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Learn more about peer support groups and how listening to others and being listened to can create space for healing.
Short Documentary
18
min
The Power of Listening and Being Listened to
Life offers challenges, and sometimes they feel too heavy to carry, especially if we try to carry them alone. Whether it is battling addiction, grief, trying to be brave as a caretaker to someone we love, or trying to mask burnout, being abused, or the emptiness inside us. In this video, you’ll meet people with different challenges who found a common way of support - Peer support groups.
You will hear how they utilized the power of listening to others and being listened to in the safe space of a peer support group. You will hear their lived experiences alongside the insights from Mette Smedstad, Senior Advisor at Selvhjelp Norge. Learn the different layers a peer support group offers, how these different people have utilized it differently, and how they have combined it with other aspects of their journey.
Directed by
Jimmy Westerheim, Brage Bergh, Sunniva Lyle Sturzrehm
Edited by
Brage Bergh, Sunniva Lyle Sturzrehm
Directors of Photography by
Quang Nguyen, Lucas Harboe
Colour & Sound Mix by
Aksel Skorm Mena Refsdal







