Holding Without Carrying - A Women's Workshop

What does it mean to care deeply for men—partners, sons, fathers, brothers, friends and colleagues—without abandoning or overextending yourself? Many women have been socially conditioned to carry the emotional weight in relationships—to be the seer, the feeler, the strategist, the guide or therapist. We often attune so finely to men’s inner lives and potential that we begin to shape-shift ourselves in response, investing energy into who they could become rather than meeting them where they are.

This workshop is a space to gently examine how we’ve come to over-function in service of men’s growth, often at the cost of our own clarity, capacity, and well-being as well as at a cost to their own growth and responsibility. Together, we’ll name the patterns we didn’t consciously choose, explore new ways of relating that preserve connection without the self-sacrifice that eventually leads to resentment, and practice support rooted in self-trust, clarity, honesty, directness and mutual responsibility. You’ll leave with tools to stop carrying what isn’t yours—and to relate in ways that are honoring, discerning, and free.

We will be gathering from 9am to 5pm. There will be a 2 hour break from 12pm-2pm in order to grab lunch, and a couple of smaller breaks in between.

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