Workshops & Speaking

I create transformative learning experiences that help people discover meaning, wisdom, and clarity through story, spiritual care, and reflective practice. Each workshop combines teaching, personal reflection, and facilitated sharing to build both individual capacity and community.

Whether you’re seeking programming for older adults, leadership development for your team, spiritual formation for your faith community, or wellness practices for daily life, these workshops offer practical wisdom grounded in deep spiritual understanding.


Programs for Older Adults

Aging with Grace: Navigating Life’s Journey with Wisdom (60 minutes)
An honest, practical conversation about the challenges and opportunities of aging, exploring resilience strategies, recognizing warning signs, and discovering the wisdom opportunity this season offers.

Finding Purpose in Every Season (60 minutes)
An interactive exploration of discovering meaning during life transitions through understanding life’s seasons and identifying sources of purpose.

Aging and Spirituality: The Journey of Meaning and Connection (60-90 minute presentation)
Exploring spiritual dimensions of aging—finding meaning, purpose, and deeper connection in later life.


Leadership Development & Personal Growth

Wisdom-Centered Leadership: Four Questions That Transform the Leadership Experience (90 minutes)
A mindfulness-based framework helping leaders move from reactive problem-solving to awareness-based responses, building sustainable leadership capacity through present-moment awareness.

Getting Better: Growth, Vision, and Encouragement (60 minutes)
Exploring ongoing growth, creating vision, and the power of encouragement.

4 Self-Care Habits to Begin (30-45 minute staff training)
Practical, accessible self-care strategies for busy professionals, covering self-compassion, filling life with goodness, stress response, and reflection.


Spiritual Formation Workshops

Exploring Your Spiritual Geography (60 minutes)
Discovering how places shape our spiritual formation and recognizing God’s presence across our life’s journey.

Holy Places: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Life (Three 60-minute sessions)
A three-part exploration of discovering sacred meaning in home, abundance, and sorrow/solace.

Let’s Play! Reclaiming Joy and Playfulness (60 minutes)
An interactive exploration of play as spiritual practice, discovering how playfulness opens us to creativity, connection, and delight.

Exploring God’s Welcome: Radical Hospitality in Daily Life (90 minutes)
Based on Amy Oden’s book God’s Welcome, exploring what it means to experience and extend God’s deep welcome through the four marks of radical hospitality.

Thinking About Time: Becoming Time Investors (60-90 minutes)
A contemplative exploration of shifting from task-driven busyness to intentional living through time investment.


Wellness, Daily Life & Retreat Programming

Food as Memory: A Conduit for Connection (50 minutes)
Using food stories to unlock memory, meaning, and community connection through shared narrative experiences.

The Joy of Learning: Adventures in Lifelong Discovery (50 minutes)
A neuroscience-backed exploration of how learning keeps us vital, connected, and engaged throughout life, with practical strategies for maintaining curiosity and growth mindset.

Gratitude: Cultivating Present-Moment Well-Being (50 minutes)
Exploring gratitude practices and their impact on well-being, with interactive exercises for developing sustainable gratitude habits that reduce stress and increase joy.

Conquering Brain Clutter: Finding Mental Clarity (90 minutes)
A practical workshop on managing mental overwhelm and creating space for clear thinking through proven systems and strategies.

Peaceful Mornings, Restful Evenings: Creating Daily Rhythms (45-60 minutes)
An interactive exploration of bringing peace and meaning to daily moments through mindful routines and simple practices.

Identity & Touchstones Retreat (60-90 minutes)
Exploring the authentic self through contemplative practices including Visio Divina, reflection on mentors and teachers, and intention-setting.


Booking Information

Workshop Format: Most workshops can be delivered in-person or virtually via a secure video platform.

Customization: Workshops can be tailored to your organization’s specific needs and context.

To discuss bringing a workshop to your organization, please contact:
Florence Brooks
Florence@FlorenceBrooks.com