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Loving without a Blueprint

Love and Other Emotions
Starting Aug 11, 2026 8PM UTC

About this Session

What does it mean to build healthy, loving relationships when you did not grow up surrounded by healthy or loving examples?

Many of us learned about love through inconsistency, criticism, emotional distance, conflict, control, or survival. As adults, we may find ourselves trying to create something we have never actually seen.

This session is about the patterns we inherited, the things we are unlearning, and the kind of love we are trying to build for ourselves now.

About this Space

Emotions Are Meant to Be Felt—Together

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to love and emotions. Whether you're healing from heartbreak, learning to trust, or redefining what love means to you, this space offers a place to process it all.

Emotions can feel overwhelming in isolation, but in community, they become shared experiences—lighter, more meaningful, even joyful. Through connection, we find not just support, but laughter, insight, and the reassurance that we’re never alone in what we feel.

What to Expect in These Spaces

  • Open, guided discussions on relationships, self-love, and emotional resilience
  • Community-driven support to help process love, loss, and connection
  • Storytelling and shared experiences to navigate complex emotions together

Topics We Explore

  • Navigating Love & Relationships
  • Processing Heartbreak & Loss
  • Self-Love & Worth
  • Emotional Barriers & Vulnerability
  • Understanding Attraction & Connection
  • Familial Relationships & Boundaries
  • Sexual Intimacy & Emotional Closeness
  • Expressing and Receiving Love

We try to tame emotions, to categorize them, to rank them from pleasant to unbearable. But they do not ask for labels. They only ask to be felt.

-Brianna Wiest

Sign up today and join a space where emotions are embraced, not avoided.

Meet the Keeper

Hi, I'm Heather. I currently reside in the mountains of North Carolina where I split my time working for Totem and running a dessert company. Prior to living in North Carolina, I spent six years in Chicago where I founded a non-profit aimed at bridging the gap between people and …

Reach out to the Keeper: heather@totem.org
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