BREATHING ROOM

We developed Breathing Room to share perspectives from our work with families and developments within the RayLign Community.

The Art of Facilitation

“The aim is to be direct without being rude, to capitalize on despair without exploiting the family’s hopelessness and depleting its resources, to stimulate hope without making false promises, to increase intensity while maintaining safety, to respect people while challenging their symptomatic behavior, and to take charge of the context while recognizing that the family is always in charge of and responsible for itself.”

- John Brendler, MSW, ACSW, LMFT

Calming the System

If you are impeccable with your word, if you don’t take anything personally, if you don’t make assumptions, if you always do your best, [and learn to listen], then you are well on your way [to calm the system] to lead a beautiful life.

- The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz

with brackets adapted by RayLign

The Science Behind Compassion

We talk a lot about empathic and compassionate leadership when it comes to making effective decisions together and building long term relationships. This topic is of particular interest given the transitions we are all making as we define our post pandemic lives. For this version of Breathing Room we would like to share five findings from our reading of “Compassionomics” by Dr. Stephen Trzeciak and discussions.

Community activities sharing

Please send along updates about family systems related initiatives you are working on - we can feature you in a future edition.

October 2020

• Shaking the Tree is introducing "interactive productions" to expand on its video library of live theatre shows to support facilitated family systems conversations.

• The Purposeful Planning Institute posted a fantastic presentation library from its successful virtual Rendezoom event from over the summer.

• RayLign's very own Barbara Mach-Oleksak enrolled in Fidelity's Professional Women Masterclass.

• 21/64 Updated and Expanded paperback edition release of their best-selling book Generation Impact: How Next Gen Donors Are Revolutionizing Giving.

September 2020

• Kathy Lintz: reflections on the industry 30 years after founding Matter Family Office

• Lorine Pendleton: closed funding as active venture capital general partner & portfolio manager at Portfolia Rising America Fund

• Kirby Rosplock: updated version of her "The Complete Family Office Handbook"

• Evan Roth & Team: insights from 20 years after founding BBR Partners

• UHNW Institute: Steve Prostano, Jamie McLaughlin and the leadership team making big strides in the development of a special industry think tank