HEAL Support Group Agreements

1. We welcome everyone based on our equity statement. 

2. We care for ourselves by opting in and out of group activities (e.g., participating in meetings or forum) as best serves our healing journey.

3. We support ourselves and each other with kindness, compassion, understanding and open minds.

4. We practice peaceful, non-judgmental listening to other members and to our own thoughts and feelings as we listen.

5. We carefully choose words and actions which bring optimal healing for everyone, refraining from comparison and judgement.

6. We appreciate the healthy diversity of every healing path/situation by not projecting our own path or choices onto others and taking ideas from others that serve us.

7. We ask questions rather than directly stating our impressions of another member's experience or what might serve them.

8. We balance sharing with inquiry, being as interested in others as ourselves. We sometimes take more time when we need, and allow others to do the same.

9. We acknowledge that members who are therapists or in other supportive vocations are attending the group as a peer, not in a professional capacity.

10. We honor the gift of vulnerability by keeping other members' sharing confidential (we may share our personal experiences freely as it serves our healing).

Feedback regarding these agreements is welcome, whether anonymous or posted in our forum.