Healing the Heart of Democracy Action Circle

6-Part Series

"It’s possible that after cultivating Palmer’s five habits of the heart, participants will emerge from the circles with a better understanding of their own beliefs, more confident to discuss them with people holding different views, and more prepared to act on the five habits in their daily lives.” Deanne Stone

 

In his book Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit, Parker Palmer introduces Five Habits of the Heart necessary to heal our democracy and work together for the common good. In order to put these habits into action Palmer has developed a curriculum for action circles that will meet six times over six months. In each meeting you will do two things: 1) discuss your experiences reflecting on and experimenting with the habit of the heart that was introduced in the previous meeting, and 2) discuss a new habit of the heart to focus on for the month ahead.

 

At the end of a bitterly divisive presidential election, these circles offer us a way to mend our spirits and move forward on paths that can heal us and move us toward each other in relationships that can be both renewing and transformative.