“What I found really interesting was that when we started, I really felt quite unable to write. Now that I think back, I actually made a commitment then to myself, that I wanted to come back to a regular writing practice and... that kind of just happened. I've not made plans. I've not allocated specific times or made a big deal out of it, but it's just happened.

And also lots of other things like reaching out to people, meeting up with people, doing things differently, thinking about things in a different way, sharing work, taking care of myself, even writing differently somehow and... just spontaneously acting on things. I'm daring to be a bit more vulnerable around what I share and that feels quite tremendous.” — Katrin

“I've learned so much from everyone, how everyone showed up with so much honesty and vulnerability and openness... I found that I was always met with so much kindness. It felt like such a safe space and container to share freely and to be met with kindness and genuine curiosity. 

I learned so much from everyone that it's helped me in turn realize that I can show up as myself and it's okay. I get to do that—I get to show up and be myself and be met with so much kindness.” — Réka

“The biggest thing I've learned is that I can literally do anything because most of the things that I need to do consist of very small actions. The stakes are never that high for pretty much anything that I want to do. I decided that nothing stops me.” — Daria

“I didn't realize that throughout this course, what I was actually building in each session—and all of the opportunities for practice—was trust in myself. I have my own knowledge, an intuitive sense, of what I want or need to do. Before this course, I had a perception of myself that was like, 'I just have no idea what I want.' Those are the things that this has helped me to develop: I trust myself and I trust my own capacity for growth.” — Lily

“The gentle, soft compassion piece has been maybe most lacking and therefore most significant. There's been this really big pivot and change out of a state of urgency, self-recrimination, and fear to a felt sense of wholeness and peace.” — Tooya

“Pivoting Toward Wholeness truly shifted so many fundamental things in how I view myself and the world and the way I live my life.” — Réka

“Once I noticed some shifts occurring, I really felt like it was quite small but the effects were of inverse proportion.” — Katrin

“The conversations here made me aware that most of my anxiety about taking up too much space or not making sense are in my head. It was lovely to have this safe space to just BE.” — Daria