The Heard Circle: Founding Cohort

from $497.00

A six-week online circle for women who want to listen to their lives, practice connection, and remember that their voices matter.

The Heard Circle is connected to my book-in-progress, One of the Heard, and grows from one simple belief:

Listening takes both a story and an audience.

Over six Wednesday evenings, we’ll explore how we love, how we listen, the roles we play in our families, friendships, workplaces, and communities, and what it means to practice connection with more intention.

This is not a writing class, a therapy group, or another place where you have to perform. You do not have to be a writer. You do not have to arrive with answers. You only have to come curious.

Sharing will always be invited, never required.

Why I’m Leading This Circle

Belonging has never been a side interest for me. It has been the thread running through my work.

Throughout my career as an educator, school and systems leader, researcher, writer, and facilitator, I have designed and led spaces where people can learn, reflect, speak honestly, and listen to one another. I helped build an organization devoted to ending loneliness, and my doctoral work explores how belonging and meaningful connection can be designed with intention rather than left to chance.

The Heard Circle brings that experience together with the stories at the heart of One of the Heard. My expertise is in creating the conditions for people to notice the stories and roles shaping their lives, listen with greater intention, and experience what it means to be heard without having to perform.

What to Expect

Each gathering will include:

  • A short teaching

  • Guided reflection

  • Thoughtful conversation

  • Time to listen and be heard

You’ll also receive a weekly Listening Menu with different ways to continue between gatherings. You might choose to read, write, draw, notice, practice, or simply sit with one good question.

Before we begin, you’ll receive a printed reflection notebook and one of my hand-painted wooden heart blocks in the mail.

What You’ll Carry With You

The Heard Circle is not built around finding one right answer. It is designed to help you leave with:

  • Greater awareness of the stories and roles shaping your life

  • Practical ways to listen and connect with more intention

  • Questions and reflection practices you can continue using

  • The experience of being heard—and of offering that gift to someone else

Dates and Times

Wednesdays, October 14–November 18, 2026

Choose the circle that works for you:

  • Eastern Circle: 6:45–8:15 p.m. Eastern

  • Pacific Circle: 6:45–8:15 p.m. Pacific

Both circles will share the same six-week experience. Please select one circle when registering.

Founding Circle Rate

Individual registration: $497

This rate honors the first women helping bring The Heard Circle to life.

Want to Come Together?

Two women registering for the same circle may join for $447 each.

Come with a friend, sister, colleague, or another woman with whom you would like to share the experience. Coming on your own is equally welcome; both ways of entering the circle belong here.

A Note About Participation

Each circle will be held with a minimum of four women. If your selected circle does not meet the minimum, you may transfer to the other circle or receive a full refund.

Because the circles are intentionally small, your presence matters. Please register if you expect to attend at least four of the six gatherings.

Choose Your Registration::

A six-week online circle for women who want to listen to their lives, practice connection, and remember that their voices matter.

The Heard Circle is connected to my book-in-progress, One of the Heard, and grows from one simple belief:

Listening takes both a story and an audience.

Over six Wednesday evenings, we’ll explore how we love, how we listen, the roles we play in our families, friendships, workplaces, and communities, and what it means to practice connection with more intention.

This is not a writing class, a therapy group, or another place where you have to perform. You do not have to be a writer. You do not have to arrive with answers. You only have to come curious.

Sharing will always be invited, never required.

Why I’m Leading This Circle

Belonging has never been a side interest for me. It has been the thread running through my work.

Throughout my career as an educator, school and systems leader, researcher, writer, and facilitator, I have designed and led spaces where people can learn, reflect, speak honestly, and listen to one another. I helped build an organization devoted to ending loneliness, and my doctoral work explores how belonging and meaningful connection can be designed with intention rather than left to chance.

The Heard Circle brings that experience together with the stories at the heart of One of the Heard. My expertise is in creating the conditions for people to notice the stories and roles shaping their lives, listen with greater intention, and experience what it means to be heard without having to perform.

What to Expect

Each gathering will include:

  • A short teaching

  • Guided reflection

  • Thoughtful conversation

  • Time to listen and be heard

You’ll also receive a weekly Listening Menu with different ways to continue between gatherings. You might choose to read, write, draw, notice, practice, or simply sit with one good question.

Before we begin, you’ll receive a printed reflection notebook and one of my hand-painted wooden heart blocks in the mail.

What You’ll Carry With You

The Heard Circle is not built around finding one right answer. It is designed to help you leave with:

  • Greater awareness of the stories and roles shaping your life

  • Practical ways to listen and connect with more intention

  • Questions and reflection practices you can continue using

  • The experience of being heard—and of offering that gift to someone else

Dates and Times

Wednesdays, October 14–November 18, 2026

Choose the circle that works for you:

  • Eastern Circle: 6:45–8:15 p.m. Eastern

  • Pacific Circle: 6:45–8:15 p.m. Pacific

Both circles will share the same six-week experience. Please select one circle when registering.

Founding Circle Rate

Individual registration: $497

This rate honors the first women helping bring The Heard Circle to life.

Want to Come Together?

Two women registering for the same circle may join for $447 each.

Come with a friend, sister, colleague, or another woman with whom you would like to share the experience. Coming on your own is equally welcome; both ways of entering the circle belong here.

A Note About Participation

Each circle will be held with a minimum of four women. If your selected circle does not meet the minimum, you may transfer to the other circle or receive a full refund.

Because the circles are intentionally small, your presence matters. Please register if you expect to attend at least four of the six gatherings.