Transformation is what happens when we allow ourselves to learn from and be changed by our experiences. As we step into a new year, we stand at a threshold, that space that stands between what has been and what could be. Every threshold is an invitation to growth and transformation.
Join Molly Davis & Kristine Patterson for an inspiring and engaging week of reflection, exploration, and imagination. A time to take stock of where we’ve been, where we are, and where life might be calling us.
The Ranch offers that kind of rare spaciousness that makes room for slow wanderings and quiet pondering, leaving guests refreshed, renewed, and ready to step out with more clarity, courage, and grace. Every Matters That Matter® session is designed to serve and enhance that renewal process.
Evening Program
Threshold Moments
There are such things as “threshold moments”. Those times when we are invited to step over fear and uncertainty, and venture out into the unknown. Such moments call upon our courage. When we accept the invitation being offered, we find our way to an even more authentic and wholehearted life. Come listen, reflect, and consider your own threshold moments…past, present, and future.
Workshop #1: Standing At The Threshold
If transformation is what happens when we are changed by our experience, then taking the next right step begins with a right understanding of where we’ve been and where we are now. Our lives don’t happen by accident. We participate in creating them every day and one step at a time. Join Molly & Kristine as they create a safe space for you to engage in courageous thinking and thoughtful action planning.
Workshop #2: Discernment: The Practice of Choosing Wisely
Regardless of life chapter or circumstance, we are inundated with responsibilities, challenges, opportunities and possibilities. Where to invest our time, energy, money, skills, and gifts? Where, how, and to whom do we offer what we have to give? This workshop introduces you to a practical discernment framework that will help you choose wisely.
Workshop #3: The 3×5 Card
Transformation often invites us to speak up in new ways, and in situations that test our ability to hold onto ourselves, say what we mean and mean what we say. Come discover how a small 3×5 card can become a mighty tool to help you find your voice.
Kristine and Molly are the founders of Matters That Matter®, a partnership providing keynotes, retreats, and workshops to inspire people to connect who they are with how they live. Their powerful message has been heard at national conventions, annual fundraisers, and spirituality and wellness retreats. They co-authored the internationally published book Letters To Our Daughters, which was highlighted on the Oprah Show.
They have been best friends for over 45 years.
Mol
ly Davis is a writer, speaker, and coach. Author of the award winning BLUSH: Women & Wine, a book in which she explores why she often used wine as a classy looking way to cope with stress, dull pain, and avoid discomfort, and why others might do the same. And yes, she still loves good wine. The founder of Trailhead Coaching & Consulting, she helps people courageously step more fully into their own lives.
Kristine Patterson is a potter, author, maker, and storyteller. A few years ago she launched beanpole pottery in a quiet studio in her backyard. What started out as a hobby and way to process life, became a full-time business. She now ships her gorgeous, custom work all over the world. Each piece has a soul that, like ours, is perfect in its imperfection.
Violinist Kate Hatmaker is the founder and Executive/Artistic Director of Art of Élan, a San Diego-based chamber music organization committed to bringing innovative classical music to diverse audiences (www.artofelan.org), and has been a violinist with the San Diego Symphony since 2006. She has played with a wide variety of American orchestras, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the New World Symphony. She completed her Master of Music degree at Carnegie Mellon University and her undergraduate training at both the University of Iowa and the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.
Cellist Alex Greenbaum enjoys a diverse and adventurous musical life. As a member of the Hausmann Quartet he is an Artist-in-Residence at San Diego State University. As a long-time member of The Knights he has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and appeared at various festivals. He has recorded for Ancalagon, Bridge, Canary Classics, Cantaloupe, In a Circle, Koch, Naxos, Warner Classics and Sony records. His varied interests have led to collaborations with dance companies, recordings for film, television and commercials, studies of early music and performances throughout Mexico. Alex is a founding member of San Diego Baroque, a mainstay on the Art of Élan series, an affiliated artist with San Diego New Music and appears regularly with Bach Collegium San Diego.
