Focus: The phenomena of how our attachments have the power to form (and deform) us. During the conflct stages of becoming people are surely one of the defining sources of shaping. We can remain smaller than we should be, to not rock the boat of others' expectations. We can find ourselves unwittingly "playing to the crowd."

• Explore: Centers and Margins - While you are at the center of your story, surrounded by a castr of thousands, others are at your margins. Simultaneously, you play a bit part in so many other lives as well. In this session, we explore the storykeeping powers of the supporting cast, sidekicks and even villains, for better or worse.

• Exercise: Identify the stabilizing (and destabilizing) presence of others in the epic turning points of your story—partners, mentors, rivals, guides.

• Discussion: In this session, we explore how the people around us shape our becoming. Some need us to stay the same—for their comfort or stability—while others relate to who we are still becoming. We’ll reflect on the role of attachment in this process, and how certain people serve as storykeepers: holding space for both who we've been and who we're becoming. Who honors our "now and not yet" congruence?

• Takeaway: No protagonist thrives alone. Who you surround yourself with matters.