Return to Self
A 4-Part In-Person Self-Love Series
A four-week journey to reconnect with yourself, deepen your self-compassion, strengthen your self-trust, and practice what it means to truly choose yourself.
Mondays, September 14 – October 5
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Tantara • San Francisco
What would change if you started truly choosing yourself?
So much of our life can be consumed by what we “should” be doing.
Who we should be. Where we should be by now. How we should look. How we should spend our time. How much more we should be doing.
And sometimes… without even realizing it… we can become so focused on becoming a “better” person, we disconnect from the person we already are.
Return to Self is an invitation to slow down, turn out that noise, and connect with this version of you.
Over the course of four weeks, we’ll explore what you actually value, how you speak to yourself, and how to cultivate a relationship with yourself that is rooted in more compassion, trust, and love.
And perhaps most importantly, you won’t be doing it alone.
There is something deeply powerful about allowing yourself to be seen and witnessed by people who are also choosing more compassion, more love, and more self-trust.
What we’ll explore together
Each week builds upon the last, moving from reconnecting with what matters to you to creating a more loving, trusting relationship with yourself.
Week 1 — Coming Back to You
Values, expectations & the “shoulds” we carry
We’ll explore what you actually value, where the expectations you place on yourself come from, and begin releasing the “shoulds” that may not even belong to you.
Week 2 — Meeting Yourself With Compassion
The inner critic & the way you speak to yourself
We’ll bring awareness to your inner dialogue, explore where your inner critic comes from, and practice tools for meeting yourself with more kindness and compassion.
Week 3 — Releasing What You’ve Been Carrying
Old stories, beliefs & emotional weight
We’ll explore what you may be carrying that no longer serves you and create space to release old beliefs, and stories with compassion.
Week 4 — Learning to Trust Yourself Again
Self-trust, inner wisdom & choosing yourself
We’ll reconnect with your own inner wisdom and practice listening to, trusting, and choosing yourself as you move forward.
You’ll leave each gathering with a tangible practice you can continue using long after our time together ends.
Each 90-minute gathering is intended to be a warm, intimate space to slow down, turn inward, and reconnect with yourself.
Together, we’ll move through a combination of guided exercises and visualizations, journaling and reflection, meaningful conversation, and practical tools you can continue using in your everyday life.
You’ll be invited to share and participate, but there is never any pressure to share more than feels comfortable to you.
What to Expect
Meet Aileen
I’m a certified Heal Your Life Coach and the founder of With Joy, Aileen.
My own self-love journey started when I was in the trenches of low self-worth and a cruel inner critic. I thought that if I accomplished, completed, dieted, worked out, and made myself “pretty enough”, I would be lovable.
I ran around looking for love and validation, not realizing I was the treasure I had been seeking.
This journey has taught me that I am not a problem to be fixed, but a person to be loved. It’s about learning to meet yourself with compassion, trusting your own voice, and choosing yourself over and over and over again.
The practices I share in Return to Self are rooted in the same work that has transformed my own relationship with myself, and ultimately, my life.
I created this series because I believe so deeply we all deserve spaces where we slow down, take off the pressure to perform or have it all together (whatever that even means), and simply be together.
It would truly be an honor to hold that space for you <3
My hope is that you leave the series with a bit more awareness of what you truly want from this life, what may be blocking you from receiving it, and the compassion and self-trust to know you are already worthy of love, joy, and tenderness. And maybe even a friend or two!
Ready to Return to Self?
Four weeks. A space to slow down, reconnect, and choose yourself.
Full 4-Week Series | $80
Experience the complete journey. Each week intentionally builds upon the last.
Single Gathering | $25
Can’t attend all four? You’re still welcome to join us for an individual gathering.