Living the Questions: Finding Clarity in Uncertain Times

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves”
~Rainer Maria Rilke

This retreat is informed by the Courage & Renewal® approach, which was developed by Parker J. Palmer and the Center for Courage & Renewal®. Participants will be invited into a reflective, confidential, and compassionate community where they can:

• Listen for the voice of their own inner teacher rather than seeking answers outside themselves.
• Cultivate curiosity and wonder as companions in times of uncertainty.
• Strengthen trust in both self and community.
• Explore how “living the questions” can open pathways to clarity, integrity, and renewal in personal and professional life.

Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s timeless guidance—“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves…”—this retreat will offer guided reflections, periods of silence, poetry, gentle dialogue, and shared wisdom in a Circle of Trust®. No fixing, saving, or advising—only deep listening, spacious attention, and the courage to be present to what is emerging.

Whether you are familiar with Parker Palmer’s work or are new to the Circle of Trust®, you are welcome. Come as you are. Bring your questions, your uncertainties, and your hope. Together we will practice patience with the unknown and discover what clarity can grow when we dare to live the questions—fully and faithfully.

Mary Kaye Siebert,  a Courage & Renewal® Facilitator, will be joined by Gina Egan. Gina has a passion for cultivating opportunities for self-awareness and transformation. She has been committed to the Courage & Renewal® work since 2019. She has participated in several Circle of Trust® retreats offered by the Center for Courage & Renewal® including Foundations of the Courage & Renewal Approach, Courage & Renewal Practicum, and In This Together: The Courage & Renewal Approach to Mentoring. She holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and has been a professor of higher education for 20 years. She has her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training and has studied and practices Vipassana meditation, breath work, and yoga. She lives in Kansas City, Kansas with her two cats and delights in spending time with her two daughters and grandsons.