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What's a term or word that at first felt very empty to you, but later on gained meaning? One for me is 'holding space.' I used to think people who said that were hippies with some brain mash going on, but now it's a super real and useful term for me.

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I tried googling this but I didn't feel like I had any luck understanding it - I get presence, letting go of control of others, but not how "holding space" relates to these. Would you be willing to share your understanding of it?

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One example of 'holding space' to me is when a member of a group starts crying while processing something emotional, and everyone sits there in silence, their attention on the person, 'being with' them in their experience.

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This helps my understanding, thanks. I'd describe this as "being present" or "empathising" - is it near to those concepts for you, or does something distinguish it?

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