Beyond the Mirror: Finding Clarity In Your Reflections
Name, befriend and live your values so that your friendships are safe and life-giving. No more regret spending hours with people who aren’t safe or life-inspiring.
Presenter, Naomi García
Naomi García, is a member of the Michigan Conference staff. An aspiring disciple rarely satisfied with the latest take on how The Holy One calls, moves, shapes, beckons, equips, comforts and companions; shuttling between the discipline of mind and the art of soul. Naomi is a facilitator intrigued and longing for inclusive inclusion; Consultant negotiating the wide spaces between meddling and staying home; Mediator stirred by the courage of truth-telling and re-discovering the edges of compassion; Coach channeling Curious George and Hiccup.
Have questions? Please contact:
Naomi García, MI Conference Lead Coach
Change, systems, conflict…4 good
ngarcia@michiganumc.org
WHAT
Only you can consistently influence yourself.
Your impact depends on behaving your core values more often than not.
It begins with you permitting yourself to realize what matters to you.
Embracing what matters to you will equip you to confidently say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the many social pressures to fit in.
WHO
People of all ages, gender identities, faiths, and no faiths longing for safe, life-giving friendships.
WHEN
Four Mondays and three Wednesdays.
All sessions 5-7 pm CT / 6-8 pm ET
Week 1: July 07 & July 09
Week 2: July 14 & July 16
Week 3: July 21 & July 23
Week 4: July 28. No Wednesday session.
COST
Suggested course primer:Blessing My Demons: How to Name, Tame, and Transform Your Inner Critic by Chelsea Forbrook (2023). Available in paperback and digital formats.
Registration is required and free. The suggested public minimum value of this course is $497. Please decide how much this course is worth to you and pay your gratitude forward by donating your time, money, supporting service, etc., to the people-focused service agency of your choice.
WHERE
Courses are taught via ZOOM. The link to attend will be emailed to all participants upon registration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Week 1, session 1: Mon July 07 Choose Your Script: From Solo Stories to Shared Adventures
We create a shared space safe enough for each of us to claim the expertise of our unique lives and experiences. This becomes the foundation on which our sequence of self-reflection and conversation is built. We’ll explore how the brain’s first role of protecting us from danger can get stuck. This awareness frees us to begin untangling the strategies that keep our future stuck in the past--from the life-growing ones that balance our being for an enriched future.
Week 1, session 2: Wed July 09 Bravesulting
Unpacking an experience or issue described by one of us received with flurries of coaching and waves of supportive companioning
Week 2, session 3: Mon July 14 Giggles & Grit: Turning Taunts into Triumphs
We’re ready to release the impact of hurtful messages from our inner and exterior critics. You’ll begin or re-start giving yourself credit for your whole self and the holistic ways of being you already know. No apologies. No more living in [ or Move out of] shoulda-, woulda- and oughtaville.
Week 2, session 4: Wed July 16 Bravesulting
Unpacking an experience or issue described by one of us received with flurries of coaching and waves of supportive companioning
Week 3, session 5: Mon July 21 Dream Architect: Unhide Your Core Identity
With a less cluttered heart, mind, body and spirit, you are ready to identify your life’s core identity. Together, we’ll encourage each other to weed out inconsistencies between our behavior patterns and ways of describing ourselves. Then, we attend to strengthening our capacities to create a life-giving future. Ask yourself—what are you ready, willing, and able to stop, start, or keep doing to help you be the same ‘you’ no matter where you are who you're with, or who you meet? The more you align with who you are, the more powerful and confident you become.
Week 3, session 6: Wed July 23 Bravesulting
Unpacking an experience or issue described by one of us received with flurries of coaching and waves of supportive companioning. Final bravesulting session.
Week 4, session 7: Mon July 28 Beyond the Beaten Path: Harmonizing Your Inner Compass
We turn our attention to strengthening our capacities to create a robust and fulfilling life on our terms. Choosing well-thought-out small steps creates deliberate ripples of welcomed possibilities.
Last Updated on May 15, 2025