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We’re so glad you’re here. Here you’ll find programs, resources, and connections to help renew your courageous spirit, amplify your inner teacher, and cultivate the stamina to keep showing up for yourself, others, and the causes you care about.

Our Mission

The Center for Courage & Renewal exists to nurture deep integrity and relational trust, building the foundation for a more loving, equitable, and healthy world.

Through Circle of Trust® retreats and other programs rooted in the Courage & Renewal® approach, we nurture supportive communities of reflection and practice to help people come alive with a renewed sense of purpose, build trustworthy relationships, and cultivate the courage to rise to today’s challenges, making a difference within themselves and their communities.

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Here To Support Your Journey

Whatever brings you here, you are not alone.

Whether you’re on a mission to change the world, exploring meaning and purpose in your life, or searching for tools to help transform the institutions that matter to you, we know showing up consistently with integrity can feel really challenging. We’re here to help.

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Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.”

Parker J. Palmer, CCR Founder

Upcoming

programs

Our programs and retreats can help you cultivate the courage to live more authentically, expand your capacity to listen, strengthen your ability to build trustworthy relationships, renew your passion for your life’s work, and deepen your commitment to the communities and causes you care about.

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We strive to create an accessible and inclusive community for anyone yearning to become more authentic and whole. You can become a member of the Center for Courage & Renewal and join us on the Courage & Renewal Community Platform to help deepen your practice, feel a greater sense of belonging, share your gifts and experiences, and learn alongside others who are bringing our approach into their lives, work, and communities.

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  • I was ready to quit and this retreat was going to be one of my last engagements in this role. But something spiritual and even spectacular happened during that retreat. The process transformed a fading spark in my heart into flame to answer the current leadership call on my life.

    Shawn Dove

    Former CEO of the Campaign for Black Male Achievement

  • Courage & Renewal practices reconnect us to the deepest core of why we went into medicine. It reminds us to be deeply present — and we feel joy with that. When we connect who we are as physicians, why we’re doing it, we are able to do our work with intentionality.

    Dr. Mukta Panda

    Assistant Dean for Well-Being and Medical Student Education at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga

  • It was deeply reassuring to be among people whose interest was in asking better questions and equipping participants with the space and tools to find their own answers. Courage & Renewal has had a catalytic impact on our work. The Touchstones reflect the kind of spaces we want to grow in the world, and its practical techniques have been deeply instructive.”

    Lennon Flowers

    Executive Director, The Dinner Party

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We offer an abundance of resources to help you learn more about our approach and explore the ways in which our work has meaningfully impacted people’s lives.

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