Dr. Chené Swart
Narrative Coach &
Consultant
I have been translating Narrative Therapy ideas and practices with organisations, communities and individuals from various cultures and contexts for nearly 20 years. I am committed to participate in and contribute to conversations and actions that re-author our world towards the common good, one narrative at a time!
Welcome to Re-authoring the World!
Re-authoring the World is an invitation into the adventure of being authors and co-authors of our world.
An adventure that speaks of:
– our acts of refusal and protest about the “way things are”
– the folding of the richness of our lives into our identities and relationships
– the invitation to re-member our communities and
– the ignition of hope through alternative narratives that dream of a different future.
Through a lens and set of practices what is taken-for-granted can be unveiled and precious moments can be enriched into narratives that can re-author the future. Come and join our community as we invite you to see, be seen, connect, dignify, listen, question, unpack, enrich, narrate and burst into aliveness!
| Re-authoring Journeys |
Re-authoring Identity
Experiencing Narrative practices in your own life story | The philosophical approach from where the ideas around identity grow | Discover and learn how narratives shape and maintain identities| Discover and learn how communities of concern can come alongside preferred identities| Explorations around community identities
Re-authoring the World
Discover and learn how to work with taken-for-granted ideas and beliefs within various contexts| Discovering the joy of acts of refusal and protest | Working with the influence of taken-for-granted beliefs and ideas | Inviting the alternative emerging narratives to come alongside
Re-authoring Diversity & Inclusion
Discovering the role of culture in constructing the “other” | The role of language in constructing the “other” | Understanding privilege and power in inclusion | Practices that includes and welcome the stranger
Re-authoring Narratives we want more of
Practices that uncover alternative moments and outcomes | Practices that enrich moments we want more of | Weaving alternative moments through embodiment and rituals | The impact of alternative narratives on the context | Narratives of our imagined futures
Re-authoring Problem Narratives
How to work with conflict and problem narratives in individual and group contexts| Understanding the role of taken-for-granted beliefs and ideas in conflict and problem narratives| Placing the problem in relation to individuals and communities | Standing against problems
Re-authoring Listening, Questioning & Documenting
Being with your client in transformational ways | Listening in transformational ways | Asking questions in transformational ways | Documentation, rituals and celebrations
Apprenticeship Journey
The Re-authoring Apprenticeship Paths are for those who want to make this lens and practices a way of living and working. You can join us through a Self-Discovery Journey with 5 modules that consist of pre-recorded videos and assignments that you can enjoy at your own pace. If you choose the online workshop journey, you will engage in 5 x 2-day workshops with face-to-face teaching and learning with an international community. Both these journeys include the opportunity to deepen your experience by re-authoring your own stories as well as the stories of your work through individual coaching (5 sessions) and integration sessions (5 sessions). The integration- and coaching sessions help participants to weave their own life- and work experiences into their future re-authoring practice.
If you attend any of the apprentice journeys, you automatically become part of a community of practice that gathers once a month to discuss the latest applications of these ideas and practices.
Book your online coaching session.
