Upcoming Events

A  3-day Workshop:  Saturday 9th May – Monday 11th May 2026

I’m delighted that many of you are finding that what is ‘yours to do’ involves working with groups. More and more of us are recognising that Facilitation Skills are absolutely vital!

In a previous life, before I woke up to the meta-crisis, this was a workshop I offered regularly on a commercial basis.  This 3-day workshop would be free to you, other than funding your accommodation if you stay at Hunton Park.  I generally only offer this workshop once a year.

“The workshop offered me everything I was hoping for and more. Kim expertly guided us in and out of activities which provided a helpful mix of practice opportunities and the learning of tools that were new to me. Kim is an amazing facilitator. For anyone who recognises a pull towards facilitation skills in these times that we face, I would highly recommend attending this course!” Jessica Crawley

Facilitation comes from the Latin root ‘facere’, which simply means ‘to make easier’.  It includes the following skills:

• Building Connection, Engagement and Trust

• Asking Great Questions

• The Iceberg of Group Dynamics

• Paying Attention to Task and Process

• Ways to get People Involved

• Resolving Conflict in Groups

• Non-Verbal Behaviours

• Separate Realities

• Intervening Skills

• Creating a ‘Contract’

• Framing

• Tools for Inviting the Group into different Emotional States

• Music and Movement in Groups

• Developing more Behavioural Flexibility as a Facilitator

“It was a privilege to spend three days being coached by Kim and see behind the curtain of her magic. To learn from a master in any field is always a joy, and this workshop was no exception. Kim’s framework for how she thinks about holding the energy of a group has been a real eye opener for me, and given me many elements of facilitation to play with and make my own. Whatever route our future might take, the facilitator’s role in fostering creativity, collaboration and community action will doubtless be of great value. I left Kim’s workshop feeling affirmed by this knowledge, and by the tools, experience, community and resources to capitalise on it. A further shoutout to my fellow edgelings I took this course alongside! It was a pleasure to spend this time alongside those who are doing their best in these times, each engaged and showing up with their own gifts and imperfections.”  Ross Tatham

It will be a smallish group – I’ll cap it at about 10 people, so there’s lots of time for practice. There’ll be opportunities to get coaching on your specific context, and for you to walk away with more confidence and competence in the skills you most want.

Please let me know soonest if you are interested, and can make these dates.

“Having participated in the Edge retreat I was really excited to look behind the veil and receive Kim’s wisdom around working with groups. The training provided a balance between tools, essential first principles of working with group dynamics, interventions, and state management. I’d recommend it as an empowering course – uniquely delivered within the implicit context of a collapse-aware group. No business as usual here!” Emily Stewart

Are you somebody who has woken up to the climate, ecological and meta-crisis we are facing?

This is a 4-day retreat for people who wish to inquire, in good company, into the questions:

• So, what’s most important now?
• What’s my ‘thread’ to pick up? How can I make a difference? What is mine to do?  Who can I do it with?
• What does it mean to live well now?  How can I tell a story of my life that I’m proud to tell – no matter what happens?

The experience is designed to support you in being able to stand tall and look our interconnected predicaments in the face – from a place of courage, clarity, resilience and creativity.  And to discover what is yours to do.
Contact kim@heartofthriving.com to express your interest in reserving a place.

“Just wanted to reflect on how my life has been so different since getting back from The Edge Retreat. So many connections made; to other humans on this journey (of life and of biosphere and social collapse) to the more than human world, to wonderful thinkers and speakers, to ourselves and ultimately to life itself. I learned so so much and turned so many stones. The retreat was so deftly and beautifully facilitated, the surroundings were supportive and nourishing (as was the food!) 

And life has felt very different since I got back. An evolution of all I was doing before the retreat, and all that I am, sure, and… a palpable deepening of an already profound love for this life. Walking around with just the purest and fiercest love for all beings, the bus driver, the neighbour, the refugee, the guy collecting money to combat knife crime. Conversations on the bus about eye contact and safety and connection. An abundance of foraged food – hawthorn ketchup!!!! The jays, jackdaws, gulls, foxes and earthworms, have all wanted to say something and asked me to slow down so I can listen.  I have had “collapse conversations” with four beloveds. Some are keen to continue, some were just a first dip and may end there. I felt skilled and ready to have them.  I have set up my living room to host a We Are The Great Turning group. I planted twelve trees. I have talked with all of them.  This is all mine to do and the joy, holiness, peace and enthusiasm I feel for it is… both electric and integral.  So deeply grateful for all of you, and for you Kim. I feel more alive, and connected to life, than I have ever have.  I deeply appreciate the feeling of community I am left with. Other Edgelings; both my cohort and the wider alumni. I need to stay connected and feel supported in this work and I do and I’m excited about what more will reveal itself in the days, weeks, months, years to come. So much love and gratitude. Until soon. See you down the road.”

Jools Voce, November 2025 Edge Retreat