Workshops

April 2020

The Other Side of Fear—
COURAGE

3 Weekly Friday p.m. Classes 

Weekly:  Friday April 17—May 1 | 2:00—3:30pm

[Maximum 150 participants]

“It is always hard to believe that the courageous step is so close to us, that it is closer in than we could imagine, that in fact, we already know what it is, and that that step is simpler, more radical than we had thought: which is why we so often prefer the story to be more complicated, our identities equally clouded by fear and the answer safely in the realm of impossibility.”

– David Whyte

Our tenacity moves us when we have a big thing to do that we know is the right thing, at the right time, and will be hard and worth it. That tenacity gets us past the edges that threaten to overwhelm and stop us from moving through to the new experiences where openness and curiosity can lead us to the other side of fear. Where we can find ourselves. 

Moving toward the thing that scares us instead of moving away takes the most courage. But like Brené Brown says: "You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you cannot have both."

This experiential workshop will help you identify where you want to show up and move through fear by courageously embracing vulnerability. We will talk about trust and psychological safety, fear, courage, shame, and vulnerability as the bedrocks of living an authentic life. Then marry skill sets to the ideas above to build the adventure in living you've been wanting. Fear can be a daunting opponant, so we will leverage the power of choice to make it move.

Fee: $195
Certificate of completion available for 4.5 CEUs

Fee includes: Workshop workbook and refreshments. 
Parking is free.

April 2020

Power & Leadership

3 Weekly Friday a.m. Classes 

Weekly:  Friday April 17—May 1| 10:00—11:30am

[Maximum 30 participants]

I’m fairly certain that by now we’ve all either witnessed or experienced really bad leadership by people in positions of power. We see what it does, how it manifests, how it makes us feel, and perhaps how pervasive it is in many of the structures of contemporary life. We see this in boardrooms, organizations, governments, religious institutions, politics, media outlets, and Hollywood. Private or public sector, personal or professional life: If there is an assumed hierarchy, and even without one, there may be power plays and other forms of behavior that would not fall into the category of coming from “one’s best adult self.” How can we shift from lauding ‘power over,’ to a relational dynamic of being in ‘power with’?

In this experiential class we will explore the dynamics of power, trust, empathy, connection, cohesion and alignment.

Fee: $195
Certificate of completion available for 4.5 CEUs

Fee includes: Workshop workbook and refreshments.
Parking is free.

April 2020

Well-being

3 Weekly Friday p.m. Classes 

Weekly:  Friday April 10—24  | 1:30—3:00pm

[Maximum 30 participants]

The greatest gift you can give anyone is your own well-being. Burnout, moments of transition and trial, or simply knowing that what got you this far in your life, won't be enough to get you where you want to go. Opting for something more suitable, sustainable, and perhaps entirely new—though uncomfortable—may be exactly what is needed. Reintegrating your sense of self by taking a good look, a good listen, until the noise of our minds quiet so we can hear our heart. By realigning around that voice, we start to true-up. Considering how to align the "now, me" with the "now, us" "future, me" "future, us" paradigm enables the same pathways for peace for our future self and others. These ways of thinking, in order of magnitude, are helpful ways to find our path forward in light of the decision's impact on the larger community of which we are all a part.

Reconnecting with joy, rest, and recovery are at the heart of this course as well as learning how to maintain what you've regained.

Fee: $195
Certificate of completion available for 4.5 CEUs

Fee includes: Workshop workbook and refreshments.
Parking is free.