Activity 10: From Reactive to Responsive

Objective: This training invites the participants to reflect with self-compassion and emotional distance on their reactive behavior in situations where they unintentionally committed a micro-aggression. This training also gives them tools to process their experience and to learn to respond in a non-defensive, proactive manner.

Duration: 40 – 60 minutes 

Group size: max. 14  

Material: relaxation music, handout sheet for participants, pens, and additional paper to write on.

Methods: Self-exploration, journaling. 

Sources: This training is modeled after the exercises found in The PTSD Workbook: Simple Effective Techniques for Overcoming Stress Responses by Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula.

Target groups: Initiators