The Stories We Carry: Healing Through Relational Reflection

An intimate, research-driven experience uncovering the hidden patterns that shape our relationships and lives.

Every relationship we’ve ever had leaves a trace. Neuroscience shows that the brain encodes relational memory not only in thought but in the body: in posture, affect, and nervous system responses. Philosophers like Paul Ricoeur remind us that our identity itself is a narrative, built from the stories we carry forward.

When these implicit stories remain unexamined, we repeat them: seeking the same dynamics, reenacting the same ruptures, longing for the same elusive forms of recognition.

The Stories We Carry is a 90-minute, intentionally intimate gathering designed to illuminate these invisible threads. You will leave not just with insights, but with written tools for consciously choosing how you want to navigate connection moving forward.

What You’ll Experience:

In this guided session, you’ll:

  • Learn how attachment theory, narrative psychology, and implicit memory explain why our past lives on in our present connections.

  • Reflect on formative moments of connection, rupture, or belonging through structured journaling prompts.

  • Recognize repeating patterns and the hidden architecture of your relational life.

  • Connect in small, intentional conversations (sharing optional).

  • Re-author your story to carry forward.

This is not therapy. It is an academically grounded, carefully facilitated space for reflective self-inquiry, designed to be both intellectually rigorous and emotionally supportive.

Who This Is For:

This workshop is for people who sense that the past echoes in their present who want to:

  • Understand the deeper patterns shaping their relationships.

  • Move beyond repetition into conscious, intentional choice.

  • Engage in meaningful reflection within a curated, safe, and intellectually stimulating community.

Spots are limited to ensure intimacy and depth.

Events

October 8, 7:30 pm

Flower Cat
Brooklyn, NY

Join us for a cozy, candlelit evening workshop at Flower Cat in Greenpoint, BK.

About Your Facilitator

Aubrey Aust is a relational philosopher, educator, and MA candidate at New York University, where her interdisciplinary research bridges psychology and philosophy. Her work centers on relational safety, attachment theory, narrative identity, and the philosophy of selfhood. She has facilitated salons and workshops across New York City, and shared her work on podcasts including Attachment Theory in Action and The Kink Consultant.

Her approach blends academic rigor with an accessible, human tone, creating spaces where intellectual depth meets embodied reflection.

 FAQs

  • No. This is a psycho-educational and philosophical workshop. While therapeutic in effect, it is not treatment.

  • No. Sharing is always optional. The core value comes from the guided reflection.

  • To preserve intimacy, trust, and quality of facilitation. Once seats are filled, registration closes.