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SUMMARY:Poetry reading with One Art
DESCRIPTION:Hi friends\, I just heard that this reading will be rescheduled. Stay tuned to the calendar for the new date. \nFriends\, I’m over the moon to spend time with fellow writers Ellen Rowland and Phyllis Cole-Dai and our host\, editor and founder of One Art\, Mark Danowsky\, for a poetry reading on Sunday\, May 3rd. \nThere will be time for reading as well as time for questions.  If you feel moved to come\, I’d love to have you join me! \nIt’s free\, but you need to register here. \nHere’s a bit more about Ellen and Phyllis (I highly recommend Phyllis’ online community\, The Raft) \nPhyllis Cole-Dai resides in Maryland. She’s the author or editor of more than a dozen books\, including the popular Poetry of Presence volumes of mindfulness poems. She invites you to hop aboard The Raft\, her online community. \nEllen Rowland is a writer and editor who leads small\, generative poetry workshops on craft and form. She is the author of two collections of haiku: Light\, Come Gather Me and Blue Seasons\, and most recently The Echo of Silence/L’écho du Silence\, a bi-lingual book of haiku and tanka. Her full-length poetry collection\, No Small Thing\, was published by Fernwood Press in 2023. You can find her writing in ONE ART\, Sheila-Na-Gig\, Braided Way\, Humana Obscura\, and several anthologies\, including “The Path to Kindness” and “The Wonder of Small Things” edited by James Crews. Her chapbook of after poems\, In Search of Lost Birds is forthcoming from Kelsay Books. She lives off the grid with her family on a small farm in Greece. Connect with her on Instagram \, Facebook and Substack.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/poetry-reading-with-one-art/
CATEGORIES:Free webinar,Online class
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T155104Z
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SUMMARY:Gathering Ourselves - Spring Equinox
DESCRIPTION:Friends\, please join me and my co-facilitator\, Tamara Strijack\, for the next session of Gathering Ourselves\, a creativity circle to connect more deeply with ourselves and each other. \nIn these online gatherings\, we’ll use centering exercises\, prompts\, poems\, and our own creative expression – whether it’s collage\, journaling\, writing\, journal pages\, drawing or more – to nurture a more generous\, deeper\, and restorative relationship with our inner world. You don’t have to think of yourself as creative or a writer to come – merely a desire to show up and play.  \nWe’ll couple our exploration with group sharing – a safe\, sacred space where we can share\, listen to ourselves\, and listen to each other with ‘the ears of our hearts.’ By listening to ourselves and each other\, we hope to become more vibrant\, compassionate\, tender and courageous. \nWe’ll be meeting on Friday\, March 27th from 10 am to 1 pm Pacific/11 am to 2 p m Mountain/12 to 3 pm Central/1 to 4 pm Eastern/6 to 9 pm London/7 to 10 pm Prague time.\n\nThe gathering will be recorded if you can’t make it.\n\n\nTuition is $60 (CAD or USD.) Or purchase the entire series for the year (4 gatherings) for $200.\n\nRegister for Gathering Ourselves
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/gathering-ourselves-march/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20251104T164822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T164822Z
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SUMMARY:Deepening into Winter: A Creativity Circle
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special winter session of Gathering Ourselves\, a creativity circle to connect more deeply with what’s within ourselves and with each other. We’ll be gathering in December to ground and connect with ourselves before the flurry of the end of year holidays. \nWendell Berry writes “that the dark\, too\, blooms and sings.” So let’s sing into the dark\, and gather in the dark\, and see what may be blooming in this time of quiet and time of festivities.  \nIn our online gathering\, we’ll use prompts\, poems\, and our own creative expression – whether it’s collage\, journaling\, writing\, journal pages\, drawing or more – to nurture a more generous\, deeper\, and restorative relationship with our yearnings and desires for the holiday season. \nYou can learn more and sign up here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/deepening-into-winter-a-creativity-circle/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T160000
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SUMMARY:Listen: Gentle ways to support your healing with food
DESCRIPTION:There are core areas that nearly everyone faces when healing their relationship with food – places of challenge\, difficulty or tension that arise in our bodies\, minds and nervous systems. While these places of stuckness can feel frustrating or alarming\, they’re doorways – places where we can bring curiosity\, warmth and listening to help soften the wounds that lead to painful behaviors with food.\n\n\nIn this interactive class\, we’ll explore seven of these core areas with listening\, respect and creative\, playful exercises:\n\nembracing neediness\nbefriending cravings\, the cry for help\ncaring for collapse and powerlessness\nbecoming more comfortable with the ebb and flow of emptiness and satiation\nleaning into limits and protective love\nreceiving care rather than caretaking\nand softening perfectionism and walking the maze.\n\nThis class is designed to deepen self compassion so we can become allies for our healing. For 2025\, I’ve tweaked this class to be more focused on the zoom gatherings themselves. We’ll use poems\, prompts\, creative play and group sharing to bring healing\, care and ease to these places of tenderness that are a part of the human experience.\n\nWe’ll meet on zoom on Wednesdays from 2-4 pm CT. You can learn more and sign up here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/listen-2025/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20250625T164907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T164933Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Through Illness: A Poetry Workshop with One Art
DESCRIPTION:“Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you. Your feelings need you. Go home and be there for all of these things.”  – Thich Nhat Hanh \nIllness – of all shapes and forms – is a complex threshold. As we journey through her doors\, we meet change\, loss\, fear\, pain\, grief\, fatigue\, gratitude\, wonder\, awe – the full mystery of what it means to be human and to live in a human body. \nIn this online playshop with One Art\, a poetry journal\, we’ll explore\, write and share our way into a more generous\, deeper connection with the complexity that arises when we host an illness in our body’s ‘guest house.’ We’ll use writing practices\, presence\, and poetry to meet these guests and nurture a more regenerative\, curious\, and compassionate relationship with our bodies\, hearts\, and minds. \nWhat might illness have to share with us? How might it meet us? How might we meet it? \nThis workshop is open to anyone who’s been touched by illness – their own\, a loved one’s\, a friend’s – and all kinds of illness – physical illness\, mental illness\, chronic illness\, sudden illness. All levels of writing experience are welcome. \nIf you can’t join us live\, we’ll record our time together so you can explore it later at your own pace.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/writing-through-illness/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20250322T195149Z
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SUMMARY:Gathering Ourselves: A Creativity Circle to Nurture Connection and Compassion
DESCRIPTION:Friends\, please join me and my co-facilitator\, Tamara Strijack\, for Gathering Ourselves\, a creativity circle to connect more deeply with ourselves and each other. \nIn these online gatherings\, we’ll use centering exercises\, prompts\, poems\, and our own creative expression – whether it’s collage\, journaling\, writing\, journal pages\, drawing or more – to nurture a more generous\, deeper\, and restorative relationship with our inner world. \nWe’ll couple our exploration with group sharing – a safe\, sacred space where we can share\, listen to ourselves\, and listen to each other with ‘the ears of our hearts.’ \nWe’ll be meeting once a month from June to November from 12 to 3 pm CDT on Fridays. Tuition is 6 monthly payments of $125 USD and there are limited spots. If the group is full\, please contact us to join the waiting list.  \nLearn more and register here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/gathering-ourselves/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241105T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T153000
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CREATED:20231206T234927Z
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SUMMARY:Soften a Sugar Habit with Presence\, Compassion and Grief
DESCRIPTION:If you use sugar to self soothe\, to care for painful emotions\, or to comfort yourself when you’re stressed\, the holidays may be an especially difficult time for you. In this four part class\, you’ll learn how to use presence\, self compassion and grief to unhook from painful patterns with sugar. \nPresence and compassion create the safety for change\, healing and growth to occur\, with sugar and beyond. And yet you may wonder – how do I cultivate these things? And how can they help me eat less sugar? In this course you’ll learn the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ so you can start to build the inner refuge that replaces the ‘holding’ of sugar. \nWebinars will be on Tuesdays from 2 to 3:30 pm CDT and will be recorded if you can’t attend live. The last webinar is a bonus class on yang self compassion and how to set protective\, loving limits with sugar without activating the stress system. \nThis was a brand new class for 2023 and received rave reviews. It’s suitable for all levels and is especially designed for people who are new to Growing Humankindness and for those who struggle with sugar cravings during the holidays. \nLearn more and sign up here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/soften-2024/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20240501T145758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T215149Z
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SUMMARY:Writing the Body: A poetry Thoughtshop with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and Karly Randolph Pitman
DESCRIPTION:We can have so many complex feelings about our bodies – love\, joy\, fear\, appreciation\, disgust\, grief\, resignation. Our relationships with our bodies are rich and multi-faceted! There are the things we treasure – what our bodies experience\, hold\, and do. There are the ways our bodies just are – this temporary house for the soul. And there are our bodies themselves – their frailty\, strength\, and the ways they hold and shape our lives. \nJoin us for a one day\, online writing retreat where we’ll use meditation\, mindfulness\, and poetry to learn\, share and write our way into a more generous\, deeper connection with our bodies. What might our bodies have to share with us? How might they want to meet us? How might we want to meet them? Together\, we’ll explore this rich mystery. \nWe’ll be meeting on zoom on Tuesday\, September 24th from 8 am-3 pm PST/9 am-4 pm MST/10 am-5 pm CST/11 am-6 pm EST time. We offer three payment options: $125\, $150 or $175 USD. The retreat is limited to 20 participants. If the retreat is full\, kindly contact us to join the waiting list. \nLearn more and sign up here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/writing-the-body/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T143000
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SUMMARY:Book of Love - 2024 class
DESCRIPTION:Friends\, this is my favorite class to facilitate\, and one that’s perfect for you if you’re needing rest from the ‘work’ of healing. \nThe Book of Love is a playful\, art based class to reconnect to your wholeness:  to birth the deeper story that lives underneath our experiences of loss\, disconnection\, rupture and trauma. \nIn this class you’ll be crafting a journal – using a blank book that you fill with images\, stories\, symbols and more – to create a book of connection\, a chronicle and witness to your soul’s story. Through this creation and through sharing a space with others\, you’ll reconnect with your deepest self\, soften shame\, and embolden courage. \nClass begins on Thursday\, August 15th. Webinars are on Thursdays from 1 to 2:30 pm. You can learn more and sign up here. \n 
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/book-of-love-2024/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240706T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240706T143000
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SUMMARY:Home study support call
DESCRIPTION:Friends\, this is a chance for you to get support as you work your way through our home study offerings. Where are you getting stuck? Where do you need help? Is there a victory or challenge you want to share? Bring your questions\, challenges\, and insights to these group calls. We’re here to help! The webinar will be recorded if you can’t make it\, and you’ll have a chance to ask questions beforehand if you can’t attend live. \nThis webinar is for any student who’s bought one of our home study offerings. You can learn more or sign up for a home study course here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/home-study-support-call/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240615T130000
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SUMMARY:When Food is Your Mother: Healing the Shame of Food Distress
DESCRIPTION:In this signature workshop\, you’ll learn why and how food can become a substitute attachment – a place of soothing\, regulation\, connection\, and attunement – and not just a ‘bad habit’ of overeating. From this perspective\, food addictions are emotional bonds that serve core needs and regulate the nervous system. \nAnd with this insight\, we can approach overeating with more empathy\, understanding and clarity\, leading to less shame\, less stigma\, and a greater possibility for change. \nThis event is being hosted by PCPSI\, Professional Counselling and Psychotherapy Seminars Ireland. \nThis workshop is suitable for all levels and is especially pertinent for helping professionals – therapists\, counselors\, social workers\, and coaches – as well as medical professionals who want to better understand the emotional dynamics that lie underneath a distressed relationship with food. \nYou can learn more and sign up for this event here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/when-food-is-your-mother-pcpsi/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T170000
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SUMMARY:Emerge: Create a New Habit
DESCRIPTION:This class is for you if you overuse sugar for stress relief\, to care for your emotions\, or to self regulate and want help to transition into a no or low sugar diet. You’ll receive daily emotional support and learn how to apply self compassion to the process of habit change\, so you can create more nourishing self talk and build resilience\, that internal sense of\, “I trust myself to move through this.” Weekly webinars and a forum give you a chance to ask questions and daily audios help you feel held each day. \nEmerge is our most popular class and has been taken by thousands of students around the world. Early registration is now open. You can learn more and register here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/emerge-2024/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240130T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240305T153000
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SUMMARY:Align: Heal the Battle with Your Inner Rebel
DESCRIPTION:If you reactively push against help or get stuck in feelings of resistance – “No\, you can’t make me!” – when you try to make positive changes with food\, it can be so frustrating. \nIn Align: Heal the Battle with Your Inner Rebel\, you’ll learn how to soften the inner conflict between the part of you that wants to change and the part of you that pushes back. Defusing this conflict will help you follow through on the changes you want to make with food\, set limits\, and express a greater sense of power and agency in your life. \nYou can learn more and sign up for the class here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/align-2024/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231127T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240102T153000
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SUMMARY:Soften a Sugar Habit with Presence\, Compassion and Grief
DESCRIPTION:If you use sugar to self soothe\, to care for painful emotions\, or to comfort yourself when you’re stressed\, the holidays may be an especially difficult time for you. In this four part class\, you’ll learn how to use presence\, self compassion and grief to unhook from painful patterns with sugar. \nPresence and compassion create the safety for change\, healing and growth to occur\, with sugar and beyond. And yet you may wonder – how do I cultivate these things? And how can they help me eat less sugar? In this course you’ll learn the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ so you can start to build the inner refuge that replaces the ‘holding’ of sugar. \nWebinars will be on Tuesdays from 2 to 3:30 pm CDT on December 5\, December 12\, December 19 and January 2. They’ll be recorded if you can’t attend live. On January 2nd we’ll have a bonus class on yang self compassion and how to set protective\, loving limits with sugar without activating the stress system. \nThis is a brand new class for 2023 and is suitable for all levels. It’s especially designed for people who are new to Growing Humankindness and for those who struggle with sugar cravings. \nLearn more and sign up here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/softening/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231023T170000
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SUMMARY:Kick Sugar Summit - 2023
DESCRIPTION:Friends\, I’m delighted to participate in the 2023 Kick Sugar Summit. This annual summit brings together wonderful leaders in the nutritional\, psychological\, and health fields to help you have a healthier relationship with sugar. You can sign up for this free summit here. \nSome of the speakers that may interest you include: \n\nKelly McDaniel – author of Mother Hunger\nDr. Aimie Apigian – physician and trauma expert\nDr. Marcelle Pick – functional medical doctor and women’s health expert\nSusan Peirce Thompson – founder of Bright Line Eating\n\nMy interview is on Thursday\, October 19th where I’ll be talking about Overcoming Addiction with Mindfulness\, Grieving and Self Compassion. I hope to see you there!
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/kick-sugar-summit-2023/
CATEGORIES:Free webinar,Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230925T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T170000
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SUMMARY:When Food is Your Mother - 2023 class
DESCRIPTION:For many people\, overeating and binge eating are not just “bad” habits or coping strategies but emotional bonds – a ‘mother’ that they turn to for comfort\, holding\, soothing\, regulation\, and nurturing. \nSelf soothing with food is a well intentioned coping mechanism to feel safe\, secure and connected in the face of isolation\, intense emotions\, powerlessness\, or pain. \nIn moments of overwhelm\, this emotional bond with food – and the needs that drive it – can override other needs\, such as a need for health or nurturing limits. In this class\, you’ll learn how to nurture the internal and external safety that enables you to soften your bond with food and deepen your connection to yourself. \nThe weekly webinars are on Thursdays\, alternating between 2 and 6 pm central.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/mother-2023/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230605T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230710T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20230410T164608Z
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SUMMARY:Emerge: Create a New Habit
DESCRIPTION:If you overuse sugar for stress relief\, to care for your emotions\, or to self regulate\, this course will help you change your eating habits with gentleness and insight. You’ll receive daily emotional support and learn how to apply self compassion to the process of habit change\, so you can create more nourishing self talk and build resilience\, that internal sense of\, “I trust myself to move through this.” \nEmerge is our most popular class and has been taken by thousands of students around the world. \nThis class is open to anyone in the Growing Humankindness membership community. You can learn more and join the community here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/emerge-create-a-new-habit/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20220607T223928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220826T180601Z
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SUMMARY:When Food is Your Mother - 2022 class
DESCRIPTION:For many people\, overeating and binge eating are not just “bad” habits or coping strategies but emotional bonds – a ‘mother’ that they turn to for comfort\, holding\, soothing\, regulation\, and nurturing. \nSelf soothing with food is a well intentioned coping mechanism to feel safe\, secure and connected in the face of isolation\, intense emotions\, powerlessness\, or pain. \nIn moments of overwhelm\, this emotional bond with food – and the needs that drive it – can override other needs\, such as a need for health or nurturing limits. In this class\, you’ll learn how to nurture the internal and external safety that enables you to soften your bond with food and deepen your connection to yourself. \nThis class is open for registration. Tuition is $475 USD or two monthly payments of $240. \nYou can learn more here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/mother-2022-class/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220901T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220908T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20220830T192944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220830T193147Z
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SUMMARY:Kick Sugar Summit 2022
DESCRIPTION:Join me and sugar and nutrition experts Dr. Julia Ross\, Dr. Robert Lustig\, Dr. Susan Peirce of Bright Line Eating\, and more for this year’s sugar summit. My talk on Healing the Emotional Roots of Sugar Addiction is on day 7\, September 7th.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/kick-sugar-summit-2022/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210802T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20201119T073627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210511T235622Z
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SUMMARY:When Food is Your Mother - 2021 class
DESCRIPTION:For many people\, overeating and binge eating are not just “bad” habits or coping strategies but emotional bonds – a ‘mother’ that they turn to for comfort\, holding\, soothing\, regulation\, and nurturing. \nSelf soothing with food is a well intentioned coping mechanism to feel safe\, secure and connected in the face of isolation\, intense emotions\, powerlessness\, or pain. \nIn moments of overwhelm\, this emotional bond with food – and the needs that drive it – can override other needs\, such as a need for health or nurturing limits. In this class\, you’ll learn how to nurture the internal and external safety that enables you to soften your bond with food and deepen your connection to yourself. \nThis class opens for registration in late May/early June 2021. \nYou can learn more here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/when-food-is-your-mother-2021-class/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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ORGANIZER;CN="Karly Randolph Pitman":MAILTO:help@growinghumankindness.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210322T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20201119T073012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210511T235547Z
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SUMMARY:Book of Love - 2021 class
DESCRIPTION:When we experience heartache\, hardship\, or pain\, or when we struggle with something long term like illness or trauma\, it’s easy to feel like ‘damaged goods’ – like there’s something wrong with us. \nOur struggles can become the lens through which we see ourselves\, coloring our perceptions and beliefs about who we are. In the wake of this separation\, we often lose our connection with ourselves:  our hopes and dreams\, abiding goodness\, capability\, and trustworthiness. \nThe Book of Love is a playful\, art based class to reconnect to your wholeness:  to birth the deeper story that lives underneath feelings of disconnection. \nIn this six week class\, you’ll be crafting a journal – using a blank book that you fill with images\, stories\, symbols and more – to create a book of connection\, a chronicle and witness to your soul’s story. Through this creation and through sharing a space with others\, you’ll reconnect with your deepest self\, soften shame\, and embolden courage. \nYou can learn more here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/book-of-love-2021-class/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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ORGANIZER;CN="Karly Randolph Pitman":MAILTO:help@growinghumankindness.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201102T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211028T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20201001T180229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210511T235406Z
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SUMMARY:Small group intensive:  Nurturing the Inner Mother
DESCRIPTION:Our small group intensive is for our beloved alumni who want to come together in a small group to nurture spaces of inner ‘mothering’ within themselves – to create an internal refuge of warmth\, welcome\, compassion and courage. \nOver a year’s time\, we come together to deepen the healing you began in When Food is Your Mother so habits of self soothing with food\, isolation\, and self judgment can gently fall away. You can learn more here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/nurture/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211101T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20201119T074059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220607T224319Z
UID:62781-1604217600-1635786000@growinghumankindness.com
SUMMARY:Small group intensive 2021:  Nurturing the Inner Mother
DESCRIPTION:Our small group intensive is for our beloved alumni who want to come together in a small group to nurture spaces of inner ‘mothering’ within themselves – to create an internal refuge of warmth\, welcome\, compassion and courage. \nOver a year’s time\, we come together to deepen the healing you began in When Food is Your Mother so habits of self soothing with food\, isolation\, and self judgment can gently fall away. You can learn more here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/small-group-intensive-2021-nurturing-the-inner-mother/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200727
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200918
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20191212T164441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T175335Z
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SUMMARY:When Food is Your Mother
DESCRIPTION:It’s easy to look at overeating or any kind of overdoing with food as proof of ‘badness\,’ a moral failure. It might seem like a lack of character or strength. \nBut there are good reasons why you overeat!  When we feel overwhelmed\, stressed\, and caught in painful emotions\, everything in our neurobiology is wired to connect. \nIn the absence of true connection\, we can turn to other places of safety and holding – like food. When we’re under stress\, we can turn to food as a ‘mothering presence’ – a place of care\, nurturing\, and understanding. \nSo the motivation behind overeating is to offer ourselves care – to self nurture. \nIn When Food is Your Mother\, you’ll learn how to soften a pattern of using food for self nurturing\, soothing\, and stress relief and how to deepen true refuge – true connection – with yourself\, with others and with life. \nWhat makes When Food is Your Mother unique is that it weaves in the understanding and insights of attachment science and developmental psychology into the area of overeating. \nThis is our signature course and has been called ‘life changing’ by those who’ve taken it. You can learn more below.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/when-food-is-your-mother/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20200401T031531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T180520Z
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SUMMARY:Emerge community class Q&A - week 4
DESCRIPTION:Emerge is a compassion and mindfulness based course to help you soften habits of using sugar for stress relief\, self soothing\, and to care for your emotions. You’ll learn how to gently\, yet powerfully\, support yourself so you can nurture healthy forms of self care and build emotional resilience\, with sugar and beyond. \nThis class has four Q&A webinars to ask questions\, receive coaching\, and to connect with the group. You can learn more about Emerge here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/emerge-community-class-qa-week-4/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200430T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200430T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20200401T031334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200401T031534Z
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SUMMARY:Emerge community class Q&A - week 3
DESCRIPTION:Emerge is a compassion and mindfulness based course to help you soften habits of using sugar for stress relief\, self soothing\, and to care for your emotions. You’ll learn how to gently\, yet powerfully\, support yourself so you can nurture healthy forms of self care and build emotional resilience\, with sugar and beyond. \nThis class has four Q&A webinars to ask questions\, receive coaching\, and to connect with the group. You can learn more about Emerge here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/emerge-community-class-qa-week-3/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20200401T031126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200401T031126Z
UID:62379-1587646800-1587650400@growinghumankindness.com
SUMMARY:Emerge community class Q&A - week 2
DESCRIPTION:Emerge is a compassion and mindfulness based course to help you soften habits of using sugar for stress relief\, self soothing\, and to care for your emotions. You’ll learn how to gently\, yet powerfully\, support yourself so you can nurture healthy forms of self care and build emotional resilience\, with sugar and beyond. \nThis class has four Q&A webinars to ask questions\, receive coaching\, and to connect with the group. You can learn more about Emerge here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/emerge-community-class-qa-week-2/
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20200416T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20200416T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20200331T222857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200401T031538Z
UID:62378-1587042000-1587045600@growinghumankindness.com
SUMMARY:Emerge community class Q&A - week 1
DESCRIPTION:Emerge is a compassion and mindfulness based course to help you soften habits of using sugar for stress relief\, self soothing\, and to care for your emotions. You’ll learn how to gently\, yet powerfully\, support yourself so you can nurture healthy forms of self care and build emotional resilience\, with sugar and beyond. \nThis class has four Q&A webinars to ask questions\, receive coaching\, and to connect with the group. You can learn more about Emerge here.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/emerge-community-class-qa-week-1/
CATEGORIES:Online class
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://growinghumankindness.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Emerge-Complete-850px.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Karly Randolph Pitman":MAILTO:help@growinghumankindness.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T130000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20200110T195306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200110T195306Z
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SUMMARY:Align:  Heal the battle with your inner rebel - Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to soften the internal conflict – the feelings of resistance\, no\, and “You can’t make me!” – that rise up when you want to make positive changes with food\, your body or daily habits. \nWhether it’s setting a limit (like eating less sugar) or creating something new (like exercising regularly)\, the inner rebel can rear up with strong feelings of “No!” when you try to effect change. \nYou may feel caught in a frustrating battle between your inner rebel and the parts that long to grow. \nIn ​Align:  Heal the Battle with Your Inner Rebel\, you’ll learn how to soften the inner rebel so you can move forward.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/align-heal-the-battle-with-your-inner-rebel-qa-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T130000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130649
CREATED:20200110T195050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200110T195050Z
UID:62309-1581595200-1581598800@growinghumankindness.com
SUMMARY:Align: Heal the battle with your inner rebel – Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to soften the internal conflict – the feelings of resistance\, no\, and “You can’t make me!” – that rise up when you want to make positive changes with food\, your body or daily habits. \nWhether it’s setting a limit (like eating less sugar) or creating something new (like exercising regularly)\, the inner rebel can rear up with strong feelings of “No!” when you try to effect change. \nYou may feel caught in a frustrating battle between your inner rebel and the parts that long to grow. \nIn ​Align:  Heal the Battle with Your Inner Rebel\, you’ll learn how to soften the inner rebel so you can move forward.
URL:https://growinghumankindness.com/event/align-heal-the-battle-with-your-inner-rebel-qa/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online class
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