A workshop about resilience, coherence, and creative agency in hard times.


One of my favorite Wendell Berry lines: Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.

It holds the exact paradox we're being asked to live inside right now. To see the truth of what's happening — clearly, unflinchingly — and still respond from joy.

That's not spiritual bypassing. That's spiritual leadership.

And it's what we're going to practice together on April 16.

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In case you're wondering what three hours actually looks like, here's what we'll do:

We'll start by naming what's true — the weight many of us are carrying, and how it shows up in our bodies, our energy, and our sense of what's even possible right now.

From there, we'll move into the mythic landscape — the stories absorbed from culture, community, and family about what these times mean, what leadership means, and what we're here to do. Some of those stories are worth keeping. Some are in the way. Part of this work is learning to tell the difference.

We'll work with core skills — resilience, grief, paradox, power dynamics — that help you become the leader these times are asking you to be.

And then we'll go beyond concepts into an embodied practice designed to do this work at the foundational, energetic blueprint layer of your being.

You'll leave with:

  • A grounded understanding of why this moment feels so overwhelming — and how it's affecting your nervous system, energy, and sense of agency
  • Skills to move from confusion and reactivity into clarity, resilience, and presence
  • A path out of healing loops and into embodied, creative action
  • A deeper felt sense of your own capacity to meet these times with purpose

If something in you is still leaning toward yes — please come.

Remember, we're redefining leadership together.

You might lead in a traditional sense. Or you might help lead a peaceful revolution with benevolent nature spirits, hehe.

We are going to have so much fun looking at the challenges ahead ;)

We gather April 16. Three hours, live and interactive. Recording available.

Registration closes the evening of April 15.

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Many blessings,

P.S. This is the last email about this workshop, so sign up now if you're in!

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