Whether you are planning a holiday dinner, a work conference, or a group therapy session, how you design your gathering has a big impact on its outcome. In this episode, Diana and Debbie use the book The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker to explore strategies to make your groups transformative. Grab a slice of pie, some people you love, and enjoy an episode all about meeting with a purpose!

Listen and Learn:

How to use purpose to design your next party, meeting, or friends’ weekend away
Examples of successful gatherings Diana and Debbie have designed and attended
What group therapy teaches us about creating effective meetings
Why Debbie is practicing “scruffy hospitality” and why Diana likes to visit her purse at parties
Ideas to make your Thanksgiving, Winter Holiday or New Year’s celebration impactful

With the help of this episode, we hope you gather well this holiday season, and beyond!
Resources and Books Mentioned in this Episode:

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
Playing Big by Tara Mohr
Wolf Pack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner
Article on The Blue Zones Moais
Article on Scruffy Hospitality
The Bear That Wasn’t by Frank Tashlin
Joss Paper Diana uses in group work
Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy by Irvin Yalom

 
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