Everyday Healing 2026: The Self-Care Summit – Free Online Event
Self-care often gets reduced to something you are supposed to squeeze in after everyone else has been helped, the work is finished, the stress has settled, and there is finally enough time. For many people, that moment rarely arrives.
This summit takes a broader approach by looking at how care for your body, emotions, relationships, spirit, work, money, and home can support one another. More than 40 experts explore practical ways to work with stress, self-criticism, boundaries, communication, sleep, movement, food, financial pressure, clutter, work demands, purpose, and other parts of daily life.
The experience is organized as a connected path rather than a collection of unrelated self-care tips. You can explore physical wellbeing, emotional and mental health, relationships, spiritual grounding, professional wellbeing, financial and home life, and finally the process of creating a personal self-care plan.
You do not need to adopt every practice or watch every conversation. Use the themes, speakers, and daily structure below to identify what matters most in your life and build a manageable path through the summit.
Why Attend Everyday Healing: The Self-Care Summit
Knowing that self-care matters does not automatically make it easier to practice. Rest can still feel unproductive, boundaries can create guilt, work can absorb the energy meant for the rest of life, and emotional patterns can continue long after you understand them intellectually.
Everyday Healing approaches those challenges from multiple directions. Across seven days, more than 40 experts explore body awareness, sleep, food, movement, self-compassion, stress, emotional triggers, relationships, communication, spirituality, work, money, home, creativity, purpose, and the habits that make everyday care more sustainable.
The goal is not to turn self-care into another performance standard. The summit gives you a structured way to notice what is draining you, explore different approaches to caring for yourself, and identify practices that are realistic enough to use in ordinary life.
Who Should Attend Everyday Healing: The Self-Care Summit
This summit is especially relevant when you already understand the importance of self-care but struggle to protect it in the middle of real responsibilities. You may be managing work, family, relationships, grief, stress, financial pressure, emotional patterns, or an environment that leaves very little room for you.
It is also designed for people who want to move beyond isolated wellness tips and look at self-care as a connected practice. You can follow the themes that matter most without assuming that every idea, session, or practice needs to become part of your routine.
- People who regularly put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own
- Anyone who feels tired even when they are trying to rest
- People interested in self-compassion, emotional wellbeing, and healthier stress responses
- Anyone working on boundaries, communication, or more nourishing relationships
- People seeking a stronger connection with their body, movement, sleep, or food
- Anyone wanting more grounding, meaning, creativity, or spiritual connection
- People navigating workplace stress, overwork, or an identity centered heavily on career
- Anyone experiencing money stress, clutter, or tension in their relationship with home
- People who want a simple personal self-care plan instead of another overwhelming list
What You’ll Learn During Everyday Healing: The Self-Care Summit
The summit begins with physical self-care and the signals your body may be asking you to notice. From there, the conversations expand into emotions, self-worth, relationships, spiritual grounding, professional life, finances, home, and the everyday choices that influence how supported you feel.
You will hear different perspectives on self-compassion, anxiety, old emotional patterns, boundaries, communication, rest, sleep, movement, mindful eating, body awareness, workplace stress, money worry, clutter, creativity, purpose, and finding a healthier balance between caring for others and caring for yourself.
The seventh day brings the week together around a personal plan. Instead of carrying dozens of ideas forward, you can use the summit to identify the practices and priorities that fit your circumstances and make sense for the life you are actually living.
- How body awareness can help you notice needs related to rest, food, movement, safety, and energy
- Ways to respond to self-criticism with greater self-compassion and unconditional self-worth
- Simple approaches for working with stress, anxiety, emotional triggers, and difficult feelings
- Why personal boundaries, communication, and lovingkindness matter in close relationships
- How sleep, joyful movement, mindful eating, and rest can become forms of practical self-care
- Ways to reconnect with presence, purpose, spirituality, nature, creativity, and what matters most
- How to reduce workplace stress without making your career the center of your identity
- Ways to examine money worry, financial enoughness, self-worth, and values around wealth
- How clutter and the physical environment can influence calm, energy, and everyday wellbeing
- How to bring the week’s useful ideas together into a realistic personal self-care plan
The Whole-Life Self-Care Framework: Body, Emotions, Relationships, Spirit, Work, Money and Home
Everyday Healing is built around a whole-life view of self-care. Instead of treating meditation, exercise, boundaries, sleep, money, relationships, and work as unrelated subjects, the summit places them within one connected picture of how you care for yourself.
The progression matters because strain in one part of life can influence another. Poor rest can affect emotional resilience, relationship stress can follow you into work, financial worry can weigh on the body, and a home that feels chaotic can make genuine rest more difficult.
The seventh day turns that broad view into a personal planning process. The point is not to optimize every area at once, but to identify what deserves your attention and choose next steps small enough to fit the life you already have.
- Begin with the body’s signals instead of treating self-care as an abstract idea
- Explore emotional care without demanding constant positivity
- Connect boundaries and communication with healthier relationships
- Make room for presence, purpose, spirituality, nature, and creativity
- Bring self-care into the workplace rather than postponing it until work is finished
- Include money and home in the conversation about everyday wellbeing
- Finish with a plan built around your own priorities rather than someone else’s routine
Featured Speakers and What They Cover
The speaker lineup goes well beyond general encouragement to “take better care of yourself.” Individual sessions explore specific challenges including self-criticism, relationship patterns, stress, sleep, work, money, clutter, movement, food, body awareness, purpose, creativity, boundaries, and emotional resilience.
You can use these themes to identify the conversations most relevant to your current life rather than trying to absorb every perspective at once.
Self-Compassion, Self-Worth and Emotional Care
Kristin Neff, PhD: Swapping Self-Criticism for Self-Compassion: A Kinder Way to Motivate Yourself.
Christopher Germer, PhD: Swapping Self-Criticism for Self-Compassion: A Kinder Way to Motivate Yourself.
Adia Gooden, PhD: Feeling Not Good Enough? How Self-Care Builds a Sense of Unconditional Worth.
Shelly Tygielski: From Guilty Indulgence to Self-Preservation: Self-Care That Keeps You Strong and Steady.
Mandy Morris: Calming Emotional Triggers With Self-Love: Everyday Care for Your Mind and Heart.
Brett Cotter: Calm in Minutes: Simple Techniques to Ease Stress and Anxiety When They Strike.
Alex Howard, PhD: Why You Keep Pushing Yourself: Making Peace With the Past to Live With Ease.
Relationships, Boundaries and Communication
Richard Schwartz, PhD: Befriending the Parts of You That Hurt: Rediscovering Joy, Creativity, and Connection.
Sharon Salzberg: When People Are Hard to Love: How Lovingkindness Grows Warmth and Connection.
Oren Jay Sofer: From Misunderstood to Truly Heard: Communication Skills for Closer, Calmer Relationships.
Zoe Shaw, LMFT, PsyD: When Others Keep Crossing the Line: Personal Boundaries That Honor Who You Are.
Melanie Tonia Evans: Recovering From a Narcissistic Relationship: Reclaiming Your Identity and Inner Strength.
Carrie Contey, PhD: Parenting With Less Stress: Growing Alongside Your Child Instead of Just Raising Them.
Portia Jackson Preston, DrPH: Hard to Ask for Help? Why Doing Less Can Bring More Rest and Joy.
Body Awareness, Rest, Food and Movement
Debra Poneman: Growing Older With Vitality: Daily Habits for a Sharper Mind and Healthier Body.
Chen Lizra: Let Your Body Lead: Releasing Stored Feelings for More Vitality and Joy.
Alan Fogel, PhD: Feeling Disconnected? How Body Awareness Restores Your Sense of Safety and Connection.
Ed O’Malley, PhD: From Restless Nights to Restorative Sleep: Helping Your Body Recharge and Repair.
Misty Tripoli: Dreading Exercise? How Joyful Dance Helps You Move Freely and Feel Like Yourself.
Michelle Babb: From Stress Eating to Mindful Eating: Trusting Your Body’s Wisdom About Food.
Amanda Blake, PhD: Beyond Living in Your Head: How Your Body’s Signals Guide Wiser Choices.
Work, Burnout and Professional Wellbeing
Karla McLaren, MEd: Tired of Forced Positivity at Work? How Honest Emotions Build Healthier Workplaces.
Jim Dethmer: Happier at Work Without Changing Jobs: The Power of Radical Self-Care.
Marc Lesser: Too Hard on Yourself at Work? How Kindness Helps You Accomplish More.
Cicely Horsham-Brathwaite, PhD: Overwhelmed by Work and Responsibilities? How Self-Care Fuels Your Professional Success.
Simone Stolzoff: More Than Your Job: Finding Meaning and Balance Beyond a Work-Centered Life.
Sheri Betts: Stressed at Work? Practical Shifts for Calmer, More Productive Days.
Renee Trudeau: Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should: Self-Care That Frees Your Energy.
Money, Home and Everyday Environment
Ken Honda: Unhappy With Money? How Emotional Intelligence Leads to a Happier Financial Life.
Spencer Sherman: From Money Worry to Financial Peace: Discovering What Enough Means for You.
Sarah McCrum: Your Worth Is Not Your Bank Balance: Easing Money Stress From the Heart.
Alex Echols: Money With Meaning: Building a Mindful Wealth Plan That Reflects Your Life Vision.
Regina Lark, PhD: Buried in Stuff? Simple Decluttering Steps for a Calmer Home You Love.
Michele Rosenthal: Self-Care You’ll Actually Stick With: More Resonance, Less Regimen, and Daily Fun.
Spiritual Grounding, Meaning, Energy and Creativity
Agapi Stassinopoulos: From Disappointment to Acceptance: A Daily Practice for Reconnecting With Spirit.
Susan Piver: Turning Toward Difficult Emotions: A Spiritual Path to Greater Joy and Purpose.
Mark Coleman: Weighed Down and Isolated? How Time in Nature Renews Your Heart and Spirit.
Susie Pearl: Creativity as Self-Care: Moving Past Creative Blocks to Rediscover Your Spark.
Oliver Niño: Drained by Life’s Demands? How to Work With Your Energy and Stay Uplifted.
Shelia Marie: Permission to Feel Good: Why Your Joy Is a Gift to Those Around You.
Barbara Heffernan: Less Anxiety, More Joy: Aligning Your Days With What Matters Most to You.
Seven-Day Summit Schedule and Daily Themes
Everyday Healing: The Self-Care Summit runs online from November 4 through November 10, 2026. The week begins with physical self-care, expands through the emotional, relational, spiritual, professional, financial, and home dimensions of wellbeing, and finishes with a personal plan.
Use the daily themes to decide where you want to concentrate your attention. The speaker sessions deepen these subjects through different perspectives, so you can create a viewing plan around the challenges and questions that matter most to you.
Day 1 – November 4 – Coming Home to Your Body
Daily theme: Physical Health as the Foundation of Self-Care.
- Explore how sleep, food, movement, and body awareness can shape your capacity for self-care
- Pay closer attention to the body’s signals instead of treating physical needs as interruptions
- Consider rest, nourishment, movement, mindful eating, and body awareness as connected practices
- Begin the week by noticing what your body has been asking for
Day 2 – November 5 – Meeting Yourself With Compassion
Daily theme: Emotional and Mental Well-Being.
- Explore self-compassion and a kinder response to self-criticism
- Examine unconditional self-worth and the pressure to prove that you are enough
- Learn practical approaches for stress, anxiety, emotional triggers, and difficult feelings
- Consider how old emotional patterns can influence everyday choices and relationships
Day 3 – November 6 – The Relationships That Heal Us
Daily theme: Social Connection and Self-Care.
- Explore communication practices that support being heard and hearing others more clearly
- Look at boundaries as part of caring for yourself and your relationships
- Consider lovingkindness, connection, and the challenges of relating to difficult people
- Examine how healing from relational harm can support greater strength and self-trust
Day 4 – November 7 – Reconnecting to What Matters Most
Daily theme: Spiritual Well-Being.
- Explore simple practices for presence, purpose, and connection with something larger than the to-do list
- Consider nature, spirituality, creativity, and joy as forms of self-care
- Turn toward difficult emotions without losing contact with meaning and purpose
- Notice which practices help you feel grounded and connected to what matters most
Day 5 – November 8 – Bringing Self-Care to Work
Daily theme: Professional and Workplace Well-Being.
- Look at practical ways to reduce stress during the workday
- Explore the role of honest emotions, kindness, and self-care in healthier workplaces
- Consider the difference between having meaningful work and making work your entire identity
- Build a more sustainable relationship with productivity, responsibility, and career demands
Day 6 – November 9 – Healing Your Relationship With Money and Home
Daily theme: Financial and Home Well-Being.
- Explore the emotional side of money worry and the question of what “enough” means to you
- Separate personal worth from bank balances and financial pressure
- Consider how values and life vision can inform a more mindful relationship with money
- Look at clutter, physical surroundings, and home as part of everyday wellbeing
Day 7 – November 10 – Your Personal Self-Care Plan
Daily theme: Next Steps for Lasting Change.
- Bring the week’s most useful ideas together into one realistic personal plan
- Choose practices that fit your energy, responsibilities, relationships, and current season of life
- Decide what you can stop doing as well as what you want to begin
- Create next steps simple enough to continue after the summit ends
Dates, Access, Replays and Where to Watch
Everyday Healing: The Self-Care Summit is a free online event running November 4-10, 2026. You can participate from anywhere with internet access.
During the free summit, each day’s sessions are available for 24 hours. Check your email after registration for viewing links, access details, reminders, and schedule updates.
A few simple steps can make the seven-day experience easier to follow:
- Register with an email address you check regularly
- Watch for the summit access message after registration
- Keep the summit email thread easy to find throughout the week
- Review the daily themes before November 4 and choose your priority areas
- Use each day’s 24-hour access window to focus on the sessions most relevant to you
How to Register for Everyday Healing: The Self-Care Summit
Click any Register Here For Free button on this page, enter your contact information, and check your email for access details.
How to Get the Most From the Summit
With more than 40 experts and seven different areas of self-care, trying to absorb everything can quickly become the opposite of self-care. A simple viewing plan helps you stay curious without turning the summit into another obligation.
Start with your current life rather than the full speaker list. Choose the areas where you feel the greatest strain or curiosity, then use the summit to collect a small number of ideas you genuinely want to revisit.
1. Choose Two or Three Priority Themes
Review the daily schedule before the summit begins and identify the areas that feel most relevant now. Your priorities may be physical wellbeing, emotional self-care, relationships, spirituality, work, money and home, or personal planning.
2. Follow the Sessions That Answer a Real Question
- Choose a speaker because the topic connects with something you are actually navigating
- Write down the question you hope the session helps you examine
3. Keep One Useful Note Instead of Taking Perfect Notes
After a session, capture one idea, phrase, practice, or question you want to remember. A small number of meaningful notes is easier to use than pages of information you never revisit.
4. Avoid Turning Self-Care Into Another Standard to Meet
The speakers offer different perspectives, and not every approach will fit every person. Use the summit to explore possibilities, not to create a new list of things you believe you should already be doing.
5. Use Day 7 to Make the Week Smaller
- Choose the practices or perspectives you genuinely want to carry forward
- Set aside ideas that do not fit your current circumstances
- Identify one area where doing less may itself be an important form of self-care
- Build your personal plan around a manageable number of next steps
About Wisdom for Life and the Everyday Healing Co-Hosts
Wisdom for Life presents Everyday Healing: The Self-Care Summit as a seven-day exploration of practical self-care across the major areas of everyday life. More than 1 million people have participated in over 30 Wisdom for Life summits focused on healing and personal growth.
The summit brings together more than 40 experts and organizes their perspectives around one connected path: body, emotions, relationships, spirit, work, money, home, and a personal plan. That structure gives participants a way to explore broad questions about wellbeing without treating every idea as equally urgent.
The summit co-hosts include Melissa Bright, a business and mindset coach, podcast host, and speaker; Alfreda Landox, a motivational speaker, ordained minister, and empowerment trainer; and April Seifert, PhD, a psychologist, speaker, founder of Peak Mind, and podcast host.
Together, the presenter, co-hosts, and guest speakers create an educational event that combines practical daily-life topics with deeper questions about self-worth, relationships, meaning, work, money, and the way people care for themselves over time.
Four Free Summit Bonuses
Registration also includes four bonus resources that extend the summit into food, self-acceptance, home environment, and natural healing. The bonuses include three video presentations and one digital guide.
Bonus 1 – Geneen Roth: Transforming Your Relationship With Food As a Form of Self-Love
New York Times bestselling author Geneen Roth explores how what we eat can reflect what we believe about ourselves. The video looks at meeting yourself with kindness and curiosity as a different way of relating to food.
Bonus 2 – Anne Lamott: The Freedom to Be You: Releasing Roles, Stories, and the Need to Please
Anne Lamott explores what it can mean to put down roles and stories that keep you striving to please others. The conversation centers on grace, self-acceptance, and greater freedom to be yourself.
Bonus 3 – Ingrid Fetell Lee: Designing Spaces That Spark Joy and Inspire Your Best Self
Designer and author Ingrid Fetell Lee explores how color, nature, and pattern in your surroundings can influence mood and energy. The video offers ideas for creating a home environment that feels more reflective of who you are.
Bonus 4 – Natural Healing eBook From Experience Life
This digital guide explores natural healing and energy-medicine traditions alongside practices related to health and wellbeing. Topics include the science behind approaches such as cupping, muscle testing, forest bathing, and more.
- One video on food, self-love, kindness, and curiosity with Geneen Roth
- One video on releasing people-pleasing roles and stories with Anne Lamott
- One video on designing a more joyful home environment with Ingrid Fetell Lee
- One Natural Healing eBook from Experience Life
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Register for Everyday Healing: The Self-Care Summit to explore seven days of practical guidance across your body, emotions, relationships, spirit, work, money, home, and personal self-care plan.
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