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SUMMARY:Hope is a Verb: Spiritual Grounding for Joyful Changemaking
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Farmhouse at Spring Forest in Hillsborough\, NC for Hope is a Verb: Spiritual Grounding for Joyful Changemaking. \nWhen the Work Feels Heavy\, Hope Becomes Essential \nAre you a changemaker feeling overwhelmed by today’s challenges? When progress is blocked and the forces of harm seem stronger than ever\, it’s natural to struggle with frustration and even burn-out. But what if hope isn’t something that happens to us—but is something we actively practice? \nRediscover Your Spiritual Foundation \nThis weekend retreat offers changemakers a chance to reconnect with the deeper sources of resilience available to us all. Join us to explore how spiritual practices can help us stay grounded and embody hope in a world that sometimes feels hopeless. \nWho Should Attend \nThis women’s* retreat welcomes all changemakers: \n~ Mission-driven professionals and nonprofit leaders\n~ Activists\, organizers\, and artists\n~ Engaged citizens and volunteers \n*This retreat is for all women\, including trans women\, as well as nonbinary or gender expansive people who are comfortable in women-centered spaces. \nIf you would find meaning in strengthening your resilience in these uncertain times\, this retreat is designed for you. \nWhat You’ll Experience and Share \n~ Connection to nature and other changemakers on a beautiful\, 34-acre regenerative farm and forest\n~ Practical tools for cultivating hope as a daily practice\n~ Spiritual practices for staying grounded to maintain your energy and commitment to your important work \nTransform Your Relationship with Hope \nLeave this weekend with renewed energy\, deeper spiritual grounding\, and practical tools for embodying hope—not despite the challenges\, but because of your unwavering commitment to a just world. \n\nLocation: The Farmhouse at Spring Forest\, 1907 New Sharon Church Rd\, Hillsborough\, NC 27278 \nCost: $400–600 \n~ Single occupancy room (2 beds available): $600\n~ Shared occupancy room (6 beds available): $450 \nRegister by April 15\, 2026 for to receive a $50 early bird discount! No code needed. \nCost includes retreat programming\, lodging and meals prepared by Chef Netta Edwards with locally grown food\, as well as a post-retreat online group check-in and an optional post-retreat 1:1 online spiritual coaching session. \nLimited scholarship funds available. Please email info@groundedimpact.net to express your interest in a partial or full scholarship. \nRetreat Leaders: \nMaria Kingery has been leading retreats for impact-driven entrepreneurs for more than a decade. Through 360Impact\, she helps changemakers build the resilience needed to create lasting impact in an uncertain world using her “Lead with Love” framework. In 2001\, she co-founded one of the Southeast’s first clean energy companies\, scaling it to a thriving B Corp before selling the company to seven long-time team members in a values-driven succession that centered their shared mission over maximum profit. \nBonny Moellenbrock\, a certified spiritual director\, helps clients integrate their deepest values into their lives\, initiatives\, and business strategies\, supporting the shift toward a life-affirming\, regenerative economy. Bonny spent over two decades directing capital toward social and environmental impact through her work with nonprofits\, social enterprises\, and impact investors. She led Investors Circle for seven years\, guiding a network that has channeled over $275 million into more than 350 enterprises creating positive change.
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LOCATION:The Farmhouse at Spring Forest\, 1907 New Sharon Church Rd\, Hillsborough\, 27278\, United States
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