Roots2Leaves helps you understand the patterns beneath your reactions—so you can create calmer families, stronger relationships, and a more grounded life.
Living Mindfully 2gether
We Grow Differently when we gather. 2gether creates space to slow down, share wisdom, and explore a more conscious way of living - with ourselves and with each other.
Living Mindfully 2gether
Some things are easier to see when we explore them with others.
2gether brings mindfulness, Eastern wisdom, and conscious living into everyday conversation—creating spaces where people can reflect, connect, and discover new ways of seeing themselves and their relationships.
There are two ways to gather:
🏡 In-Home Wisdom Gatherings
Invite friends into your home for a guided conversation around conscious parenting, relationships, or living with greater awareness.
☯️ Tao & Community Circles
Gather with others to explore timeless wisdom, mindfulness, and the art of living with greater presence and balance.
Three Ways to Gather 2gether
Through conversation, community, and meaningful learning,
2gether brings conscious living into the places where we connect with one another.
In-Home Wisdom Gatherings
Meaningful conversations,
right at home.
Invite friends into your home for a guided conversation about conscious parenting, relationships, or living with greater awareness.
These relaxed, conversational gatherings create space to step beyond surface-level conversation, reflect on everyday patterns, and explore new ways of relating to ourselves and one another.
As a thank-you for hosting, the host receives three hours of private coaching.
Tao & Community Circles
Ancient wisdom. Everyday life. Shared conversation.
Tao Conversation Circles bring the wisdom of the Tao into the questions we face every day—parenting, relationships, balance, change, and how we meet life with greater presence.
Drawing from The Tao of Motherhood, The Parent’s Tao Te Ching, and The Sage’s Tao Te Ching, these gatherings invite thoughtful conversation rather than formal study.
No previous knowledge of the Tao is needed—only curiosity and a willingness to explore.
Youth Mentorship &
Civic Learning
Helping young people turn curiosity into meaningful contribution.
2gether also extends into the next generation through mentorship and project-based learning that encourages curiosity, creativity, and civic engagement.
Students can receive free mentorship while pursuing the Congressional Award, including guidance toward the Gold Medal, as well as participate in small-group workshops for the C-SPAN StudentCam Documentary Competition.
These experiences help young people strengthen research, communication, creative thinking, and civic awareness while pursuing work that matters to them.
Start Here
Community can begin in many ways. Choose the one that feels right for you.
Host friends for an In-Home Wisdom Gathering, join a Tao Conversation Circle, or explore Youth Mentorship & Civic Learning.
Each offers a different way to connect, learn, and bring greater awareness into everyday life.
Wisdom Deepens when it is shared.
We learn, Reflect, and Grow 2gether.
Ready to Gather?
Whether you’d like to host a Wisdom Gathering, join a Tao Conversation Circle, or learn more about Youth Mentorship & Civic Learning, I’d love to hear from you.
Tell me what interests you, and we’ll find the right place to begin.
Our Roots in Classical Education
Before there was Roots2Leaves, there was Educating Classically.
Educating Classically at Fairmont Academy was founded in 2000 as a satellite homeschool of the Great Books Academy. Classical education shaped my belief in lifelong learning, thoughtful inquiry, personal responsibility, and engaged citizenship—values that continue to run through Roots2Leaves today.
The name has changed. The commitment to curiosity, wisdom, and learning has not.
“Classical liberal education … [offers] the skills to become excellent lifelong learners, but also the means to be fully engaged citizens.”
— Great Books Academy