Gather

We do not heal alone.

We gather to remember what we already know.

This work lives in intimate rooms, gardens, and quiet virtual gatherings—spaces where reflection becomes movement.
These experiences are for people who are ready to pause, listen more closely, and stop postponing what they already know.
Each gathering is intentionally intimate, created for presence rather than performance.

The Listening Room

Clarity does not always need noise.
Sometimes, it needs to be held.

No slides.
No performance.
Just voice and space.

The Listening Room is an intimate guided experience designed to help you slow down long enough to hear yourself again.

Through spoken reflection, thoughtful prompts, guided stillness, and moments of quiet, you are invited to return to what you already know—but may have delayed honoring.

No fixing.
No performing.
No need to have the answer.

Just room to listen.

An intimate Listening Room gathering prepared for reflection and guided stillness

Upcoming Listening Rooms

The Listening Room - In Person

Friday, October 9, 2026
6:30-8:00 PM


The Held Space
Brooklyn, NY

Private Listening Rooms

Bring The Listening Room Into Your Space

The Listening Room can also be privately curated for organizations, women’s groups, retreats, conferences, and intimate gatherings.

Each experience is thoughtfully shaped around the people in the room and the intention of the gathering.

The Weight of Waiting Retreat

For the woman done postponing herself.

The Inaugural Weight of Waiting Retreat
New York City | June 1, 2025

Beneath wide skies and a canopy of trees overlooking the Hudson River, fourteen women gathered to examine where they had been postponing themselves. Not dramatically. Deliberately.

We began with a question:

If the average life expectancy of a Black woman is 78, and you are 50, how many summers remain?

When framed that way, waiting feels less philosophical and far more critical.

The day unfolded slowly. Guided writing. Paired conversation. Gentle movement. Breathwork. Time to arrive fully in the body without performing, producing, or proving anything.

Participants explored where they had been “slow dancing” in their lives — lingering in situations long after clarity had arrived. In naming those truths aloud, something softened. What had lived as unspoken weight began to loosen.

What Women Shared

From the Room

What lingered after the day unfolded.

I stopped waiting for clarity before allowing myself to move. Letting go didn’t feel dramatic — it felt like exhaling
The weight of old stories was keeping me from being free, open, and available to what was already possible

Grounded. Present. Unrushed.

The Weight of Waiting is not about rushing.

It is about recognizing when readiness has already arrived — and choosing to participate in your life instead of postponing it.

You do not enter alone.

The 2026 Weight of Waiting retreat is in development.

Space will remain intentionally limited.

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You’ll hear from me about upcoming Listening Rooms, retreats, new writing, and other invitations to gather.

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