Safe Space to empty issues is where you foster trust, active listening and non-judgmental support is available. Establish ground rules, encourage open communication, and model vulnerability to make peers feel comfortable sharing their challenges. Safe spaces have become one of those ridiculous hot topic points used by the hard right to troll people with empathy. Safe spaces have transformative powers, but they’re difficult to establish. Many issues can be resolved just by having a safe space to talk about your struggles. A problem shared is a problem halved, after all a safe space is a space where people know it’s ok to share their struggles, should they want to. When we say a safe space, it’s not referring to physical safety, although they shouldn’t feel at risk of violence, but rather a space where they’ll be safe psychologically and emotionally. So know that your actions speak louder than words. If you’re ready to be that person people can feel safe to open up to, then you need to behave in a way that makes others feel comfortable around you. No one is going to want to open up to you if you’re part of the gossip group or talk bad about people. But if you use your energies to build people up rather than knocking them down, then you’ll be someone who can establish a safe space with others.
Safe Space to share issues in Nairobi Kenya.