Dear Reader,

This week, Australia pauses to mark Reconciliation Week - bookended by two landmark moments: the 1967 Referendum, which recognised Indigenous Australians as citizens deserving the right to vote, and the 1992 Mabo decision, which overturned the fiction of terra nullius and acknowledged Indigenous land rights. Both were won not in a single dramatic moment, but through decades of tireless advocacy by Indigenous leaders, and crucially, through partnerships with unlikely allies who were willing to step across a divide.

The theme for this year's Reconciliation Week is All-In, a reminder that reconciliation is not a spectator sport, and that advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' rights is not the sole responsibility of First Nations people, who have carried the weight of championing, explaining and acting for far too long.

In his book The Persuaders, Anand Giridharadas writes about the unglamorous, often uncomfortable work of reaching across the divide - connecting with those who are vastly different from us, in service of a future that holds everyone. This is the spirit of being truly all-in. And it is, in many ways, the spirit of Process Work. Throughout this newsletter we are going to pose some questions for you to apply to your current circumstance, whether you live in Australia or not. See if it sheds some light on your own process of going All-in.

Where in your life are you watching from the sideline - and what makes it feel safer to stay there?

THE PROBLEM: SOMETHING IN US RESISTS GOING ALL THE WAY IN

Most of us, if we're honest, want to live in a more equitable, connected world. We care about reconciliation - about justice, about belonging, about the beauty and power of genuine difference. And yet, for many of us we also lament that we often don't really show up, pulled as we are in many competing directions. Sure, we share the post. We nod along. We feel the weight of it all and then our routines and busyness take over our awareness and we return to our ordinary lives.

Whilst it is a sign of privilege to be able to turn away, it’s important to note that this isn't necessarily laziness or indifference. In Process Work terms, we'd call what holds us back an edge - the boundary between who we currently identify as, and who we sense we could become. Edges are real. They deserve respect. And they are also, when we learn to work with them, extraordinary doorways.

Some edges that commonly arise around going all-in might sound like:

• "I'm overwhelmed — the scale of injustice is too big. What could I possibly do that would matter?"
• "I'm afraid of getting it wrong. Of saying the wrong thing. Of causing harm by trying to help."
• "I don't know where to start. And not knowing feels too uncomfortable to sit with."

Do any of these feel familiar? That recognition is not a reason for self-criticism. It is the beginning of awareness. And awareness, as Process Work teaches, is always the beginning of change.

THE GUIDE: WHAT IF YOUR EDGE IS ACTUALLY AN INVITATION?

Process Work offers us a radically different relationship to resistance. Rather than treating our hesitation as a problem to overcome, it invites us to get curious about what the edge is protecting AND what might be waiting just on the other side of it.

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The thing about Process Work is that it doesn't assume a separation between your inner life and the world. The same principles that help you listen to your body help you sit with discomfort in a difficult conversation. The same awareness that helps you navigate a conflict in a friendship helps you show up in a community.

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Listening - genuinely, deeply listening - is one of the most undervalued forms of action available to us. It is not passive. When we listen with intention, to our bodies, to our relationships, to the disturbances in our communities, we begin to hear what is actually being asked of us. Not what we think should be asked. Not what feels manageable. What is actually there.

What might you hear, if you allowed yourself to really listen, to the discomfort, to the call, to what's underneath your hesitation?

Being all-in doesn't mean doing it all. It means bringing your whole self to what is yours to do.

It means letting go of any expectation of outcome, trusting the process and simply returning, again and again, from what I can't to what I can. Gently. Without self-punishment. With the kind of compassion you would offer someone you love.

FOUR WAYS TO GO DEEPER IN THE COMING MONTHS

If something in this newsletter has stirred something in you - a question, a recognition, a quiet sense of I want more of this - we'd love to invite you into the work. We have four offerings coming up in the next few months, each approaching a different edge, each offering a different kind of entry point.

★ TWO-YEAR PROCESS WORK STUDY PROGRAM

The most experiential and comprehensive introduction to Process Work training available in Australia. Immersive, practical, and life-changing. You'll learn to work with body symptoms, inner critics, altered states, relationship and family dynamics, social issues, and group processes. Taught in separate modules, but brought together as facets of the same underlying reality.

The skills don't stay in the training room. They travel with you - into your consulting room, your coaching practice, your workplace, your friendships, your family, your own body. If you have a calling to listen and respond more deeply to yours and the world's experiences, this is your path.

Enrolments for the upcoming Byron Cohort are open now and close June 30.

Begin your enrolment here: https://anzpop.org/two-year-process-work-study-program/​

★ PRACTICE LAB BLOCK 2: COMMON PITFALLS AS DOORWAYS TO TRANSFORMATION​

What if your most persistent mistakes aren't failures - but signals? This Practice Lab explores the places we get stuck, the patterns we keep repeating, and the unexpected wisdom that lives inside them. An experiential session for practitioners who want to work more skillfully with resistance, in themselves and in others. Online Practice Labs are only open to people with existing Process Work training. See website for eligibility.

Begins 13 June, 2026.​
Where: Online
Learn more and book: https://anzpop.org/training-programs/process-work-public-courses/practice-labs/​

★ WHEN THE WORLD SPEAKS: PROCESS WORK COMMUNITY CONFERENCE 2026​

An annual gathering for anyone drawn to deep listening - of themselves, of each other, and of the world. This year's conference explores what it means to respond to the calls of our time: personally, relationally, socially. Come to connect, to be moved, and to find your people. Open to all practitioners, students, and the simply curious.

Dates: 21 & 22 August, 2026 (Friday and Saturday),
Where: Palm Beach Community Centre on lands of the Yugambeh language people (Gold Coast)

Book your place: https://anzpop.org/process-work-community-conference-2026/​

★ THE DREAMBODY'S CALL​

Our bodies are always speaking - through symptoms, sensations, gestures, and dreams. This workshop invites you to slow down and listen. Drawing on the Process Work concept of the dreambody, you'll learn to follow the subtle signals your body is already sending, and discover what they might be trying to tell you about your path, your edges, and your deeper nature.

Dates: 23 & 24 August, 2026 (Sunday and Monday following on from Community Conference)
Where: Kirra Hill Community Centre, Coolangatta QLD

Book now: https://anzpop.org/training-programs/process-work-public-courses/the-dreambodys-call/​

A QUESTION TO CARRY WITH YOU

Not: what should I do about all of this? (remember - let go of the outcome ;)

But: What is mine to do - and what is one small, real step I could take toward it this week?

Going All-in starts with a step.

With care and in community,

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​ANZPOP

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