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Living Mindfully 2gether

Living the Wisdom Path

Where people gather to explore wisdom, nurture awareness, and grow together in community.

Roots2Leaves is a space where people grow in awareness through parenting guidance, mindful gatherings, and relationship insight.

Growth is often nurtured in community. Living Mindfully 2gether is a space where people gather to explore meaningful ideas, share thoughtful conversations, and learn from one another in an atmosphere of curiosity and connection.

This community offering creates a welcoming environment where wisdom can be explored together and insights can unfold naturally.

 

These gatherings are designed to cultivate reflection, encourage dialogue, and support a spirit of lifelong learning reminding us that awareness deepens not only through personal practice, but also through the shared experience of community.

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In-Home Wisdom Gatherings

Living Mindfully 2gether offers intimate, in-home gatherings where meaningful conversation replaces surface-level connection. A host opens their home and invites friends for a guided talk on Conscious Parenting or Conscious Relationships, creating a safe and welcoming space for reflection, insight, and shared growth.

 

These gatherings are conversational and experientially designed to help participants become more aware of their patterns, reactions, and relational dynamics in everyday life.

 

As a thank-you for hosting, the host receives three hours of private coaching, offering deeper, personalized support beyond the group experience.

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Tao Conversation Circles

Living the Tao is a contemplative meeting series rooted in the wisdom of the Tao Te Ching, adapted for modern life.

 

Drawing from The Tao of Motherhood, The Parent’s Tao Te Ching, and The Sage’s Tao Te Ching, these gatherings invite participants to explore presence, balance, and inner authority through discussion, reflection, and lived experience.

 

Rather than studying philosophy, participants learn to practice the Tao in parenting, relationships, and daily decision-making. These meetings offer a grounding rhythm of wisdom, helping individuals slow down, listen inward, and live with greater clarity and trust.

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Homeschool Mentorship:
Curiosity, Citizenship & Creative Inquiry

Drawing from my own journey of homeschooling from kindergarten through high school, this mentorship supports students and families seeking meaningful learning experiences beyond traditional academics. I guide students pursuing the Congressional Award Program, including the path toward earning the Congressional Award Gold Medal, and mentor students interested in creating documentaries for the C-SPAN StudentCam Documentary Competition.

 

Through thoughtful guidance and encouragement, students develop research skills, creative thinking, and civic awareness while pursuing projects that reflect their own curiosity and passions.

Start Here

If you feel drawn to conscious living but aren’t sure where to begin, the best first step is a Living Mindfully gathering.

These small, intimate conversations bring parents and individuals together to explore awareness, parenting, and relationship patterns in a safe and thoughtful space.

Host or join a gathering, The Roots2Leaves Circle.

Roots2Leaves
is a path of conscious living that supports growth from the earliest roots of life, through self-awareness and community, and into the way we relate to others.

🌱 Roots — Self-Awareness

This stage involves examining one’s internal patterns.

Your Conscious Parenting work focuses on:

  • awareness before change

  • understanding triggers

  • breaking inherited patterns

  • calm authority over control

This mirrors what many traditions call the awakening of self-awareness.

🌳 The Trunk — Community

In almost every philosophical tradition, growth deepens through shared reflection with others.

The Living Mindfully 2gether gatherings represent:

  • reflective dialogue

  • philosophy and psychology

  • Tao discussions

  • community learning

The trunk symbolizes connection and shared inquiry.

🍃Leaves — Expression in Relationships

At the final level, awareness begins to shape how we live with others.

The Conscious Relationships work fits this stage:

  • partnership dynamics

  • family patterns

  • repair and reconnection

  • emotional maturity

The leaves represent the visible expression of inner growth.

The TAO of Motherhood, Parent's Tao Te Ching, 
The Sage's Tao Te Ching

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Always "Educating Classically" 2gether

Educating Classically at Fairmont Academy was originally founded in 2000 as a satellite homeschool to the Great Books Academy.

Education Focused on Freedom

"A classical liberal education, based on the liberal arts, takes its name from the Latin word liber, meaning free. This dedication to liberal education is borne of the understanding that it is liberal education, traditionally understood, that leads men to freedom and happiness. Hand in hand with this understanding of liberal education is the acknowledgement that freedom and happiness do not mean license and pleasure. Rather, freedom and happiness are found in the life of virtue. The Great Books Academy has been inspired by the educational initiatives of Dr. Mortimer J. Adler, who sees in classical liberal education not only the means necessary to imbue students with the skills to become excellent lifelong learners, but also the means to be fully engaged citizens, exercising civic duties from a principled understanding of the issues which confront them daily. These too are all qualities shared by free and happy men."- Great Books Academy

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