Patchwork Sharing Circles
Lisa Stone
Monthly, Friday afternoons
Disparate women coming together, weaving their stories into something beautiful…
Patchwork is a powerful traditional symbol of female connection:
Unity in diversity: our differences can be woven together to create something beautiful and harmonious.
Shared history: Each patch in a quilt represents a piece of our history, a memory, or an experience. The stitches that connect these patches mirror the bonds that tie us together.
Strength in collaboration: Creating a patchwork quilt requires collaboration, sharing and supporting one other in a collective effort.
Resilience and healing: Patchwork quilts often mend torn or worn-out fabrics, transforming them into something whole and beautiful, just as sisterhood and connection provide healing and resilience, especially during challenging times - almost as if we are stitching emotional wounds.
Legacy and tradition: Patchwork quilts carry stories and traditions, passed down through generations of women, connecting us to our ancestors and those who paved the way for us, offering a legacy of strength, wisdom, and love that continues to shape our lives in the present.
Patchwork Sharing Circles are for women who:
· need and value connection and community
· want to escape comparison and judgement
· are willing to show up freely
· are longing for authenticity
· are seeking clarity
· are willing to be vulnerable
· want to be seen, heard and witnessed.
Find out more
Pricing
£0 -£20 (I hold circles because I love it, and it matters. I want people to be able to join when they need to, without financial anxiety. However, if you feel able to donate something because your circumstances say you can, I work on a sliding scale from £0 to £20 per session – and you are also welcome to ‘pay it forward’ to fund a free place. )
Experience
Accredited Sister Stories Circle Facilitator, MA Education Coaching and Mentoring, MHFA facilitator, coaching skills/ trauma coaching, BACP Counselling Skills.Lisa is a poet, partner, mother and free spirit, who finds joy in the smallest things in nature and life. As a teacher, she fostered safe, listening classrooms, empathy, a love of stories and the gift of self-expression and now, as a circle facilitator, she uses circle and stories to encourage women to find their own voices, connect with themselves, and connect with one another at a deeply authentic level of human acceptance. She is experienced with issues such as chronic illness, bereavement, neurodivergence, gender dysphoria, and a wide variety of other life issues and is genuinely comfortable for people to show up however they are feeling.