Programs
Everything we offer is one mission in three forms: we host the conversations, we train people to lead them, and we speak about why they matter. Fees from organizational programs underwrite free public estuaries across Southern California.
Facilitated Estuary Sessions
Our core program. A trained facilitator brings the Estuary protocol to your team, campus, or congregation — a structured conversation where every voice gets room and no one needs a script.
Engagement formats
Introduction (1 session)
Experience the protocol end to end. The right first step for most organizations.
Half-Day (2 sessions)
Two circles in one day — two different groups to widen the reach, or one returning group whose second conversation goes deeper than the first.
Full-Day (3 sessions)
Three circles across the day — reach up to three separate groups, or mix new and returning circles as habits visibly form.
Sessions within a day may host the same participants or fresh ones — in most workplaces, each person joins one circle per day. Recurring series — weekly or monthly circles — are available and recommended wherever skill-building is the goal. Conversation is a practice; practices compound.
Facilitator Training & Coaching
The goal is capability, not dependence. We teach the Estuary protocol and the craft of small-group leadership so your organization can host its own gatherings — and keep hosting them after we leave.
Group coaching
Cohort-based training for a bench of facilitators: team leads, student leaders, church leaders.
One-on-one coaching
Individual mentoring for a designated host or leader, from first session to steady hands.
Trained facilitators join a growing national community of practice, with public estuaries listed worldwide at EstuaryHub.com.
Speaking
Keynotes and talks for conferences, campuses, retreats, and leadership offsites: conversation across difference; the loneliness epidemic and the case for presence; how trust is actually rebuilt — one table at a time.