FINDING REFUGE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
A 6-Week Online Circle for Cultivating Aliveness, Meaning, and Renewal
Finding Refuge in Uncertain times is a reflective, gentle circle for navigating life’s changes, transitions, or uncertainty and reconnecting with presence, aliveness, and renewal.
In times of change, stress, and uncertainty, many of us long not to escape life, but to feel more alive within it — steadier, more present, and quietly sustained by what still feels meaningful and beautiful.
Finding Refuge in Uncertain Times is a gentle, six-week online circle that invites you to slow down, reconnect, and cultivate inner refuge through mindfulness, reflection, and writing practice (you don’t need to be a writer to participate). Rather than focusing on what is wrong, this series turns toward what helps us meet life with greater ease, curiosity, and resilience.
Together, we’ll explore simple practices that help you:
- reconnect with a sense of aliveness and presence
- hold life’s challenges with spaciousness and compassion
- rediscover beauty as a source of nourishment and steadiness
- clarify what matters now, and how to live in closer alignment with it
- cultivate renewal through reflection, attention, and creative expression
Each session weaves together guided meditation and reflective writing (no writing experience needed). The writing is invitational, a way of listening inwardly and making meaning, not producing anything polished or performative.
This is a supportive, contemplative space for anyone navigating change or simply longing for more depth, steadiness, and vitality in daily life.
You are welcome just as you are — curious, tired, hopeful, uncertain — and you will leave each session with practical tools and a renewed sense of connection to yourself and the living world around you.
Dates: February 12 – March 19, 2026
Time: Thursdays 12:00 – 1:30 pm Eastern Time
Where: Zoom
Investment: $275 USD
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AND LIMITED
Zoom link will be emailed several days prior to the event.
Facilitator: Jennifer (Jen) Johnson is a mindfulness teacher, counselor, writer, and speaker focusing on mindfulness and creativity for stress reduction and renewal. Her writing has been published in book chapters, literary journals, health and wellness magazines, and professional training manuals. She is a two-time grant recipient from North Carolina Humanities and has received a grant from The Arts Council of Wilmington. She was invited to serve as writer in residence at Wells College. Click here to learn more about Jen.