Awakening The Forgotten Self (Tickets are $`180+HST, seats are limited)

A full-day experiential conference exploring self-abandonment—why it forms, how it shows up, and how to begin reconnecting with yourself.

For those who look fine on the outside, but feel disconnected on the inside.

Many people don’t realize they’ve learned to leave themselves.

They just know they’re tired.

Over-functioning.
Overlooking their own needs.
Holding everything together while feeling disconnected inside.

This full-day experiential conference explores self-abandonment — how it forms, why it makes sense, and how to begin coming back to yourself.

Not a lecture.
Not information overload.
Not “take notes and figure it out later.”

Teaching, reflection, and practical exercises are woven throughout the day so insight doesn’t stay theoretical.

No pressure to share.
No emotional performance.

Just real understanding — and ways to carry it into everyday life.

Tickets are $`180+HST, seats are limited

WHY THIS TEAM IS DIFFERENT

This is not a motivational workshop or a wellness trend.

It is facilitated by experienced trauma clinicians who work daily with the very patterns being explored — self-abandonment, over-functioning, emotional exhaustion, and disconnection from self.

Rather than offering quick fixes or surface-level tools, this day is held with depth, clarity, and care. The environment is emotionally safe, grounded, and free from pressure to perform, disclose, or “fix” yourself.

The intention is not to change who you are —
but to help you reconnect with who you were before survival became your way of living.

MEET THE FACILITATION TEAM

Wendy Pearson, HBA, MEd, RP

Founder, CEO & Clinical Director · EMDR Certified Therapist

With over three decades of clinical experience, Wendy has supported individuals and families through trauma, attachment wounds, burnout, and life transitions. Her work focuses on helping people understand the patterns that required them to disconnect from themselves — not with judgment, but with compassion and clarity.

As Founder and Clinical Director of evolve Psychotherapy & Consulting Group Inc., Wendy provides supervision, training, and consultation to clinicians and organizations, including hospitals and leadership teams.

Awakening The Forgotten Self reflects the heart of Wendy’s work: helping people reconnect with who they were before adaptation became identity.

Sarah Montes, RPC, MPCC, CCAC

Registered Practitioner · Addiction Counsellor

Sarah supports individuals in understanding coping strategies that once helped them survive. Her grounded presence helps participants soften self-judgment and reconnect with themselves in ways that feel safe, compassionate, and attainable.

Sylvia Dearing, BA (Hons), MDiv (student); RP-Q

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

Sylvia brings warmth and thoughtful curiosity to her facilitation. Her work supports reflection around meaning, values, and inner narrative, helping participants reconnect with parts of themselves that have long gone unheard.

Sarah Humphrey, B.A. (Hons), CYW, MSW, RSW

Registered Social Worker

Sarah’s work is grounded in attachment and relational understanding. Her steady, compassionate presence supports participants in exploring emotional patterns, boundaries, and reconnection with self and others.

Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 | Arrival, Orientation & Safety
Settling into the space and outlining how the day will be held.

9:30 – 9:50 | Seeing the Pattern Clearly
Identifying common self-abandonment patterns and why they’re often hard to recognize.

9:50 – 10:30 | Why We Learn to Leave Ourselves
Understanding how self-abandonment develops and why it once made sense.

10:30 – 10:45 | Break

10:45 – 12:15 | The Body’s Role in Self-Abandonment
How stress responses, tension, fatigue, and disconnection show up before conscious awareness.

12:15 – 1:00 | Lunch
Lunch provided (dietary needs accommodated).

1:00 – 2:30 | Why Returning to Yourself Can Feel Hard
Exploring fear, guilt, emotional intensity, and uncertainty that can arise when reconnecting.

2:30 – 2:45 | Break

2:45 – 3:40 | Practicing Self-Loyalty in Real Life
Translating insight into grounded, everyday practices.

3:40 – 4:00 | Integration & Closing

“You didn’t lose yourself — you learned how to survive.”

📍 Who This Is For

• Individuals navigating people-pleasing, over-functioning, codependency, or emotional disconnection
• Helpers, caregivers, clinicians, leaders, and parents