Fire: Holding the circle

A fire provides warmth and safety, a place to share stories on a cold, dark night. It can also become threatening when out of control. How can we include anxiety, grief and the heat of conflict in our gatherings as well as the need for belonging and connection?

shalan joudry takes us inside the wigwam at Stone Bear Tracks. Elder Albert Marshall and Toria Aidoo talk about stories as windows into one another's lives. Brook Thorndycraft, Madonna Doucette, Basia Solarz, and Sylvia Parris talk about holding difficult (and often needed) conversations. Robert S. Wright and James Dube invite us to sit by the fire as we learn how to recognize trauma, and especially white trauma, in ourselves and our gatherings.