Concept Of MeetUps

If you want to connect more authentically with yourself and with others, and to create a more meaningful and passionate life, this meetup based on the researched methods of Awareness, Courage and Love is for you. We will practice: open-hearted presence; self-expression; deep listening, acceptance and compassion; self-care; embracing vulnerability; giving and receiving support; and living more boldly. After each meeting, you will leave with exercises and lifestyle tools to deepen your relationships and to move towards what you value most in life. Participants will be given the option to complete a brief questionnaire about their experience to compile anonymous data that will improve the effectiveness of this conscious community in creating more open-hearted presence, interpersonal connectedness and passionate living.

“Mavis Tsai, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist/research scientist and Associate Director of University of Washington’s Center for Science of Social Connection. She has gained a world-wide following as the co-creator (with Robert Kohlenberg) of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP), a contextual behavioral and relational therapy that harnesses the power of the therapeutic relationship to transform clients’ lives. She is the co-author/editor of five text books on FAP (some of which have been translated into Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and Italian) and over 65 articles and book chapters. She received Washington State Psychological Association’s 2014 Distinguished Psychologist Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to knowledge in clinical psychology. Her most recent and passionate work is in training volunteers in five continents to launch Live with Awareness, Courage and Love Meetups, which address the need for people to connect more authentically with themselves and with others, and to spread the ethos of open-hearted presence and living more boldly.”