Soundings Circles
A free monthly gathering for highly sensitive people to write, reflect, and find a soft community space within the Singularly Sensitive landscape.
Some things are hard to hold alone.
The awareness of living in a world that moves too fast and cares too little. The quiet grief of having to mask or stifle yourself to fit in. The longing for a community that actually gets what it's like to feel everything as deeply as you do.
The Soundings Circle is a monthly gathering for highly sensitive women who are ready to stop carrying all of that alone. Each circle gathers around a theme like self-trust, seasons, leadership, belonging, and more. We write, share our reflections, and supportively witness one another’s perspectives. Then we envision what might be possible going forward.
Our gatherings are a gentle introduction to the Singularly Sensitive approach, forest therapy principles, and what it means to live with gentle joy.
You don't need to prepare or perform. You just need to show up.
Come into the Soundings Circle. We’ve been waiting for you.
What Happens in Soundings Circles?
Each gathering is guided by a set of questions that Lori Cangilla creates to help the community engage with the theme of the month. There are no right answers, just a process of gentle introspection that invites you to open up to something new within yourself.
You'll write. Quietly, with no one watching.
Then, you'll have the option to share some of what emerged. You'll witness what others share.
We’ll close with a guided meditation, so that you leave with a vision of what your next step could be.
What tends to happen in the Soundings Circle?
You’ll discover that you’re not the only one who feels this way. That the thing you thought made you strange is, in this room, widely familiar. That being witnessed by kindred spirits does something to the part of you that has been bracing against judgment or rejection.
You'll leave having touched something real — in yourself and in the community forming around you.
To put it another way: it’s magic.
“I adore these gatherings. They feel like such a good fit. I always walk away feeling so uplifted and connected.”
~ Kathleen
Upcoming Soundings Circles
September 14, 2026: A World Where We Don’t Fit In
Perhaps you feel at odds with the current sociopolitical climate. Or you mask and struggle to conform to the ways you’re expected to think, feel, and behave. Come together with your fellow misfits (including host Lori Cangilla) and explore how to be in this world, without being broken by it. Register below.
A Word from Lori Cangilla about the Values of This Community
I believe the world is worth fighting for and that the work of healing ourselves is inseparable from the work of healing it.
These are values I hold and live by:
Climate change is real and demands our urgent attention. No one is illegal on stolen land. Love is love. Trans women are women, trans men are men, and all genders beyond the binary are valid and beautiful.
I believe in mutual aid over extraction, economies of care over exploitation and competition, and collective liberation over individual advancement at others' expense. I am committed to dismantling in myself and in my work the harmful effects of white supremacy, patriarchy, and every system that diminishes human dignity.
My work is rooted in these values, and so is the community I'm building.
If these values resonate with you, I’m excited to welcome you to the Soundings Circles. This space is here for you!
Want to Know More about Singularly Sensitive?
Visit the FAQs Page for more about our Soundings Circles.
Or, if you’re ready to go deeper into the Singularly Sensitive approach, check out our membership community or private mentoring.