Current Conversation Circles
Trauma and Healing Circle
Let’s Talk Women and the Align Circle Collaborative are excited to announce a partnership to enhance our personal and collective understanding of Trauma and Healing. Join us in the supportive environment of Circle, where participants can share, process, and deepen their connections to trauma and healing, exploring its effects on both personal lives and the broader community.
Sessions take place over Zoom
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Session 1: 3 Wednesdays, 10/30, 11/6 and 11/13/2024, 6:00 - 7:30PM CST
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Session 2: 3 Tuesdays, 1/21, 1/28 and 2/4/2025, 6:00 - 7:30PM CST
$50 - $195, sliding scale
Keepers: Members of the Circle Collaborative
Loss and Grief Circle
Explore loss and grief as growth through a transformational journey. Our Circle fosters a safe and nurturing environment where participants share their stories and grow through grief to find their way forward.
Sessions take place over Zoom
12 weeks, Thursdays starting 9/12/23 - 12/5/2024 (skipping Thanksgiving Week), 3:00 – 4:30PM CST
$595
Keepers: Larey Swanson, MD, NBC-HWC and Ricka Kohnstamm, MA, NBC-HWC
Parenting Young Adults Circle
The Parenting Young Adults Circle provides a safe, supportive space for participants to navigate the complex emotions, uncertainty, and evolving relationships that come with parenting young adults. Through shared stories and learning, participants will discover new ways to support both their adult children and themselves.
Sessions take place over Zoom
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Session 1: 9 weeks, Thursdays, 9/19 - 11/21/2024 (no session 10/31), 6:30 - 8:30 PM CST, $650
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Session 2: 8 weeks, Thursdays, 2/6 - 3/27/2025, 6:00 - 7:30PM CST, $575
Keepers: Amy Sutter, MA, NBC-HWC and Ricka Kohnstamm, MA, NBC-HWC
Storytelling for Repair Circle
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Do you yearn to speak more authentically while listening to others more deeply? This Learning Circle introduces the Moments Method® of storytelling to support sharing your lived experiences of conflict and resolution. Through this practice, you'll develop self-awareness, foster community, and contribute to collective healing by embracing conflict as an opportunity for growth.
Sessions take place over Zoom
8 weeks, Mondays starting 10/28/2024 - 12/16/2024, 4:00 - 5:30PM EST
$250 - $750 sliding scale
Keepers: Carol Barash, Ph.D., and Mieke D, MFA
Stress Reduction and Wellness Circle for Parents
(closed University of Minnesota Adoption Medicine Clinic Research group)
This Circle will bring the practice of mind and body skills for stress reduction to parents in adoptive families with the goal of increasing self-awareness, supporting healing and overall wellbeing. This circle is a part of a University of Minnesota research study evaluating the benefits of practicing mind and body stress reduction techniques within families.
Sessions take place over Zoom
8 weeks, Saturdays, starting 9/14/2024 - 11/2/2024
Not open for enrollment, research study
Keepers: Jessica Flanagan, MA, NBC-HWC and Ricka Kohnstamm, MA, NBC-HWC
Navigating the Holiday Season, A Circle of Support for Loss and Grief
As we approach the winter holiday season and the darkest days of the year, we know that this time of year can be especially challenging for those with loss and grief. We warmly invite you join us in a space of support and reflection. Whatever your faith or traditions, we will come together in Circle to share this journey with care and compassion.
Sessions take place over Zoom
6 weeks, Mondays November 4, 11, 18, and December 2, 9, 16, 4:00 - 5:30PM CST
$425
Keepers: Larey Swanson, M.D., NBC-HWC and Wendy Williams, NBC-HWC
Embrace & Empower Circle - Learn to Love Who You Are
The Embrace & Empower - Learn to Love Who You Are Circle provides a supportive and empowering space to learn about and embrace who you are. We will walk this path together and unlock the incredible potential within through exploration of the transformative stages of self-awareness, self-compassion, self-acceptance, self-forgiveness, self-worth, and self-love.
Sessions take place over Zoom
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Session 1: 6 weeks, Thursdays, 9/19 - 10/24/2024, 6:00 - 7:30PM CST
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Session 2: 6 weeks, Thursdays, 10/17 - 12/5/2024 (no session 10/31 or 11/28), 6:00 - 7:30PM CST
$495
Keepers: Larey Swanson, M.D., NBC-HWC and Jennifer Reece, MA, NBC-HWC
What Now? Circle
Life stage transitions are often uncomfortable and chaotic. The What Now? Circle offers a brave, supportive space to explore and build on values, strengths, and desires and to be with others doing the same work. We honor what is being left behind and envision what is next with intention and grace. Join us to learn and evolve together in community.
Sessions take place over Zoom
6 weeks, Tuesdays starting 10/1/2024, 5:00 - 6:30PM CST
$425
Keepers: Jennifer Reece, MA, NBC-HWC and Wendy Williams, NBC-HWC
Circle FAQs
What is a Circle?
The Circle process is a relational practice used to bring a group or community together to explore important life events, to learn, to heal, or to resolve differences.
How does a Circle work?
In Circle, everyone has equal voice and speaks in turn, and no one speaks over the others. A Keeper assists in creating brave space where participants are able to show up honestly and openly without disrespecting others. All of our Collective Keepers are trained and experienced Keepers.
How many people are in a Circle?
Our Circles are intimate, typically with no more than 10 people depending on the topic being explored.
