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C OMPASSIONATE I NTEGRITY T RAINING
A S ECULAR E THICS A PPROACH TO C ULTIVATING P ERSONAL , S OCIAL AND E NVIRONMENTAL F LOURISHING
experience. They must respect the confidentiality of their partners, so this should only be something about
the experience itself or about oneself. Again, there should not be any pressure to share.
A CCOUNTABILITY P ARTNERS
The dyads formed during Mindful Dialogues can also be good for creating peer accountability within CIT.
Many of the Reflective Writing Exercises and Mindful Dialogues ask questions about small steps the
participants can take to engender the particular skill they are working on. Facilitating a system of
accountability for these steps can help ensure the success of the program, as Aryeh Ben David teaches, “I
cannot change myself by myself.” A simple way to do this is by instructing the participants to check in
with their Mindful Dialogue partners in a few days’ time to see how they are doing with respect to the steps
they wanted to take. This check-in is another opportunity for peers to encourage one another to practice
CIT daily or as often as possible in order to allow the content to sink in and affect their mental and
behavioral habits.
As an additional option in order to provide your participants more structure for accountability partnerships,
you may invite them to use the CIT Accountability Partner Coaching Template. This template is included
below or may be downloaded from the CIT website. If you choose to use the Coaching Template, be sure to
hand out the Introduction to Accountability Partner instruction sheets found below or on the CIT website.
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