I heartily recommend anything that Paula is involved in. She brings a grace and elegance to the way she allows a conversation to unfold, including confronting people in a gentle and appropriate way. Sometimes she asks us to look a little deeper. And so, I often come away unsettled a little bit, maybe with something I need to chew on and work through and resolve. And I really relish those opportunities to be challenged and to be deepened by exposure to other people and their perspectives brought with a care and wisdom that comes from experience and from a group of people that have done their own inner work for a long time.

~ Rick G

I love your openness to the discomfort. I believe you are venturing into conversations we don’t as people yet know how to navigate with ease. And it is going to take all of us together to figure it out. Thank you for your courage and vision and wisdom to jump in, and to navigate with your vulnerability and honoring of everyone!

~ Heidi T

I really admire your facilitation skills and I love watching you lead the group. The way you take emotionally charged content, some of it probably personally hurtful, maintain your composure and feed it back to the individual and the group to help them along their journey is remarkable. I am trying to learn from you in action.

~ Cathie L

This morning I have been doing some research on White Privilege and I realize I have white privilege. Up to today, I have always thought that white privilege applied to someone who thought a white person was better than a person of color. I do not think I am better than a person of color, so I thought white privilege did not apply to me. I now realize it is not based on an opinion but a fact that a white person has certain privileges in our society that a person of color may not.

~ Dale

Some quotes from participants:

“… such powerful work you are up to in the world… and I believe it knows no boundaries!”

“Thank you, Paula, for all you have done to enrich the lives of those of us who attended the various Racial Healing Workshops you sponsored this year. I was fortunate to attend all of them and I continued to learn something new in each of the sessions.”

“I am deeply grateful for your willingness, love and care to hold workshops around race and healing.”