what is courage work?

Courage work is a common abbreviated term referring to the work informed by The Centre for Courage & Renewal approach. The Centre was founded in 1997 by Parker Palmer and Marcy Jackson and Rick Jackson. The work aims to “nurture supportive communities of reflection and practice to help people come alive with a renewed sense of purpose, build trustworthy relationships, and cultivate the courage to rise to today’s challenges, making a difference within themselves and their communities.”

The work has at it’s foundation ‘touchstones’, principles, and practices to support personal enquiry and safe community spaces to access the ‘inner teacher’, that inner locus of knowing and percieving that we all have.

Since 1998 courage work has been informing my life and my offerings and in early 2022 I began in depth experiential learning with the aim of being endorsed as a Courage & Renewal Facilitator. Having completed the Introductory Program, the 9 month Practicum Program and the 18 month Facilitator Preparation Program mentored by Noela Maletz, as of May 2024 I am now a Courage & Renewal Facilitator.

I invite you to dive in and discover what this approach has to offer you at this time in your life.