity, and the trust I have in her wisdom and capacity to hold a group process in warm and wonderful ways. (JH)

    I attended this workshop to more fully explore for myself where I go when facing tough times; to learn from these reflections; and to know what might help me ease myself back to a more resilient frame more quickly and effectively (and with more insight and self-compassion). The sessions exceeded my expectations, and I really liked the discussion and inputs around "what is resilience"; the use of APA references and the refreshing "take" on where we go when in the Shadow Side of the Map of Meaning. (Christine Hamilton)

  • Vision Cards

    "I LOVED Conny's Vision Cards workshop. I have made vision boards several times, even attended a workshop or two but I really loved Conny's approach. Often vision boards can be overwhelming in scope. Conny's art therapist background helped us simplify down to focus the process into a wonderfully serene, meditative and creative process. I especially loved the reflective questions which helped me discover hidden meanings in my card on the day and beyond."

    –Angela @alifeinflow

Past workshops

  • Tackling uncertainty & creating your own support kit

  • A personal Map to meaning

  • A Map for tough times – exploring resilience

  • Self-inquiry through collage

  • Habit, Routines and Rituals

  • Vision Cards

  • Keep going with compassion

  • Unlock your creativity

  • Creative mindfulness with words – found poetry

  • Landscape & Stories: reflection and visioning workshops

They can all be facilitated for private communities, teams or friendship groups – contact me to discuss your needs.

These group processes can be tailored to an organisational context

  • Team alignment – what drives people’s sense of authenticity, belonging, achievement and impact

  • Leverage your team's creative potential

  • Build resilience for uncertain times

  • Reflection and visioning sessions

  • Emotional skills at work

  • Preventing burnout and compassion fatigue

Workshops are held online in response to remote and hybrid workplaces.

In-person options can be discussed for the Greater Melbourne area.