Let’s transform the conversation on humanitarian work
Begin with deep listening. Honor local knowledge and wisdom.
Read allBegin with deep listening. Honor local knowledge and wisdom.
Read allWe offer trainings to humanitarian organizations, community leaders and other individuals in how to use deep listening to nurture flourishing communities.
We identify and welcome emerging community leaders into a mutually supportive network.
We offer free webinars that offer a space of support and deep listening.
Community wellness is based on a public health approach with two assumptions. First, most illnesses are preventable, including various types of mental illness. Second, the community itself contains many solutions to its own health needs and already has many techniques to encourage resilience and wellness.
Read moreThis short video explains Focusing and how simple it is to learn and to use. It is written by Cynthia Spellman, MD and animated by Ruslan Mityayev.
Read moreEach of us lives in community. Our family is our first one. In Focusing, we learn to create a space of radical acceptance for our inner community. FII is now offering a series of bi-monthly gatherings “Creating Space for Community”, to explore concepts around inner/outer community […]
We have learned a lot about fear these past few years. It’s a very powerful reaction that comes from many different directions and in many forms. The pandemic, storms, droughts, climate change, political unrest, wars… Of course we are justified in being afraid. Fear is […]
Finally, we did it! We converted our in-person and online webinar coursesfor Psychosocial Support and Community Wellness (PSSCW) and Psychological First Aid into self-paced (work at your own speed) courses that you can access from any device. These courses bring together many of my favorite […]
Focusing showed me how to process my emotions and my experience in the world in a way that I had not done before. I wanted to share Focusing with my friends so that we could grow alongside each other and support each other. At the […]
Last August, when the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, tens of thousands of refugees started to arrive in the US, and many came to western Massachusetts. … which is where Melinda Darer now lives. Melinda has had a lifelong interest – personal and professional – […]
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