Your Inner Phoenix designs unique course experiences for women on
healing, transformation and self-discovery.
Like the phoenix, sometimes we need to burn part of who we were, along with the beliefs that we thought to be true, in order to rise again to create something new and beautiful.
When we are going through a period of loss - whether it’s the end of a marriage, a different significant relationship, or a major change in identity - the difficult process of burning and losing the things we once thought to be true - that "unlearning" process - can also enable us to see our lives through a new lens of possibility.
We get to decide how we want to show up for ourselves.
And we get to decide who we want to be next.
Our courses support women to harness their own inner phoenix as they move along their journey of healing from the burn of loss and rising resiliently into the future.
Rise Resiliently: Thriving After Divorce or Separation
Course dates: May 19 - July 7
Enrollment deadline: May 12, 2021
“I truly believe there’s a way to make the divorce journey feel just a little bit easier. A way to feel less depleted. More nourished.”
-Theresa Newhard, Founder
Our inaugural program, Rise Resiliently, is an 8-week course for women focused on healing and transformation after separation or divorce.
Topics and Dates
Sessions will be held on 8 consecutive Thursdays from 12 - 1:15pm over Zoom for an intimate group of women. Sessions will be facilitated in partnership amazing and diverse professional speakers who will guide the participants through topic areas:
On Healing from the Burn
May 19: Claiming Your Story
**Theresa Newhard, Founder, Your Inner Phoenix
May 26: Inside out: Parts Work & Self in Context
**Jen Perry, Licensed Professional Counselor, Coach & Founder, Heartfulness Consulting
June 2: Stress, Hormones and Finding Balance
**Jill Hoffman, Licensed Naturopathic Doctor (ND) Founder, Center City Naturopathic
June 9: Your Pain is Your Purpose
Magogodi oaMphela Makhene, writer, social entrepreneur and leader Love as a Kind of Cure
On Rising Resiliently
June 16: Designing a Life You Love
**Shannon McGorry, Certified Professional Divorce and Empowerment Coach;
Founder, Love Strength and Grace
June 23: Becoming a Spiritual Warrior
Ananta Ripa Ajmera, spiritual teacher, co-founder and CEO of The Ancient Way
June 30: Creating Your Financial Future
Christine Hennigan, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Owner of Divorce Wealth Strategies
July 7: Rewriting Your Story
Theresa Newhard, Founder, Your Inner Phoenix
**Cohort Leaders who will attend all sessions
Course Goals
Learn about the impacts of divorce and develop empowering strategies Build connections with other women who have “been there” and get it Cultivate self-compassion, acceptance and confidence about your future
Click here to schedule a 20 minute phone call to learn more about the program!
About Theresa Newhard, Founder
It was nearly three years ago that I sat on the couch in my former home and gathered the courage to tell my former husband that I wanted a separation. I was terrified.
For months leading up to that moment – and for quite a long time afterward – I felt myself just hovering above the surface in a deep pool of emotions and “what ifs,” juggling a long list of scary legal tasks, a job, two small children, and an entirely new identity.
It was almost impossible to see the forest from the trees in terms of what I had to do, let alone how to process how I felt.
Without a community of divorced friends or family to turn to, I had to go searching for what my soul needed. I found what I needed by building myself a village of amazing women from all different backgrounds who put their hands on my back and helped me start to imagine what was possible in my life. After many a night scouring divorce podcasts, divorce/women empowerment Instagram feeds, books, etc., I then curated a list of daily “required” listening / reading / watching that helped me cultivate self love and acceptance.
Today, I feel strong. I am living a life that feels beautiful and true. And although I am human and, therefore, a “work in progress” I know that I have come out of my divorce a better version of myself. But this wasn’t an easy journey – not in the least.
Finding my village and my tools took an incredible amount of time, energy and money -- precious, scarce resources in the aftermath of separation or divorce -- along with a mindset that I was worthy of investing in myself.
Guiding Principles
The following principles guide Your Inner Phoenix, our work, and our interactions. All of our speakers and participants are asked to commit to the following values statements:
- We are intentionally and explicitly anti-racist / anti–ism in our work together
- We believe and defer to the wisdom and expertise that the participants have about their own lives
- We believe that feeling, healing and knowing can be harnessed in many different ways and design our sessions accordingly
- We prioritize emotional safety, practicing openness, transparency and trustworthiness in our communications
What is included
- Over the course of 8 live sessions over Zoom, an intimate group of participants will be led through distinct topic areas by a course facilitator and dynamic speakers who will share their stories, their work and tools around healing and transformation, and engage participants in meaningful discussion.
- Participants will receive emails in between session with highly curated content, including post-session reflections, contact information for speakers, “must” read / listen / watch published material; and customized worksheets, journal topics and meditation/mindfulness exercises that can be done self-paced.
To learn more about the price and enrollment process for the May Rise Resiliently cohort, click here to schedule an initial 1:1 consult.
Speakers
Your Inner Phoenix course experiences are interdisciplinary and engage a "village" of amazing professional women who are experts in healing, self-discovery and transformation. All of the speakers are deeply committed to empowering separated and divorced women during this program and have custom-designed their sessions for this course.
Click to see speaker list
