empower folks to Practice their way to meaningful and fulfilling Lives.

 

community collaborations

Our tailored curriculum and trainings infuse existing communities with engaging experiences that equip and empower individuals with transforming practices and community care.

Our practices incorporate the wisdom of developmental stages, personality types, conflict resolution, emotional and spiritual intelligence, creativity, and compassion practices.

Our facilitator trainings require understanding and acceptance of Healing Circles Agreements. Adhering to these provides the best environment for self-exploration, tapping into inner wisdom, and respecting that each participant will discover which practices and paths serve them best.

  • There is an increasing and alarming rise in suicide, addiction, and abuse. Through community partnerships and collaboration, we seek to widely share our tools and practices that offer restoration via self-reflection, self-compassion and community care.

    • community organizations

    • schools

    • business teams

    • spiritual communities

    • individuals

  • Train Facilitators (employees, volunteers, and community peer leaders) to infuse existing programs with tailored curriculum

    • women's centers (serving survivors of all forms of disempowerment and abuse)

    • juvenile justice centers and jail diversion programs

    • addiction prevention and recovery centers

    • mental health crisis prevention and recovery centers

    • schools via teachers, school counselors, wrap around specialists and social workers in the schools. 

    Equip and Facilitate Individuals

    • retreat / practice packs

    • retreats

    • practice groups

    • course

  • Provide tailored content, train facilitators, and facilitate tools and practices for wellness, empowerment, and authentic connection. Our practices are easy to follow and implement. They are designed to support practitioner’s desire to:

    • express

      • expressive visual arts

      • expressive creative writing

      • emotion regulation / emotional intelligence

      • photography for mindfulness and gratitude

    • empower

      • life planning and goal-setting using the creative process

      • transforming limiting beliefs

      • values based daily decision-making

      • time management and mindful productivity

      • self-compassion

      • stress reduction

    • engage

      • compassionate communication

      • mindful listening

      • perspective-taking

      • conflict resolution

      • community care within a structured container

get connected

Presentations and Client History (with point of contact)

Jung Center Houston– Transforming Habits: Essential Daily Practices that Make All the Difference

PEACE (Parent Engagement for Active Child Enrichment) 10 yr Anniversary - Connecting with Self-Compassion, Curiosity, and Creativity (Padmaja Sarathy)

Xavier Learning Academy– Compassionate Parenting: Establishing Engaging Routines with Meaningful Fun (PTO-Dena Robinson)

RE:VIVE Development– Values Based Connection and Empowerment and Enneagram Team Retreat Program (Bryan Danna)

National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI Greater Houston– Restorative Arts Curriculum and Training for the Restorative Justice Program (Angelina Hudson)

Federation of Houston Professional Women– Beyond Fragmentation: Living Fully (Anita Long)

Blackwood Land Institute - Creative Writing inspired by Nature: a workshop for Montessori teacher training (Cath Conlon)

University of Houston - UH Wellness Workshop (Court Stein)

University of California Berkeley Campus Missioner - Discernment Retreat (Tom Poynor)

Writespace - Whole Artist Series – Nature as a Creative Writing Prompt (Jamie Portwood)

Latimer Dental Arts – Team-Building Retreat (Compassionate Communication and the Enneagram) and Coaching (Dr. Susan Latimer)

Houston Botanic Garden - Team-Building Retreat and Coaching (Compassionate Communication and the Enneagram) (Claudia Gee Vassar)

Frame Dance Studios – Color in Motion - expressing emotions through movement (Lydia Hance)

Yogaleena Studio – Enneagram, Life Transitions and Transformation (Carolina Valle)

Beehive Co-op Preschool - Parenting with Compassionate Communication and Enneagram (Lisa Gale)

Palmer Episcopal - Women’s Retreat (Lynn Morstead)

Westbury UMC - Youth art Project All Saints 2019 a three-session weekly workshop (Pastor Bodie Gilbert)

Westbury UMC - Youth art project - Mother’s Day 2019 - a three-session weekly workshop (Pastor Bodie Gilbert)

Field Elementary - In-service Program, integrating Social Emotional Learning in all subjects and lessons. (Principal John Hendrickson)

Nonviolent (Compassionate) Communication as Spiritual Practice 

            At St Paul’s United Methodist

            At Nia Moves

            At Memorial Presbyterian

St Andrew’s Episcopal Houston - Lenten Program (Carissa Baldwin-McGinnis) Living a Fully and Balanced Life (Compassionate Communication)

St Andrew’s Episcopal Preschool - Teacher In-service (Nancy Simpson) Perspectives, Personalities, and Possibilities in the Classroom

Brigid’s Place - Cultivating Inner Beauty with the Enneagram (Lauren Santerre)

St Paul’s United Methodist Houston - Enneagram / Compassionate Communication Parenting (Gail Williford)

St Paul’s United Methodist Houston - Ordinary Women Group -Nonviolent Communication for bridging political (Frida Hale) divides - in groups of friends and family members - surviving the holidays

St Paul’s United Methodist Houston - Encourage Workshop Series (4 topics / 4 workshops) (Karyn Richards-Kuan)

St Paul’s United Methodist Houston - Youth Parent Education (Jennifer West)

St Paul’s United Methodist Houston - Preschool Parenting with Compassionate Communication (Debra Fischer)

Compassionate Houston - Supper Club, Meaningful Conversations (with Lindsay Espejel with Cita Breitenwisher)

St Paul’s United Methodist Houston - Conspire Circles (with Rev. Dr. Matthew Russell)

St Paul’s United Methodist Houston - Ordinary Life Presentations (for Bill Kerley)