✨ Ep. 3: How to bring our politics into a session: Coaching on Gaza (w/ Dara Silverman)


Coaching + Social Change

Feb 26, 2024

Bridging Personal & Systemic Transformation

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Holding "not have an agenda" as a politicized coach

“I think people don't change by shame or blame or forcing them into things, I think they change because they have a vision of the world they want.”

Dara Silverman

Anti-Racist Trainer and Somatic Coach

Key moments in this episode:

  • Dara's background (02:28)
  • Coaching clients around Gaza (08:22)
  • Holding "not having an agenda" while being politicized (12:13)
  • Relaxed, Dignified, and Accountable: Supporting white folks to show up for racial justice (21:03)
  • The role of coaching in movement spaces (26:30)
  • Dara's coaching growth area (33:28)
  • Dara's sources of nourishment (35:21)

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