by Janine | May 20, 2026 | Articles
Dear Quest Fans: Laura and I have been offering journaling workshops for over a year now, almost every month. They tend to be on weekday afternoons, and she could tell you that I often arrive stressed, tense, worried that something is not in order. But as soon as...
by Janine | Apr 21, 2026 | Articles
Dear Quest Fans: Last week a friend showed up to our hike wearing a sweater with RESIST printed across the chest in big bold letters. To be honest — that word makes me shudder a little. It does every time I see it, and I see it a lot around Oakland. Signs in windows,...
by Janine | Apr 6, 2026 | Articles
Some people come to a coaching session with a problem that, at first glance, is caused by someone else. I hear statements like: “I can’t be happy because he doesn’t listen to me.” “I dropped out of the workshop because they weren’t my kind of people.” “She said mean...
by Janine | Mar 16, 2026 | Articles
Ever since COVID, it sometimes feels like the world has been dishing out one major event after another. Most of us didn’t plan any of it, didn’t ask for it, and certainly didn’t create it. And yet here we are, living inside it. We each have our own names for the...
by Janine | Mar 2, 2026 | Articles
Some mornings I wake up and feel really down—on myself, and on the world. There’s always plenty I could point to: Will AI eliminate half the jobs? Is a recession coming? What happens when my mom gets sick? There’s no shortage of “looming” things I can grab onto and...
by Janine | Mar 1, 2026 | Workshops
Challenge your thinking. Reflect deeply. Play with your next step. Our Topic This Week: Your Relationship with yourself. When was the last time you checked in with how you truly see yourself? This session is all about the most important relationship in your life....
by Janine | Feb 10, 2026 | Past Events, Workshops
This journaling workshop invites you to slow down and gently peel back the layers that have formed over time — the roles, stories, and patterns that shape how we move through the world. Through guided writing prompts and reflective experiences, we will: Travel back in...
by Janine | Feb 10, 2026 | Past Events, Workshops
As the year begins, this Heart on Paper workshop invites you to slow down and turn inward — not to look for answers outside yourself, but to work with the questions that already live within you. January’s theme, Powerful Questions, centers on how the quality of the...
by Janine | Feb 10, 2026 | Past Events, Workshops
Challenge your thinking. Reflect deeply. Play with your next step. Our Topic This Week: Resistance: Why It Shows Up & How to Work With It Why does it feel like we have to fight against ourselves to achieve the things we truly want? What to Expect: A small group of...
by Janine | Feb 10, 2026 | Past Events, Workshops
Challenge your thinking. Reflect deeply. Play with your next step. Coffee & Change is a recurring gathering in local cafés for people who want to think more clearly, challenge old narratives, and consider new possibilities. Each session centers around a real-life...
