The Higher Ground Project
Climb Higher, Live Deeper, Connect Better
Restoring dignity in how people relate.
The Higher Ground Project is where personal growth and community wellness meet.
We design community-based experiences that tackle both social and internal disconnection, helping people heal and connect more deeply with themselves and others. Through workshops, reflective circles, and workplace culture strategies, we support partners and communities in strengthening relational skills, expanding self-awareness, and cultivating collective well-being.
Our programs blend personal growth with community care, offering spaces to explore new ways of relating. By bridging psychology, education, and community practice, Higher Ground makes relational growth and community wellness accessible in both personal and organizational contexts.
Why should I care about connection?
Because disconnection is quietly shaping how we live, relate, and see ourselves. We’re losing the ability to connect with the humanity in others and in ourselves. Connection isn’t a “nice to have.” It’s a public-health issue, and the foundation of health and wellness.
And as AI accelerates and forces us to confront the question, “What does it actually mean to be human?”, the so-called “soft” skills that make us deeply human (e.g. self-awareness, emotional regulation, perspective-taking) are becoming the most essential skills of our time.
At Higher Ground, we create spaces for people to do the real work of connection. Together, we explore what gets in the way of healthy relationships and practice relating to ourselves, each other, and the systems we live in with greater dignity and humanity.
What We Offer
Organizations & Institutions
Custom offerings that audit systems, culture, and strategy to reveal barriers and align with organizational values, helping teams build connected, emotionally intelligent, and high-performing cultures.
Community Circles & Workshops
Facilitated community circles and workshops that foster connection, self-awareness, and practical skills through guided discussion, experiential exercises, and peer learning.
Seasonal Retreats & Camp
Immersive experiences designed for deep connection, restorative rest, and shared growth through co-regulation and intentional community practices.
Join the Higher Ground Experience!
Together, we're building a culture of deeper connection.
For Organizations & Institutions
Organizational Consulting
Whether you're looking for
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Staff retreats that actually transform
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Team workshops on relational skills
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Organizational culture and systems solutions
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Leadership development
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Executive coaching
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Community circles for burnout, trust-building, or conflict navigation
we can build something powerful, together.
Reclaiming the Self
Personal reclamation, breaking cycles of self-abandonment by
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Unlearning the protective habits that keep you disconnected
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Rewiring how you relate to yourself, others, and the world around you
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Building the muscle to show up in alignment with your values
Community Circles & Workshops
We have several circles each tailored to a particular form of disconnection. More to Come!
Sisterhood Reimagined
Building authentic, supportive friendships among women by addressing trust, competition, self-worth, and toxic friendship patterns.
Raising Whole Humans
Equipping young people with the tools to think critically, feel deeply, and act with integrity and compassion.
Seasonal Retreats
Intentional pause moments to reflect, reset, and reconnect offered in fall/winter/spring formats.
Seasonal Retreats & Camp
Summer Camp
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Adult and Youth Summer camps
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Emotional work, Community, Play, Reflection
