Many of us feel the divisiveness of our time. We long to talk about issues and topics that are important to us with people- especially family members and friends- who may see things differently, but we’re afraid that doing so will break connection and create irreparable discord.

How do we move from “us” and “them” to a sense of shared vision?
 
This 2-hour online workshop introduces a framework for finding connection in challenging conversations about ideological issues that are important to us.* Learn to identify, honor, and express yourself with clarity, honesty, and integrity. Using these strategies opens possibilities for win-win outcomes.
 
The workshop includes:

• An outline of the framework

• Introduction of strategies

• Modeling of the practices, with particular focus on conversations about issues

• Skills and resources to use immediately

This workshop will be recorded. The recording will be available for viewing for 2 weeks after the workshop.

The Standard Contribution Level is $44. The Pay-It-Forward Contribution Level is $66 (this contribution level supports scholarships for this or future events). The Scholarship Contribution Level (limited in number) is $22. Please consider mindfully what you are able to contribute.

You may pay with a card while registering or use the code PAYOFFLINE to pay via Venmo, Zelle, or with cash.

Add an optional practice session December 9 for $33/$16 scholarship. Because of the vulnerable nature of the conversations, the practice session will not be recorded.

If you are looking for tools for conversations of a more interpersonal nature (navigating challenging conversations in the home, for example), more workshops and classes are coming in early 2025!

Cory Lockhart and Mandy Olivam invite you to a community-wide ceremony of grief and gratitude. All are welcome to gather and reflect, share and sing, and support one another in community.

This event is free and open to all. Donations between $5-$20 are gratefully accepted to keep our offerings sustainable as self-employed facilitators.

RSVPs not required but encouraged for planning purposes.

About the Facilitators:

Mandy Olivam is an intuitive writer, retreat facilitator, and ritualist, as well as a birth doula and officiant of sacred celebrations.

Cory Lockhart is a facilitator of sacred conversations and sacred spaces. She offers intuitive and creative accompaniment for those wishing to re-member themselves and their communities.

Luscious!

Give yourself an evening to sink into sensuous engagement, allowing yourself to touch, see, hear, smell, and taste from a place of wonder. What do you know and what will you discover when you allow yourself time and space for slow, juicy, luscious savoring?

This intentionally intimate gathering is limited to 12 participants. The exchange is $44. Reserve your spot by clicking on the button below. You may pay with a card while registering or use the code PAYOFFLINE to pay via Venmo, Zelle, or with cash.

This is a non-refundable event. If you are unable to attend, you may pass your registration to someone else.

What do archetypes have to teach us? How do they live in and through us?

Join Cory Lockhart for an evening of play and experimentation with the archetypes! This session includes both group exploration and individual intuitive delving into the archetypes that weave themselves through our lives and culture.

This intentionally intimate gathering is limited to 12 participants. The exchange is $44. Reserve your spot by clicking on the button below. You may pay with a card while registering or use the code PAYOFFLINE to pay via Venmo, Zelle, or with cash.

This is a non-refundable event. If you are unable to attend, you may pass your registration to someone else.

Mandy Olivam and Cory Lockhart invite you into a ritual to remember those who’ve left the physical realm and recognize our interconnection across time and space. Join us to create sacred space in this traditional season of commemorating the relationship between the living and the dead.

This intentionally intimate gathering is limited to 14 spaces and costs $44. Please reserve your spot by clicking on the button below. Payment instructions are included in the confirmation email.

If you have questions about this offering, please connect with Mandy: mandy.olivam@gmail.com

Cory Lockhart is a facilitator of sacred conversations and sacred space. She offers intuitive and creative accompaniment for those wishing to re-member themselves and their communities.

Mandy Olivam is an intuitive writer, retreat facilitator, and ritualist, as well as a birth doula and officiant of sacred celebrations.

Registration is non-refundable. If you are not able to attend, you may gift it to someone else or notify Mandy and Cory who can pass it to someone else.

Knowing that many are longing for communal space to honor beloveds, a Ceremony of Grief and Gratitude, with a larger capacity for participation, is being planned for Sunday, November 24th. 

October’s Savoring Time mini-retreat time has been changed to 12:30-2:30!

Do you feel like you are moving faster than you want to most of the time?

How could slowing down, even for two hours, support your well-being?

Savoring Time is a monthly mini-retreat

for you to slow down and soften,

delight your senses, and

reflect in community.

In every Savoring Time mini-retreat, we’ll engage the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Savoring Time is an invitation to soft savoring for your whole being.

October’s theme is Bewitching

This mini-retreat is the second Sunday of the month. Each month has a different theme. All remaining 2024 dates below.

October 13

November 10

December 8

The exchange for Savoring Time is $44. If you prefer to pay via Venmo (@hartcommunication), check, or cash, use the code PAYLATER. If the cost is prohibitive, scholarship funds may be available.

Many of us feel the divisiveness of our time.

How do we move from “us” and “them” to a greater sense of shared vision?
 
This 2-hour workshop introduces a framework for finding connection through challenging conversations at work, at home, and in daily life. Learn to identify, honor, and express yourself with clarity, honesty, and integrity. Using these strategies opens possibilities for win-win collaborative outcomes.
 
The workshop includes:

• An outline of the framework

• Introduction of strategies

• Modeling of the practices

• Skills and resources to use immediately

Workshop cost: $40

Join Cory Lockhart during Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassions’s 12 Days Toward Peace for a Peacemaker Conversation with Charles Booker, Director of the Governor’s Office of Faith Based & Community Initiatives and Founder of Hood to the Holler.

Be heartened by stories of unexpected connections,

inspired by visionary work for a better future, and

challenged to work for peace from whatever position you find yourself in.

Register to attend in person at Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassion or via Zoom OR join through Facebook LIVE.

This event is offered for free in the spirit of generosity. You are invited to consider a reciprocal gift to support this event and the ongoing work of compassion and nonviolence of DGCEC. 

Moving Forward Together: Peacemaker Conversation with Charles Booker is part of DGCEC’s 12 DAYS TOWARD PEACE 2024. DGCEC’s 10th annual 12 Days effort launches on Saturday, September 21 on International Day of Peace and continues through International Day of Nonviolence on Wednesday, October 2. To see other 12 Days Toward Peace events, click here.

Join Cory Lockhart at Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassion to view and discuss the inspiring documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell.

Pray the Devil Back to Hell chronicles the remarkable story of the Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country. The movie honors the strength and perseverance of these women. Inspiring, uplifting, and most of all motivating, it is a compelling testimony of how grassroots activism can alter the history of nations.

Register to attend in person at Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassion.

This event is offered for free in the spirit of generosity. You are invited to consider a reciprocal gift to support this event and the ongoing work of compassion and nonviolence of DGCEC. 

Pray the Devil Back to Hell Movie and Discussion is part of DGCEC’s 12 DAYS TOWARD PEACE 2024. DGCEC’s 10th annual 12 Days effort launches on Saturday, September 21 on International Day of Peace and continues through International Day of Nonviolence on Wednesday, October 2. To see other 12 Days Toward Peace events, click here.

Join Cory Lockhart during Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassions’s 12 Days Toward Peace for a Peacemaker Conversation with long-time social justice activists and organizers, Pam McMichael and Carla Wallace.

Be uplifted by stories of successful organizing,

inspired by creative nonviolent actions and movements, and

energized by the power of collective action. 

Register to attend via Zoom OR join through Facebook LIVE.

This event is offered for free in the spirit of generosity. You are invited to consider a reciprocal gift to support this event and the ongoing work of compassion and nonviolence of DGCEC. 

Soildarity Through Organizing: Peacemaker Conversation with Carla Wallace and Pam McMichael is part of DGCEC’s 12 DAYS TOWARD PEACE 2024. DGCEC’s 10th annual 12 Days effort launches on Saturday, September 21 on International Day of Peace and continues through International Day of Nonviolence on Wednesday, October 2. To see other 12 Days Toward Peace events, click here.

Do you feel like you are moving faster than you want to most of the time?

How could slowing down, even for two hours, support your well-being?

Savoring Time is a (nearly) monthly mini-retreat

for you to slow down and soften,

delight your senses, and

reflect in community.

In every Savoring Time mini-retreat, we’ll engage the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Savoring Time is an invitation to soft savoring for your whole being.

September’s theme is Release and Receive

This mini-retreat is the second Sunday of the month. Each month has a different theme. All remaining 2024 dates below.

September 8

October 12

November 10

December 8

The exchange for Savoring Time is $44. If you prefer to pay via Venmo (@hartcommunication), check, or cash, use the code PAYLATER. If the cost is prohibitive, scholarship funds may be available.

Who Do We Choose To Be? by Margaret Wheatley begins with these words:

In a world we cannot recognize, how do we find a way forward? In this world we do not understand, how do we know what to do? When so little is comprehensible, what is meaningful work? What is genuine contribution?

The second edition of the book (published in 2023) is described this way: How do we see clearly so that we can act wisely? Wheatley brings present reality into clear and troubling focus using multiple lenses of Western and Indigenous sciences, and the historic patterns of collapse in complex civilizations. With gentle but insistent guidance to face reality, she offers us the path and practices to be sane leaders who know how to evoke people's inherent generosity, creativity, and kindness.

Let’s explore these important themes together!

Each session will include a short summary of salient points and plenty of time for discussion.

This 4-session book study is offered in person at the St. Catherine- 729 E. St. Catherine St., 40203. Sessions are on Saturdays, 10:30am-12:00pm, September 7-28.

The standard contribution for this book study is $75. The Pay It Forward contribution, which supports the scholarship level, is $105. If you have limited resources, choose the Scholarship contribution of $45.

Want more information and guidance on choosing a contribution level? Visit the Considering Money and Contribution page.

I am a creative work in progress. Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, a 12-week process of creative recovery, has been an instrumental tool in helping me get out of my own way. I've gone through the process multiple times by myself and accompanied groups through it, the last time being in early 2020.

Each time the process has been rich and led to new discoveries, insights, and steps on the creative path. Each time I have deepened my self-understanding and expanded my creative practices. Journeying through The Artist’s Way with others has amplified the elements of play, depth, curiosity, and inspiration. I am ready to share The Artist’s Way with others again.

If you are looking for a reset...

If you are wanting to connect with play and wonder...

If you are longing for deep connections with yourself and others...

Join me starting in August as we explore The Artist's Way.

Early Bird rate available through July 31!

Do you feel like you are moving faster than you want to most of the time?

How could slowing down, even for two hours, support your well-being?

Savoring Time is a (nearly) monthly mini-retreat

for you to slow down and soften,

delight your senses, and

reflect in community.

In every Savoring Time mini-retreat, we’ll engage the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Savoring Time is an invitation to soft savoring for your whole being.

August’s theme is Abundance

This mini-retreat happens 5 more times in 2024, the second Sunday of the month. Each month has a different theme. All remaining 2024 dates below.

Want to attend all or most Savoring Time mini-retreats?

When you register for a package of the 5 remaining retreats, your 5th retreat is 50% off!

August 11

September 8

October 12

November 10

December 8

The exchange for Savoring Time is $44. If you prefer to pay via Venmo (@hartcommunication), check, or cash, use the code PAYLATER. If the cost is prohibitive, scholarship funds may be available.

Want to attend ALL 5 of the remaining Savoring Time retreats? Click the button below and getthe last retreat for 50% off!

Do you feel like you are moving faster than you want to most of the time?

How could slowing down, even for two hours, support your well-being?

Savoring Time is a (nearly) monthly mini-retreat

for you to slow down and soften,

delight your senses, and

reflect in community.

In every Savoring Time mini-retreat, we’ll engage the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Savoring Time is an invitation to soft savoring for your whole being.

June’s theme is Light!

This mini-retreat happens 10 times in 2024, usually the second Sunday of the month. Each month has a different theme. All remaining 2024 dates below.

Want to attend all or most Savoring Time mini-retreats?

When you register for a package of 5, your 5th mini-retreat is 50% off!

June 9 October 12

(no retreat in July) November 10

August 11 December 8

September 8

The exchange for Savoring Time is $44. If you prefer to pay via Venmo (@hartcommunication), check, or cash, use the code PAYLATER. If the cost is prohibitive, scholarship funds may be available.

Want to attend 5 of the remaining 8 Savoring Time mini-retreats? Click the button below and get a 10% discount for registering for them all at once!

Do you feel like you are moving faster than you want to most of the time?

How could slowing down, even for two hours, support your well-being?

Savoring Time is a (nearly) monthly mini-retreat

for you to slow down and soften,

delight your senses, and

reflect in community.

In every Savoring Time mini-retreat, we’ll engage the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Savoring Time is an invitation to soft savoring for your whole being.

May’s theme is Bloom!

This mini-retreat happens 10 times in 2024, usually the second Sunday of the month. Each month has a different theme. All remaining 2024 dates below.

Want to attend all or most Savoring Time mini-retreats?

When you register for a package of 5, your 5th mini-retreat is 50% off!

May 19th September 8

June 9 October 13

(no retreat in July) November 10

August 11 December 8

The exchange for Savoring Time is $44. If you prefer to pay via Venmo (@hartcommunication), check, or cash, use the code PAYLATER. If the cost is prohibitive, scholarship funds may be available.

Want to attend 5 of the remaining 8 Savoring Time mini-retreats? Click the button below and get a 10% discount for registering for them all at once!

Do you feel like you are moving faster than you want to most of the time?

How could slowing down, even for two hours, support your well-being?

Savoring Time is a (nearly) monthly mini-retreat

for you to slow down and soften,

delight your senses, and

reflect in community.

In every Savoring Time mini-retreat, we’ll engage the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Savoring Time is an invitation to soft savoring for your whole being.

The theme for April is Showers of Water

This mini-retreat happens 10 times in 2024, usually the second Sunday of the month. Each month has a different theme. All 2024 dates below.

Want to attend all or most Savoring Time mini-retreats?

When you register for a package of 5, your 5th mini-retreat is 50% off!

April 14 September 8

May 19 (3rd Sunday) October 13

June 9 November 10

(no retreat in July) December 8

August 11

The exchange for Savoring Time is $44. If you prefer to pay via Venmo (@hartcommunication), check, or cash, use the code PAYLATER. If the cost is prohibitive, scholarship funds may be available.

Want to attend 5 of the remaining 8 Savoring Time mini-retreats? Click the button below and get a 10% discount for registering for them all at once!

Many of us deeply feel the divisiveness of our time. We long to have bridge-building conversations and yet when we try, we often end up frustrated, angry, dismayed. We want to be true to our values and to have fruitful conversations; sometimes it feels impossible to do both. 

What are ways to maintain connection so that both parties have a chance to speak honestly and be heard?

How do we move from “us” and “them” to a greater sense of shared vision?

How do we cultivate win-win conversations?

This 2-hour training introduces a framework to express yourself with clarity, authenticity and understanding during challenging conversations- at home, in the workplace, or anywhere else. 

The training includes:

• An outline of the framework

• Introduction of strategies 

• Modeling of the practices

• Discussion 

These strategies open possibilities for win-win outcomes. The training is perfect for individuals wanting tools to connect across divides, whether personal or ideological; teams wanting a common framework for communication; and anyone else wanting to cultivate greater connection in conversations. 

This workshop is offered by the Nazareth Retreat Center and registration is through the Nazareth website. Cost of the training is $40. Some scholarships available.

You and your partner love each other.

Even so, there are times when one or both of you don't show up in the way you'd like to when you’re communicating. You may find yourself falling back into patterns from your family of origin or speaking in ways that at one time served you, but no longer do.

You want to show up fully - in connection with yourself and your partner, in integrity, and with clarity. But you may not know how or wish you had a few more tools in your emotional intelligence toolkit.

Compassionate Communication offers skills and tools to cultivate connection and care for yourself and your partner, even when you are experiencing conflict.

In this 2-hour introductory workshop you will:

• learn the basic framework of Compassionate Communication that you can begin to apply immediately

• explore the connection between feelings and needs

• differentiate between demands, demands disguised as requests, and requests

• practice using the tools with guidance and support

This workshop will be in person in a home in Clifton. There are cats in the house. Address will be shared at registration. The workshop is limited to 6 couples.

From a previous participant:

I found it extremely valuable to have access to a workshop that I could invite my husband to in a group setting. It was inspiring to have other men there sharing and talking about their feelings. What a beautiful way to be in community. Thank you so much, Cory!!!

Pre-registration is required*. The Standard Rate is $70 per couple. If you prefer to pay via Venmo (@hartcommunication), use the code PAYOFFLINE and send payment. You will be considered registered once you’ve paid. If the cost is prohibitive, scholarship funds may be available.

If you prefer to pay offline or are in need of scholarship assistance, please contact Cory using the button below before registering.

*Registration is non-refundable, but may be transferred to someone else if you register and are not able to make it.

Are you ready for a fresh start in 2024?

Would you like an opportunity to see where you are- what your personal starting line is as you begin the year?

Do you understand things better when you can see them?

Mapping Life: Moving Forward in 2024 offers a Compassionate Communication framework to clearly see your starting point as you begin the year and consider how you want to move through the year. The workshop will include a guided meditation, short teaching of the framing, and guidelines to create your map. Then you’ll have ample time to work, looking at where you are and beginning to make plans for steps you want to take in the coming year so that you thrive!

Through this visual mapping you will:

• see more clearly where you are now

• understand the needs and values that you want to tend to in 2024

• make plans for action steps to meet those needs, noting steps you can take on your own and where/how you can get support

Toward the end of the second hour, you will have a chance to hear and share insights discovered during the process. You’ll also receive guiding questions for further reflection.

This in-person workshop includes all supplies and light refreshements and will be hosted at the beautiful Ace Esthetics in the Highlands. Registration is limited to 12 people.

The Standard Contribution Level is $55. The Pay-It-Forward Contribution Level is $70 (this contribution level supports scholarships for this or future events). The Scholarship Contribution Level (limited in number) is $35. Please consider mindfully what you are able to contribute.

Want guidance on choosing a contribution level? Read more here.

This workshop has an online partner workshop, Mapping Life: Looking Back at 2023, on December 28, 2023 at 7:00pm ET.

Sign up for both for a 20% discount!

Would you like fresh perspective on the last year?

Will consciously closing the year help you to move into the new year with a clean slate?

Do you understand things better when you can see them?

Mapping Life: Looking Back on 2023 offers a Compassionate Communication framework for examining the past year more closely. The workshop will include a guided meditation, short teaching of the framing, and guidelines to create your map. Then you’ll have ample time to work on your map, looking back over the year and seeing where you want to consciously close the year and where you want to practice openness in 2024.

Through this visual mapping you will:

• see more clearly the places you experienced abundance and scarcity in 2023

• understand the needs and values that have motivated you to action or depleted you of energy

• begin to explore ways you can address needs that are not currently being met

This workshop will be recorded. The recording will be available for 2 weeks after the workshop.

The Standard Contribution Level is $44. The Pay-It-Forward Contribution Level is $59 (this contribution level supports scholarships for this or future events). The Scholarship Contribution Level (limited in number) is $29. Please consider mindfully what you are able to contribute.

Want guidance on choosing a contribution level? Read more here.

This workshop has an in-person partner workshop, Mapping Life: Moving Forward in 2024, on January 1, 2024 at 2:00pm ET. You may choose to attend one or both workshops.

Sign up for both for a 20% discount!

Are there parts of you longing for care and connection?

Do you sometimes hesitate to bring your whole self into certain scenarios?

Come and re-member all of who you are.

Allow yourself time to slow down and connect through meditation, journaling, and creative play.

You are encouraged to bring a journal.  All other supplies will be provided.

This mini-retreat is offered by the Nazareth Retreat Center and registration is through the Nazareth website. Cost of the training is $40. Some scholarships available.