“The more I wonder, the more I love.” --Alice Walker

Winter is the season of deep listening. Begin the new year, not with resolutions and to-do’s, but with mindful practices to reignite your curiosity and contemplation. This time of deep darkness provides the perfect container for renewal and seeds of wonder.

A Circle of Trust® Retreat:

A Circle of Trust is a unique opportunity to slow down and renew and kindle one's courage.  Circles of Trust are based on the work of Parker J. Palmer, a remarkable teacher and author (A Hidden Wholeness, Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach). This retreat is facilitated by two nationally trained C&R facilitators, committed to the intention of reconnecting who we are with what we do.

The retreat will provide:

• Space to nurture personal and professional integrity and the courage to act on it

• Seasonal reflections to tap into your inner wisdom in the fertile darkness of winter

• Opportunities to develop receptive listening practices to expand your inner capacity to lead a more authentic, meaningful & engaged life

• Whole group, small group, and individual time to build connection with ourselves & others.

• Practices to explore soul & role in light of our professional and personal lives

• An opportunity to bring life questions to a Quaker style Clearness Committee

The Cohort is facilitated by Carol Egan and Holly Wilkinson, trained Courage & Renewal Facilitators.

Holly Wilkinson is a Courage & Renewal Facilitator and Executive Director of WholeHeart Inc. Her experience includes international and higher education, women’s entrepreneurial training, youth leadership, and non-profit management. Creative expression and fostering circles of connection are important aspects of her work in the world. Holly lives on a dead-end dirt road in Northern Vermont, savoring earth, imagery and all that arrives.

Carol Egan has facilitated Courage & Renewal retreats in Vermont since 2008. For many years she has worked in health, education and leadership and is now a special educator serving children ages 3 to 12 years old in Northwest Vermont. Carol is especially interested in the ways in which creative activities can be integrated with reflective practices for learning and leading.

Thanks to the generous support of WholeHeart donors, we do have a scholarship fund.  Graduate Teacher Credit is also available through Castleton University.  For more information contact Holly Wilkinson (holly@wholeheartinc.org).