Table of Contents

Section 1 - The Fundamentals of Holding Space
Introduction
Chapter 1 - What is Holding Space
Chapter 2 - Liminal Space
Chapter 3 - The Container for Holding Space
Chapter 4 - Refining Your Container
Chapter 5 - Hijacking Space
Chapter 6 - When Close is Too Close
Chapter 7 - Problem Personalities
Chapter 8 - Bypassing the Liminal SpaceSection 2 - Strengthening the Container
Chapter 9 - Your Psychic Membrane
Chapter 10 - Psychic Membranes in Relationship
Chapter 11 - Circles of Trust
Chapter 12 - The Spiral of Authenticity
Chapter 13 - Recognizing Shock Absorbers
Chapter 14 - Holding Space and Your Unmet Needs
Chapter 15 - Practices that Strengthen the Container
Chapter 16 - Our Bodies and Holding Space
Chapter 17 - Letting Others be Your Bowl
Chapter 18 - The Shadow
Section 3 - Advanced Concepts
Chapter 19 - From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces
Chapter 20 - Understanding Power
Chapter 21 - Privilege, Oppression, and Intersectionality
Chapter 22 - Holding Space at the Intersection
Chapter 23 - When There is Conflict
Chapter 24 - The Circle as Container
Chapter 25 - Seeking Sovereignty
Chapter 26 - Holding Space for Human Evolution

About the Author

Heather is an international speaker, facilitator, and writer who specializes in the art of holding space. Participants of her Holding Space Practitioner Program have come from six continents to join her online and at in-person workshops around the world. Her writing on the subject of holding space has appeared in publications such as Harvard Business Review and Grist magazine and has been quoted in multiple books as well as curriculum for nurses, hospice care workers, yoga teachers, facilitators, and military chaplains. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with her three daughters.