Hi, I’m Viv Slack, a facilitator, mediator and coach.
I work with organisations, groups, communities and individuals to support deeper connection and transformation. I am passionate about liberation, nonviolence and restorative practices.
I specialise in supporting people to navigate conflict, relationships, dilemmas and challenges in their lives, to find their own inner wisdom and choose their next steps from a place of awareness and trust in life.
I am currently in West Wales on a land based project, and offer support both in person and online.
My journey
After 15 years working with big charities and businesses, alongside community organising, I co-founded and led Street Support Network for 6 years. This experience of collaboration, sharing power, making inclusive decisions and transforming conflict allowed me to learn and develop as a facilitator, mediator and coach. I saw how this mix of experiences and the skills could support others who were trying to change systems and co-create alternatives.
Since then I have worked with many organisations, groups and networks to connect, make decisions together, move through conflict, and act together in solidarity. I also learned how to support people to walk towards one other when conflict arises, and how to come back into dialogue when there is polarisation.
Through this work I started to see the importance of supporting people one to one, creating space for people to explore their inner worlds, and see more clearly what gets in the way of them living in a way that’s really aligned with their heart. Learning from a range of traditions including IFS, Somatics, mind-body coaching and more, I now support people to connect with their innate inner wisdom, return to their true nature, and to make choices about their lives from that place.
Miki Kashtan once called me an ‘Intuitive Integrator‘ and i think that describes me well. I naturally bring in different approaches and frameworks in response to live contexts, so that we can step outside our usual patterns and ways of knowing, and allow something new to open up a path forward.
I am passionate about finding ways of living and working together beyond polarisation and separation, co-creating our world based on clearly seeing what we all need to thrive.
Training and experience
I integrate training and experience from a broad variety of traditions, including…
- Navigating Conflict: NVC Mediation, Restorative Circles, Restorative Justice
- One to One: Mind-Body Coaching, IFS, Somatic IFS, Compassionate Inquiry
- Facilitation: Art of Hosting, Deep Democracy, TheoryU, Convergent Facilitation
I am currently based in West Wales near Caerfiddin/Carmarthen. I am open to travel, and also work online.
Please get in touch if you would like to explore.
Connecting Wisdom 