57 // Facilitation, Learning Design, and Minding Yourself as a Professional ~ With Pleun Andriessen
Pleun Elsa Andriessen is a graduate of the 2022 Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Professional Training.
She now runs the Bloody Practical menstrual education and coaching platform, and has an extensive background of facilitation and learning design consultancy in the human rights space.
Pleun joins us today to speak with me about her vast professional work experience as a facilitator, her journey with Bloody Practical, and all the things that make a skilled facilitator and educator. Join us for this engaging chat!
We chatted about:
Pleun's professional journey that led to the Bloody Practical branch of her practice
The intersection of the professional and personal in facilitation work
Facilitation, learning design, course design
The point of change where we meet our clients
Looking after ourselves as professionals
Pleun's My Cycle And Me menstrual cycle awareness workshops
Working with clients who 'want to be told what to do'
Group facilitation
Why workshops can sometimes be messy
Pleun Elsa is an MCA facilitator and coach, she hosts the Bloody Practical Platform to support people in improving their cycle experience in a hands-on way. She also works as a facilitator and learning designer in the human rights spheres.
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Sign up for the My Cycle And Me workshop here
Pleun's professional website
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