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This episode explores how to create belonging and cohesion in groups without suppressing differences. Dr. Curtis Peterson outlines core elements—recognition, reliability, shared purpose, choice, repair, and reciprocity—and shows how warmth and honesty must be balanced to keep groups healthy.
It also covers practical facilitation skills: scanning for power dynamics, attending to emotions and silence, reflecting, linking, summarizing, and blocking harm, so groups can remain safe, predictable, and transformative.