Dear Reader,

What If It Was Easy?

Two years ago, this question became my mantra. I was searching for ease — easy money, easy love! A way to flow through life without constant resistance. I wanted to believe that success didn’t have to mean being busy.

And yet, the journey since has been anything but easy.

Then, this week, as I journaled, I realised something: ease had entered my life almost unnoticed, through the back door. Not because I perfected my systems, optimised my processes, or tried harder, but because I slowed down and finally found clarity.

Clarity about what matters. Clarity about my boundaries. Clarity about integrity (funnily or fittingly, my word of the year!)

An economist would say, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Nothing comes without cost. Ease isn’t the absence of effort; it’s what happens after the hard work of defining our edges. What do I stand for? What do I protect? What do I say no to? More importantly, what do I say yes to?

And once we know, the rest becomes easy. With integrity, the weight lifts because we can match our actions with our words and our values. Decisions become obvious. No more overthinking, justifying, or bending ourselves into shapes that don’t fit.

Over the past weeks, I followed what I felt to be true. And suddenly, it all became easy.

The Same Is True in Facilitation

Facilitation must feel easy (facile = easy). Not because we’re doing less but because we’re doing the right things. In this context, ease isn’t laziness. It’s a sign of flow. If we're working harder than the group - pushing for engagement, forcing insights, or holding up the process - something is off.

Mark Walsh (​guest on episode 282​) says he never works harder than his coachees. As facilitators, we should never work harder than the group. Because when we do, they won’t own the outcomes. They won’t commit to action. They won’t do the work on Monday morning. If we care more about the process than they do, they’ll let us carry the weight while they step back...

Facilitation is about holding space, not filling it. When we allow ease - not by reducing effort, but by creating flow - we foster ownership through guidance, support, and kind nudges.

And the same is true for life.

When we hold space for ourselves, everything starts flowing with ease.

So maybe the real question isn’t just “What if it was easy?” but “How can we make it easy?”

For me, the answer has been integrity. In life. In work. In facilitation.

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🎙 Meanwhile, on the podcast…

The journey of the facilitator is rarely linear. It’s often happily accidental, a little squiggly, and punctuated with moments of imposter as we take it from the side-hustle shadows, to big centre-stage business.

And Kerri Price can attest to this - after facilitating for what felt like a lifetime, she found herself pressing pause - only to return to the facilitation world with fresh, mindful clarity.

Kerri joins us to generously share her facilitation story, the lessons she’s learnt in business, and the beauty she found in breaking away to rebalance her priorities. From finding our facilitation happy place, to finding our way through the seasons of life, episode 308 is all about the bits that bring us joy!

Find out about:

• The common misconceptions about facilitation and starting a business
• The importance of asking: what is the most generous thing I can do for the group right now?
• Why facilitators must embrace acceptance and learn to be ok with the unexpected
• How to navigate the energetic demands of facilitation - and life’s seasons
• The importance of setting the right emotional tone for the group

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That’s it from my side! I wish you a week filled with clarity, flow, and moments of effortless ease. May your conversations be rich, your insights deep, and your facilitation light - See you next week!

Myriam

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