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Active Hope Small Group
October 22, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Organizer
Natalie ZendEvent Overview
Concerned about wildfires? Multiple International Crises? AI taking over our future?
Join Dr Nate Charach and Gwen Schauerte in a small group that will empower you to engage in meaningful action to address the challenges of our time. Based on Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects while integrating land-based healing practices and psychotherapeutic principles. You will connect to your inner self, to others in the group and to the greater natural world, deepening your experience of community.
Location: Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation (310 Danforth Ave)
Timing: Wednesday Evenings (7:00pm to 9:15pm) on dates below
Cost: Free. Donations to Neighbourhood are welcome
Oct 22: The Stories Of Our Time
Nov 12: Coming From Gratitude
Nov 19: Honouring Our Pain
Dec 3 Truth Mandala (6:30pm-9:30pm)
Dec 10: Shifting Our Perceptions Part
Jan 7: Shifting Our Perceptions Part II
Jan 21: Going Forth
To Register, email info@psychiatree.ca to meet with Nate and Gwen to set your intentions and learn more about the group.
Dr Nate Charach, MD, FRCPC is a psychiatrist who runs OHIP- covered, nature-connected therapy groups to transform our distress from the state of the world into meaning and purpose.
Gwen Schauerte, RP, is a registered psychotherapist who works to help clients with eco-anxiety, has led Despair and Empowerment workshops, and is a member of Neighbourhood.
Hosted by Natalie Zend, member of the Work that Reconnects Facilitator Network.