All of us have stories in our heads that frame our worldview and influence how we perceive events around us. A powerful practice can be learning how to see these stories for exactly what they are—stories—and work to reimagine these stories into ones that are more helpful, accurate, and productive for our wellbeing. A crucial step in this process is taking the time to get these stories out of our heads and onto paper.

The Visual Journal Art Hang is envisioned as an antidote to our stifled creative expressions. For this session, we'll explore the theme of Social Justice. The pandemic and racial justice protests of last year opened our eyes to just how deep the inequities of our society really go, but the learning experience was different for each of us. What did we learn about justice and social inequities from the experience of the pandemic? What stood out to us the most? What made us the most uncomfortable? What inspired in us the most will to change?

The pandemic has been rough on us all in different ways. This gathering is our attempt to offer some time and space for us to process our pandemic experiences together. For this session, we'll explore the theme of Love & Relationships. What did you learn about yourself and your relationships through the course of the pandemic? What did you come to appreciate about yourself or a potential partner? What did you find that would be something to work on?

The pandemic has been rough on us all in different ways. This gathering is our attempt to offer some time and space for us to process our pandemic experiences together. For this session, we'll explore the theme of Mind/Body. Emotional and somatic reactions were almost unavoidable for all but the most sheltered among us. How did the pandemic show up in our minds and bodies? What specific emotions and sensations did we feel? What did we learn about ourselves from the experience?

The pandemic has been rough on us all in different ways. This gathering is our attempt to offer some time and space for us to process our pandemic experiences together. For this session, we'll explore the theme of Work/Life. How did your work and professional life change during the pandemic? What were the struggles? What lessons about the value of work, jobs, and employment will you keep with you for the rest of your life?

The pandemic has been rough on us all in different ways. This gathering is our attempt to offer some time and space for us to process our pandemic experiences together. For the first session, we’ll explore the theme of Friends & Family. How did these relationships change during the pandemic? What challenges emerged? How did we deal with them?

To capture the attention of their audience, nonprofits and social impact organizations need to meet them where they are. This workshop will cover how organizations can adapt their stories to multiple mediums and platforms to get the most mileage for their communication.

Your target audience has a story in their head, and by learning how to tap into it you’ll be able to better understand how to craft and deliver a message that will match their worldview. This workshop walks participants through a process that takes them into the hopes, dreams, and fears of their target audience.

Many of our goals, dreams, and actions are defined by parts of our lives that are so close to us that we don’t even see them. Through the exercises in this workshop, we’ll help you see the interconnected pieces that define your story. By understanding and connecting these pieces, we'll help you take control of your own narrative so you can share your story with confidence and chart your own path in life.

Important stories happen every day at nonprofits and social impact organizations, but how can your communications team find good stories and put them to work? This workshop will give participants the tools and strategies to identify and capture stories as they happen and creating a culture of sharing these stories.

Storytelling is a buzzworthy tool, but what are we actually talking about when we say “storytelling” and how do we make our stories effective? Learn the fundamental aspects of social impact storytelling while crafting your own stories in session.

A typical hallmark of a functioning society is a set of trusted institutions that can filter and share important information about public safety and social norms. To many of us, it probably feels like these institutions of trust are withering away right now. How do institutions gain trust? How do they keep it? Is trust in American institutions truly eroding, or is this a reckoning long overdue?

We live in turbulent times, where we’re confronted with countless sources of outrage, anxiety, and heartbreak. This workshop is about creating more resilient warriors, able to expand their awareness, engage in difficult conversations, and recognize where they could do better without letting it crush their spirit or ego.

Have you ever bitten off more than you can chew? Made a commitment that you had no business making? Or just put yourself in a situation that required you to rise to the occasion? We want to hear all about it! What inspired you to make the leap? What was the outcome? Were you able to see it through, or did you have to bow out, gracefully or ungracefully?

The times we live in call for many of us to stand up to traditional power structures. For some people, this is a level of tension they are all too familiar with in their lives. For others, leaning into conflict can be new and scary, and but feels necessary right now to live up to their values. What do we think about leaning into the conflicts of our society? How can we best support each other in the conflicts we face to create the world we want to live in?

Join Compassion It founder and Stanford-trained compassion facilitator, Sara Schairer, to learn how compassion for yourself and others can help you manage these uncertain times. We'll also discuss how creating compassionate systems can create a peaceful and caring San Diego, nation, and world.

There will be times in our lives when we’ll be called to make a choice and stand up proudly to proclaim that choice to the world. Has this happened to us before? It should be happening to every conscious person now! We want to hear stories about the other times in our lives where we’ve had to stand up to speak our minds and make sure everybody could hear.

Storycrafting is for anybody who would like to learn more about storytelling. This month we revisit the theme of Connection. What is the value of connection to our human beings in our world? What does true connection feel like? How is it created? How do we cultivate it? What does it take to make a connection last?

ReThink is an event series from the New Narrative focused on facilitated discussions about topics that don’t often get openly addressed. United/Divided would explore the broader disunity our society is feeling right now; what accords we all might owe towards being more "united," if any at all; and how each of us could act accordingly in these situations.

Many of us have had the experience of having to hide our true selves, either because of the conditions we grew up in or just to fit in. The disguise might have been so complete that we even fooled ourselves. We want to hear the stories of the times when you shed this external mask and announced to the world who you really were. What happened when you showed the world your true self?

Writing Your Story is a workshop focused on helping you take the story you've got in your head and get it out on paper. We'll explore the most impactful aspects of your vision and experiences, and craft them into a cohesive personal narrative that can be shared via writing, public speaking, online content, or even casual conversation. By having this story written and composed you’ll be able to better express your ideas and share what’s truly important to you to create the kind of impact your vision deserves.

ReThink is an event series from the New Narrative focused on facilitated discussions about topics that don’t often get openly addressed. This month we’re going to discuss (Not) Following the Rules. How do we parse our relationships with rules and laws? How do we judge which laws we think are just vs unjust? What level of civil disobedience do we think is merited against an unjust law? What are we willing to do?

We’ve all been at points in our lives where so much seemed to be happening so fast that all we could do was stop for a minute and take it all in. We want to hear your stories about those moments and how you handled it. Were you able to get a handle on the situation once you caught your breath? How did your perspective change as the situation continued to unfold?

ReThink is an event series from the New Narrative focused on facilitated discussions about topics that don’t often get openly addressed. This month we’re going to discuss Confronting Privilege. How do we confront privilege in our world and create a conversation around the effects it has? How do we address our own privilege (or lack thereof) in how we show up in the world? What do we stand to gain or lose by having this conversation?