Join Brandon Rennels and Steph Stern for any of these free sessions to strengthen relational skills.

If you are curious about deepening your sense of connection and belonging while staying authentic to yourself - especially in moments of conflict - these offerings are for you. 

• Learn to recognize your go-to relational moves

• Explore your edge of vulnerability and be seen by others

• Navigate conflict and tension with more ease

• Stop people-pleasing and practice direct communication

Join us to explore these themes in these free skill building workshops and group drop-ins. We’re also offering an ongoing (6-month) Relational IFS Group for those who want to commit to deeper skill building.

Who is this for?

You might relate to one or more of these patterns:

• Authentic connection with others difficult at times

• You tend to withhold or shy away from deeper connection

• Conflict is uncomfortable, you tend to avoid it or seek harmony

• You struggle with people-pleasing

• You feel more reactive or judgmental than you’d like with people you care about 

Or maybe you’re looking for a space to try out new skills and 'get it wrong' sometimes.

Meet your Facilitators

We are Brandon & Steph – we first met as colleagues at the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (fun fact: we started on the exact same day in 2015!) Since then we’ve co-facilitated many programs together and most recently have been trained by the Interactive Group Institute. 

Brandon Rennels is a dedicated father, mindfulness facilitator, and an experienced group leader. He has led Teacher Training for a global mindfulness & emotional intelligence organization, personally mentoring hundreds of aspiring teachers over the years. As an ordained student of the late Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, Brandon learned early on that embodying compassionate curious presence brings out the best in oneself and others. Relational IFS group work has been foundational to his own healing journey through anxiety and depression, and he considers it an honor to hold this space for others. 

Steph Stern is a facilitator, transformational coach and Certified Internal Family Systems practitioner. She works with clients individually, facilitates group workshops, and also supports organizations to bring emotional intelligence and candid feedback to their work culture. Overcoming long-held patterns of conflict-avoidance, Steph has learned to see tension as a path to deeper truth and connection. She appreciates the Relational IFS Group format to be a sandbox for this form of relational skill building. She loves supporting people to cultivate self-compassion and tune to their inner compass, and has a special fondness for inner critics.