Helen Tanner

Cultivating Inner Peace for Outer Peace
2021-06-19 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/London) | Online
“The wound is the place where the light enters in” – Rumi
When we imagine a peaceful world, our attention often focuses onto what we can change in the ‘outer world’ to build peace and prevent violence.
But as a mighty oak grows from a tiny acorn, so seeds of peace must be planted within our hearts and minds before being gently nurtured into reality in the outer world.
Some of the richest ground in which to ‘grow peace’, are the most tender places within: our hurts, our pains, and inner conflicts. This workshop will explore the opportunities waiting for us within our wounds and inner conflicts, recognising the rich and fertile ground they provide in which to grow the seeds of peace.
This experiential workshop, led by Karin Augustat, Helen Tanner, Bianca Neff and Nino Lotishvili, four Rotary Peace Fellows from Germany, UK, Spain, and Georgia, will explore and weave together four perspectives on cultivating inner peace, each with a practical, personal application:
1. Approaches of Social Healing: How to overcome trauma, mistrust and division (includes practical exercises)
2. Pain: The Problem and Promise of inner pain in our peacebuilding efforts.
3. Forgiveness: Transforming pain and suffering into Freedom, Peace and Love through the ancient practice of Self-Compassion and Forgiveness.
4. Personal Development: by acknowledging our own shadow parts and our inner pain we start embracing and accepting and embracing ourselves as a whole.
Presenters
Nino Lotishvili, an intercultural communication specialist, the founder of Peace Research Centre Tbilisi and Mindful Georgia (Georgia)
Helen Tanner, a peacebuilder, forgiveness guide, trainer, and qualified psychotherapist with an extensive portfolio of working in the UK -including seven years as Charity Director- and internationally in countries including Botswana, Tunisia and war-affected Libya, Myanmar, South Sudan, Kosovo, and Belfast (UK).
Bianca Neff, a humanitarian professional, the founder of Petra Peacebuilders, an NGO dedicated to providing trauma healing and resilience support for peacebuilders (Spain/USA).
Karin Augustat, a social anthropologist and psychologist, international expert in development cooperation with international organisations in various fields including psycho-social support and peacebuilding (Germany).
This skills-based workshop is part of the Global Peace Conference “Weaving a Shared Future Together”.
See the program here: https://sites.google.com/rpfaa.org/gpc-2021/program
You will receive the links for participation after registering here: https://sites.google.com/rpfaa.org/gpc-2021

Transforming Shame & Guilt Livestream
2021-06-02 19:00 - 20:00
“The difference between shame and guilt is the difference of ‘I am bad’ and ‘I did something bad” – Brené Brown.
As a Forgiveness Guide, one of the most common experiences that people show up with is the feeling of being weighted down by shame and guilt.
Often there is confusion as to which is which, and how to move forwards.
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 2nd of June at 7p.m (BST), we will be exploring what shame and guilt are, what gives rise to them, their similarities and differences, their purpose and how they can be transformed and released through the Self-Compassion & Forgiveness process.
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart (please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Forgiveness Fundamentals Livestream
2021-05-26 19:00 - 20:00
“To Forgive is to set a prisoner free, and discover that the prisoner was you.” – Lewis B. Smedes
In this Livestream, onn Wednesday 26th of May at 7 p.m. (BST) we will be deliving into Forgiveness Fundamentals, focussed mainly onto Forgiving others, and answering some of the big questions:
– What is Forgiveness?
– When is the right time to forgive?
– Are some things unforgivable?
– How do we forgive? Is forgiveness even possible?
– How will I know if I have forgiven?
– How will forgiveness benefit me?
– What is the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation?
– Should I forgive without an apology?
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart
(please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Listening Circle of Support
2021-05-19 19:00 - 20:00
“We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, and true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.” – Carl Jung
I invite you to join our ‘Listening Circle of Support’ on Wednesday 19th of May at 7 p.m
This is a safe space for you to both share what’s alive within you, and be heard, and also to listen and be present to others.
It’s not a space for advice or problem solving, just witnessing and being held in compassion for a moment, in a shared human experience.
In addition, if you have questions around self-compassion or Forgiveness, it is an opportunity to ask your questions.
The circle will be held on Zoom on Wednesday 19th of May from 7-8.15 p.m Uk time, and facilitated by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist & Forgiveness Guide
This event and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart
(please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

The Space in Between Livestream
2021-05-12 19:00 - 20:00
“Honour the space in between no longer and not yet.” – Nancy Levin
The Pause.
The Space in between.
The excruciating place of being pulled back, and being pulled forward.
The turbulence of not knowing, of change, of swirling, falling, hoping, fearing, releasing, trusting, landing.
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 12th of May at 7p.m (UK), we will be exploring the ‘space in between’ when we have chosen change, or change has chosen us. The space where the seed of new life has been planted, but is still lying dormant in the ‘dark place’. We know we can’t go back, but it is not yet time for usto move forward.
The ‘space in between’ can be a very difficult, fragile and lonely place, but just maybe there’s a way to relax, enjoy and even embrace the ‘space in between’.
Come and find out how…
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart
(please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Getting Unstuck Livestream
2021-05-05 19:00 - 20:00
“You have to stop thinking that you will be stuck in your current situation forever. We feel like our hearts will never heal, or we’ll never get our fo this impossible struggle. Don’t confuse a season for a lifetime. Even your trials have an expiration date. You will grow, life will change, things will work out.” – Britney Moses
Sometimes you just feel stuck.
Whichever way you turn feels blocked, and your unexpressed energy weighs heavily on you.
The temptation is to retreat into familiar distractions, Netflix, comfort eating, drinking, scrolling social media-which of course, eventually, makes you feel worse.
The disconnection you can feel, as time goes on, leads to a sense of living in a bubble and looking out on the world rather than participating in it. The Pause.
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 5th of May at 7p.m (UK), we will be exploring what gets us stuck and feeling trapped in our life, and how to get unstuck, feeling free-er, more peaceful and connected.
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart
(please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Giving and Receiving Love Livestream
2021-04-28 19:00 - 20:00
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it, and embrace them..” – Rumi
Giving & receiving Love in our lives is the basis of everything: When the river of Love is blocked, we are unable to experience joy, to create, to connect or find meaning.
It’s not about what we do, but about doing it with Love. It’s not about what we see, but seeing it with Love, it’s not about reaching out to others, but connecting to them with Love…
It’s not about ‘learning’ to be loving, but removing what gets in the way – as Love is our natural way of being. (Despite the evidence we think we have of the contrary.)
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 28th of April at 7 p.m (BST), we will be exploring giving and receiving love, the barriers we have built inside ourselves against allowing Love to flow freely in our lives, and how to ’embrace’ and then release them.
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart
(please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Self-Betrayal Livestream
2021-04-21 19:00 - 20:00
“Self-betrayal is allowing fear to overrule the still, small voice of truth.” – Glennon Doyle
There are many ways in which we betray ourselves out of fear: not sticking to life goals, not speaking our truth, not doing the work we love, staying in relationships that are not right for us, being loyal to others above ourself…
And as a consequence, our confidence, our trust, our joy, and sense of safety in the world erodes, and triggers a sense of worthlessness and shame.
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 21st of April at 7 p.m (BST), we will be exploring self-betrayal, what it means, why and how we do it, and how to begin the journey back to a loving and powerful relationship with our ‘true’ self.
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart (please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Weight loss and Forgiveness Livestream
2021-04-14 19:00 - 20:00
“The real you, like the rose itself, is naturally and unself-consciously beautiful. And the world is more beautiful because of it. A spiritual practice is the bridge back to you and the real world. Through prayer, meditation, forgiveness and compassion, you make conscious contact with your spiritual self, your most beautiful self, and hasten the process of your healing.” – Marianne Williamson
For anyone who has had a long term issue with being overweight, losing the pounds can feel like a battle, like going to war with oneself.
Anyone who has lost weight, only to put it all back on again, knows the frustration and shame that comes with the endless cycles of over eating and deprivation, and that willpower only goes so far in making long term behavioural change.
Forgiveness has an incredible power to bring Freedom, Peace and Love back into our life. But what has it got to offer when it comes to losing weight for good?
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 14th of April at 7p.m (BST), we will be exploring how Forgiveness can help support weight loss, offer freedom from the war within, and return you to a loving relationship with yourself.
Tune in to find out what the Forgiveness journey entails, and how to get support if you are ready for your journey.
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart (please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Mid-Life Awakening & Forgiveness Livestream
2021-03-24 19:00 - 20:00
“At midlife, the part of ourselves that we have known, the caterpillar, is disintegrating..The emergence of the butterfly requires, absolutely demands, the sacrifice of the caterpillar..The word sacrifice..means the forfeiting of something of importance in the service of receiving something of even greater value. The word literally means ‘to make holy.’.” – Kathleen A. Brehony
The mid-point of our life, the transition from the caterpillar to the butterfly, is often wrapped up in the language of ‘crisis’. It can feel a lonely and frightening time, requiring our deep trust and faith in the process.
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 24th of March at 7p.m (UTC), we will be exploring the role of Forgiveness in supporting our transition at mid-life to release what no longer serves us, find freedom from the past, connect to our true loving spiritual nature, and re-align to an authentic expression of who we are in the world.
Tune in to find out what the Forgiveness journey entails, and how to get support if you are ready for your journey.
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart
(please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

I want the world to change! Radical transformation through Love Livestream
2021-03-17 19:00 - 20:00
“Sometimes you can pressure people into changing, you can force them, but the powers-that-be have more force than we do. I don’t think we are going to win in a contest of force. I think we need to induce a change of heart..We have to create the conditions where people feel safe to feel, and to care. That goes against a lot of our programming about how to make something change in the world.” – Charles Eisenstein
Most of us can see things in the world that we wish would change.
The big one for me, the change I long for, is the end of the destruction to the natural world, and in particular, in recent times, the destruction of the ancient woodlands, and natural habitats in the Uk and beyond.
As someone committed to Peace and the path of Forgiveness, I’ll admit I struggled to find the love in my heart, and mind, for those whose actions, I perceive, are responsible for wide-scale natural destruction.
And yet, all of the ancient teachings and great teachers of Peace show us that Love is the way, even in the face of violence and destruction.The excruciating place of being pulled back, and being pulled forward.
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 17th of March at 7p.m (UTC) we will be exploring how we can bring about real and radical change in the world through the transformative power of Love, what this means for us in, and as a, practice, and whether Forgiveness could have something valuable to offer in showing us the way?
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart (please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Handling Rejection Gracefully Livestream
2021-03-10 19:00 - 20:00
“Everytime I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli
When we look back over the journey of our life, it is perhaps easier to see how a rejection of something we wanted at the time, led us to something even better than we imagined.
But in the moment, when we experience rejection from a job, a relationship, a friendship, or opportunity, we can feel devastated, and a loss of confidence.The Space in between.
How can we get to a state of inner grace, where rejection becomes ‘feedback’ for us, without the need to unduly suffer, and close our heart in protection?
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 10th of March at 7p.m (UTC) we will be exploring how we can live increasingly from a state of grace, love and trust, embracing even rejection into our life.
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart (please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Forgiveness, Judgement & Discernment Livestream
2021-03-03 19:00 - 20:00
“The practice of discernment is part of higher consciousness. Discernment is not just a step up from judgement…it is the opposite of judgement. The judgment reveals what still needs to be released and learned. Through discernment, what has already been mastered is revealed.” – Glena Green
One of the great gifts of journeying inwards with Forgiveness is the shift to living a more authentic life, aligned to your heart, values, and truth.
It is a journey of releasing shame, blame, victimhood, judgement, guilt, and rage, which have been blocking you, and keeping you tied to the past, to re-membering your true nature as a loving, peaceful, joyful being.
As you relax back into alignment with who you really are, you’re invited to learn how to live and respond to life in a more peaceful, loving way.
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 3rd of March at 7p.m (UTC) we will be exploring the shift from judging ourselves and others to discerning and making good decisions for ourselves from a place of love and trust.
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart (please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Listening Circle of Support
2021-02-24 19:00 - 20:00
“We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, and true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.” – Carl Jung
I invite you to join our ‘Listening Circle of Support’ on Wednesday 24th of February at 7 p.m UTC.
This is a safe space for you to both share what’s alive within you, and be heard, and also to listen and be present to others.
It’s not a space for advice or problem solving, just witnessing and being held in compassion for a moment, in a shared human experience.
In addition, if you have questions around self-compassion or Forgiveness, it is an opportunity to ask your questions.
The circle will be held on Zoom on Wednesday 24th of February from 7-8.15 p.m UTC, and facilitated by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist & Forgiveness Guide
This event and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart (please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Forgiveness, Anger & Turtle Wisdom Livestream
2021-02-17 19:00 - 20:00
“Finding yourself is actually returning to yourself, an unlearning, an excavation, a remembering who you were before the world got its hands on you..” – Emily McDowell
One of the great gifts of journeying inwards with Forgiveness is the shift to living a more authentic life, aligned to your values and truth.
It is a journey of gently releasing shame, blame, victimhood, judgment, guilt, and rage, which have been blocking you, and keeping you tied to the past, and re-membering your true nature as a loving, peaceful, joyful being.
As you breathe light and love back into your being and re-emerge back into the world of relationships with others, you will be invited to develop a new relationship with your anger.
For this, there is much wisdom to be gained through observing the nature of Turtle, and how they navigate so gracefully into the deep oceans and flow of life, whilst also utilising their shell, when necessary, for protection and respite.
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 17th of February at 7p.m (UTC) we will be exploring anger, in the context of the Forgiveness journey, and dive gently into the depths, with Turtle as our guide.
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart (please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Forgiveness, Rage and Anger Livestream
2021-02-10 19:00 - 20:00
“Rage sits at the crossroads of personal transformation. Those of us seeking spiritual enlightenment will inevitably stumble upon personal rage on the path. Rage is not to be understood as a useless emotion, empty of story or knowledge. Rather rage is fierce clarity and untapped fuel.” – Ruth King
Often when we think and talk about anger and rage, we assume that the latter is (just) a more extreme and destructive version of the former.
– But are rage and anger linked, and if so how?
– Is there anything to be learned from rage?
– What are the differences between rage and anger?
– How does the Forgiveness process approach rage, and anger?
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 10th of February at 7p.m (UTC) we will be exploring rage, and anger, and how the medicine of Forgiveness is applied to each, in quite different ways.
This is a two-part talk, with part one (Feb 10th) focussed mainly on rage, and part two (Feb 17th) focussed mainly on anger.
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart (please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen

Forgiveness: The Journey Home to Spirit Livestream
2021-02-03 19:00 - 20:00
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience and infinite love is the only truth. Everything else is an illusion .” – Pema Chödrön
If you are considering Forgiveness, or maybe you’re just noticing it ‘appearing’ into your life.
Maybe it’s a sign. A call. An invitation to come home. To embrace your spiritual-being-ness.
The Space in between.
The excruciating place of being pulled back, and being pulled forward.
The turbulence of not knowing, of change, of swirling, falling, hoping, fearing, releasing, trusting, landing.
Forgiveness usually beckons and emerges out of pain, from a situation that was created in the past, and lingering in the present, causing disruption in the inner and outer world.
The pain is the catalyst and not the end of the story.
In this Livestream, on Wednesday 3rd of February at 7p.m (UTC) we will be exploring the spiritual aspects of the Forgiveness process, and the opportunities for a profound life transformation – from pain and suffering to freedom, peace, and love.
The talk is given by Helen Tanner Creative Psychotherapist- specialising in Forgiveness. @helentanner.com.
This and other free talks can be accessed by joining the FB group: Forgiveness for Women & Men of Heart. www.facebook.com/groups/ForgivenessHeart (please answer the membership questions for access).
Blessings and Peace 🙏
Helen
