Mentoring Sessions
There is beauty, magic, and truth found in those in-between spaces when someone shares her story and you breathe in and out as you listen. Then you both sit in the quiet for a few moments, and you give her the gift of looking in her eyes and saying, "Me too. Yes. Me too. I have been there in my own way. Let me walk beside you for a little while.”
I receive quite a few emails with questions about how I run the Be Present Retreats, how I create space for my business and myself with a toddler around, how I use poetry, photography, and other creative practices to sift through the beauty and the hard stuff that make up this crazy, awesome life. I love these questions, but quick email replies are simply not the same as creating a safe space for someone to share her stories and time for me to deeply ask and answer questions.
This is why I am delighted to share more details about my one-on-one mentoring sessions.
There are two different types of sessions available at this time:
Tea + You + Me
We are each in our corners of the world, working on our stuff, getting into “the dig site” and working on our own inner excavation, trying to open our hearts a bit more each day, and sometimes we need someone else to catch our stories for us. We need someone to gently say, “What if you tried this next?” We need someone to hold up a mirror and remind us to listen to what we know.
This is what the Tea + You + Me sessions are about: a safe space for us to share stories and deeply listen.
Topics to be shared over tea might include:
- Beginning a creative and/or meditation practice
- Creating a self-care practice
- Using photography, poetry, and other creative mediums to be present amidst it all
- Discussing the book idea you’ve have swirling inside you (and learn more about my experience writing Inner Excavation)
- Sifting through your stories to find the right container for them
- Brainstorming about the places where you feel stuck
- Being a creative mama to a little one and still finding space for yourself
- Having a kindred spirit deeply listen to where you are right now
- And many other possibilities
Your session will be an hour long over Skype. After the session, I will send you a follow-up email that is really more like a love note that includes ideas for soul care “homework” and a few other good things. There will then be another email check-in two weeks after our session.
To sign up for a session, just fill out this questionnaire. It will give us both an idea if this kind of session is a right fit and what you are looking for. I will get back to you in about 1-4 business days.
Cost: $125 per session
Heart-Centered Retreat Planning Session
If you are thinking about planning a retreat and would like support in the brainstorming or simply want to ask questions of someone who has been there, these sessions are for you. From a long weekend with creative blogging friends to a retreat with workshops, all retreat possibilities can be discussed in these 75-minute Skype sessions. We will look at what your heart most wants to create at your retreat and discuss plans of action to make your dream a reality.
To sign up for a session, first fill out this questionnaire that will give us both an idea if this kind of session is a right fit for both of us. I will get back to you in about 1-4 business days.
Cost: $275 per session
Note: These sessions are about the heart-centered aspects of planning retreats from opening ceremony ideas to menu possibilities to “setting the stage” for your event and so on. Accounting and money advice are outside my areas of expertise, but I can recommend some great business coaches if you need that kind of support.