Chené Swart
@CheneSwart
Narrative re-authoring coach, consultant and trainer
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These two bags have been on so many adventures with me! But on this journey to the Food Forest workshop facilitated by Wendy Crawford in De Rust, these bags carried lemon basil and peppadew seeds saved from my first harvest, a loofah sponge, sun hat and my garden clothes.
Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a Food Forest training in the town of De Rust facilitated by Wendy Crawford. It was the first workshop of this nature that I attended, a first step into grounding myself in this world, in this practice and in this future!
„… to change … and weave ..“
The “way things are” (water/ocean) do not have the last say as emerging alternative ways of doing and being challenge what we take for granted. What are emerging alternative moments in your team/organisation that tell a different story than the “way things are”?
What is the word that comes to mind when you think of #leadership? A beautiful day with #leaders from the #African continent in the PGDL programme @StellenboschUSB. "That leadership is the art of weaving the dream of what is possible with the work that needs to get done."
As I celebrated my birthday, I noticed how my relationship with myself, my community and my world has shifted. A day of gratitude for all the relationships, experiences, ideas and practices that have shaped who I have become. Re-authoring Identity workshop transformations.co.za/product/re-aut…
Who have been participants in the #transforming #moments in your life? Who have been witnesses to these moments? I look at this photo that my mother took of me in the #garden, and I am filled with #gratitude for the gifts of the garden in the #transformation of my life.
When are you #wastingtime? What is worthy of your #time? As I have built my relationship to all the #plants who have grown in my #organicgarden, I have been at times tormented by the well-known and ‘destructive’ idea that I am ‘wasting’ my time. youtube.com/watch?v=M-SgOw…
Yesterday my mother taught me how to make her famous green bean stew with beans from my garden which made me think how privileged I am to “cook” with participants as they bring their #stories, dreams and struggles as ingredients to the workshops transformations.co.za/product/re-aut…
What if our questions transport us into the not-yet-woven #moments of our lives, and those moments invite the creation of poetry from the #stories of our lives! And what if the weaving of stories in all its relatedness to life, bring #transformation? transformations.co.za/.../re-authori…
Last week at the @kaospilots School, we co-created a letter to, and from Team 28: 'I hope the future will give us the courage to build a forest where we each can dig deep into the soil of our stories and experiences and grow into the high skies together.' transformations.co.za/.../re-authori…
Today I “visited” Team 28 at the @kaospilots school! "How moved I got from hearing the honesty in the stories. Leadership journeys are wildly different.- Cleverness is there. everywhere. -The feeling of belonging in your own skin and honing your integrity has so much power. "
Come and explore how questions can transport us to new worlds on 1-2 February: transformations.co.za/product/re-aut… What colour do you wish 2022 will be for you? Which song will say something about your hopes for 2022? Is there a new skill, habit, idea or relationship calling you this year?
A quarter of South Africans who haven't been vaccinated against Covid-19 say they refuse to get a shot because they believe it will harm or kill them, according to a study by the University of Cape Town. | @Fin24 news24.com/fin24/companie…
In this time of “estrangement” as the South African poet, Antjie Krog, calls it, poetry can be a companion who installs “feelings of belonging to and with the world”. Yesterday, when I listened to her brilliant lecture, youtu.be/5pkBgJOnzHE, my lungs filled up with oxygen!
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Albert Verweylezing 2021 door Antjie Krog
How has the world landed on your heart, and what do you want to do about it? Who do you want to dream and imagine an alternative world with? These curiosities have been inspired by Craig Chalquist youtu.be/UFT2W1hj8v4
A new field of doing, living and thinking has opened up for me thanks to the brilliant work, thoughts and writing of the eco-narrative facilitator Griet Bouwen. You can read more about her work here: drive.google.com/file/d/1TY_VUu…
Why do #stories matter in our #teams? How can we take up the pen in #cowriting the stories of our teams? How can we separate from stories that do not take our team forward? How do our team’s stories influence the #organisational story? transformations.co.za/product/re-aut…
Our stories that we want more of, grow from and in relationships that are the shoulders on which we stand! If you would like to explore the stories you want more of, you can join our Self-Discovery Journey here: lnkd.in/d_DkpGMK #stories #story #narrative #identity
In this interesting time in our world, which “no” and “yes” answers to requests have become easier and more difficult for you to access? Since my hands have felt and worked the soil of my garden, a different relationship with my body has been cultivated. One of care, love & life!
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