Resilience Circles

Change the way you relate to yourself, to God, and to your community.

In a social context where differences often seem to divide us, the Resilience Circle aims to create a “safe enough” space where we can bridge those gaps with presence, authenticity, and kindness.

New Circles Begin in January 2025

Learn to engage others, and yourself, with greater compassion.

Resilience circles offer a unique, transformative journey of personal growth, connection, and resilience.

More experience, less “training.” 

More emotion, less logic.

More an “oh” and changed habits than head knowledge

Facilitates Personal Growth

  • Tolerate/manage stress and conflict
  • Exhibit self-compassion and self-awareness
  • Cultivate supportive relationships through listening, vulnerability, and kindly giving and receiving feedback
  • Construct meaning-making from suffering and failure

Fosters Connections

One of the distinguishing features of our Resilience Circles is our commitment to foster connections across a multitude of differences–theological, political, ethnic and cultural.

In a social context where differences often seem to divide us, Resilience Circles create a “safe enough” space where we can bridge those gaps with presence, authenticity, and kindness. By sharing our stories and developing deep listening skills, we learn to engage others–and ourselves–with greater compassion.

How Resilience Circles Work

Circles are a unique space that brings together diverse people to learn and grow together in a cohort model. 

Format: live online instruction and facilitated conversation

Duration: 8-months

Cohort Size: Each circle includes one convener and 8-10 participants

Time: Monthly Meetings of 2 hours

Cost: $600

Partial scholarships: available for clergy and church staff – Click here to check your eligibility

Coaching Add-on: $300 for three 50-minute sessions*

  • Coaching helps you activate all that comes up in the group experience.
  • Our coaches specialize in various personality assessments, vocational
    discernment, and spiritual direction.
  • We’ll customize our coaching to whatever best meets your needs!

*While this add-on begins with three coaching sessions, more sessions can be added after your first three.

Coming January 2025 – Leaders Circles

Each Circle is limited to 10 participants and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

    Who Should Join Resilience Circles?

    If you desire personal growth and to make an impact right where you are, you will benefit from Circles.

    Visionaries Non-profit Leaders Educators Pastors & Ex-pastors Healthcare Workers Burnt-out or Aspiring Leaders Social Entrepreneurs    Social Change Advocates Lifelong Learners Counselors & therapists Academic Professionals Individuals Navigating Life Transitions Community Organizers

    Circle Participant Feedback

    Capacity to tolerate stress:

    81% reported growth

    Self awareness:

    81% reported growth

    Ability to deal with conflict in your vocational context:

    100% increased

    Self-compassion:

    96% reported growth

    Ability to find purpose/make meaning in your story

    100% reported growth

    Ability to cultivate supportive relationships

    95% reported growth