For workplaces
Nobody learns anything in a room that feels like a warning.
We come to your workplace and talk about mental health in a way people actually listen to, and we take teams out of the building for a day when that is what a group needs. Not a policy briefing. Not a compliance module. A room where someone finally says the thing everyone was thinking, and the mood in the office is different afterwards.
Most workplace mental health training fails for the same reason most treatment settings do. It is joyless, it is delivered at people, and it assumes everyone is fine except the person it is secretly aimed at. We do it differently, and people tell us afterwards that they were glad they came, which is not something anyone usually says about this hour.
What we do
Pick the size that fits.
The lunch hour
60 to 90 minutesOne session, whole team, food in the room. We take a subject people are quietly dealing with, burnout, drinking, anxiety, grief, and talk about it like adults. Nobody is asked to share anything. Everybody leaves knowing more than they did.
Manager training
Half dayWhat to say when someone tells you they are struggling. How to ask without prying. What you are responsible for and what you are not. Where the line sits between supporting someone and becoming their therapist.
A series
Monthly or quarterlyOne subject at a time across a year, so it becomes part of how the place runs rather than a thing that happened once in March.
A day outside
Half or full dayWe take the team out of the building. Games, movement, food cooked and eaten together, and time in the open where nobody is at a desk or on a screen. The conversations that matter happen sideways, while people are doing something else, which is the whole point.
After something happens
On short noticeA death, an overdose, a suicide, a serious incident. We come in and hold the room, help managers know what to say, and give people somewhere to put it. This is the work we do every day.
Policy and practice review
Behind the scenesYour leave policy, your EAP, your return to work process, and what actually happens when someone discloses. Most organisations have good policy and a bad first conversation.
Subjects
Things people are already thinking about.
Burnout, and the difference between tired and finished. Drinking, and when after-work becomes something else. Anxiety at work. Sleep. Grief, and what to say to the colleague who just came back. Money stress. Caring for a parent while holding a job. Men and the not-talking. Coming back after time off. Supporting someone else without going under yourself.
We shape it to your workplace. A construction firm and a design studio need the same information delivered completely differently.
A day outside
The good conversations happen sideways.
Nobody opens up across a conference table. They open up walking, cooking, waiting for their turn, or losing badly at something. A day out of the building does more for how a team treats each other than a session about how a team should treat each other.
Games and movement
No fitness requiredTeam games, low stakes and genuinely competitive. Nothing that singles anyone out, nothing anyone has to be athletic for, and an easy way to sit out without it being noticed.
Cooking and eating together
Everyone has a jobA meal made by the group rather than delivered to it. Our Director of Integrative Wellness and Culinary Arts leads this, and it is consistently the part people talk about afterwards.
Time outdoors
A park, a garden, a trailWalking, gardening, or simply being outside for a few hours. Daylight and movement do more for a group's mood than any exercise we could run indoors.
Something quieter, woven through
Optional, alwaysBreathwork, grounding, or a short guided session for anyone who wants it. Nobody is rounded up, and nobody has to explain why they would rather sit under a tree.
One real conversation
Twenty minutes of the daySomewhere in it, we do talk about the thing. Short, honest, and landing on people who are relaxed rather than braced. That is why the day works and a workshop often does not.
We handle the shape of the day, the facilitation, and the food. You pick the date and tell us anything we should know about the group. Locations across Los Angeles County, or your own site if you have the space.
Why it works
Warmth is the method, not the packaging.
Humour, plain language, and real stories are what let a person hear something that applies to them without feeling accused of it. Nobody is pretending this subject is light. The point is that people take in more when they are not braced against the room.
Nobody is put on the spot, nobody is asked to disclose anything, and nobody has to do an activity. The most useful thing that happens is usually the conversation people have with each other afterwards.
We are a nonprofit. Every workplace session funds our free community programmes, so booking us pays for someone else's care.
Booking
Start with a conversation.
Tell us the size of the team, what has been going on, and what you would like people to walk out with. Pricing is set by scope, and we hold sliding-scale rates for nonprofits and small organisations.