Join me for tea on Sunday?
When I was little, we’d have afternoon tea every Sunday at my grandma’s house. I miss that kind of regular, easy, do-nothing together time. Friendship, connection, being together – these are complex and crunchy things, especially for those of us who are quiet, shy or often socially uncomfortable. Groups are mysterious places for introverts, and Zoom only makes them even weirder!
But we’re bored of being lonely. So let’s build something together. Let’s see if we can create a world designed for us, that leaves us filled up instead of wrung out. A quiet gathering. A gutsy togethering.
Will you join me for Sunday tea?
Sunday 30 March 2025
3.30–4.30pm
This event is free and hosted on Zoom.
A wise person once told me that coffee is for the spirit and tea is for the soul.
I’m putting the kettle on for the quiet ones, the shy ones, the socially anxious and awkward ones. For everyone who wanders through their days muttering ‘people are so weird’, while also feeling like a weirdo. For you, if you come alive and transform into a wise-cracking dancing queen with your closest love in your own kitchen, but shrink to a muted sepia shadow of yourself in a group, with a stranger, in front of your boss. For you if, like me, you’re an introvert who is still kinda working out how to do friendship, at an age when that doesn’t feel so comfortable to admit.
Let’s be honest: Zoom is weird. People are weird. Groups of people on Zoom are weird.
Let’s accept these weird building blocks, find ways to get comfortable, and see what introvert-inclusive magic can create together.
Let’s give our nervous systems a whole new story about what it can feel like to be together in spaces like this.
I’ve used sharing circles to open and close my workshops for years. People often say it’s one of their favourite parts of the sessions. It’s where we take it in turns to share a few words – or more, or less – about our fears, uncertainties, discoveries, struggles, triumphs, wobbles.
Maybe the workshops are the coffee (the spirit, stretch, spontaneity, challenge, release) and the sharing circles are the tea (the soul, slowness, space, ease). It’s that potent mix of doing the hard work to challenge yourself to tackle the hard things and also getting to know and love your introvert strengths, your quiet gifts.
This invitation is all about the tea, the soul, the ease.
This will not be perfect (but it will be special)
This is the first time I’ve hosted a Sunday Tea like this. It won’t be perfect.
The timing’s not perfect. It’s Mother’s Day. It’s Eid. This invitation is very last minute.
My upstairs neighbours will probably be noisy. The internet might conk out.
It might clash with your sacred Sunday afternoon nap schedule.
If, for any of these reasons, you can’t make it, I’m sorry and I hope you can join another time. I hope there will be many more times, online and in person.
But if you can make it, please come as you are. Bring your ready-to-nap low energy. Bring your C+ game. Bring your deep-conditioner-soaked hair. Bring your popping out every 20 minutes to check on your batch meal cooking. Bring your uncertainty and wobbles.
Let’s do this imperfectly, before we’re totally ready, because that’s how we do gutsy things.
What to expect
We’ll keep it cosy with maximum 8 people.
I’ll welcome you all, we’ll settle in and agree on some guidelines for our time together.
There’ll be some gentle prompts to guide your thoughts, some ideas to play with, and invitations to share.
You’ll never be pressured to speak; we all know what that pressure feels like – this is time to let it melt away.
Showing up just to listen is a gift – to yourself and others.
I won’t be explicitly teaching, nor guiding you through workshop activities. This is a loosey goosey, gentle, open space where we can breathe and let things unfurl with ease.
What to do
Book your free spot.
Please arrive on time or a few minutes early.
Set yourself up with a cup of tea / coffee / whatever floats your Sunday afternoon boat. Take a few minutes to set up your space however feels good for you – maybe a candle, a paper and pen to write or doodle, maybe sit on the floor if that feels cosy.
Have a peep at my principles for holding safer group spaces. (These apply more directly to my workshops and courses, but the foundations also apply here.) We’ll also run through the important ones together when we meet and you’ll have the opportunity to contribute your suggestions about what helps you feel safe and supported in a new group.
Please get in touch any time with questions, concerns or wobbles.
This event is part of Sister Stories’ One Sacred Circle – a global invitation to create a quiet revolution of belonging through coming together in meaningful ways.
You can find listings here of all the many circles running across the weekend. I’ll be attending three on Saturday! Maybe we’ll cross paths :)