Seeking Youth Fellows
Get paid to map safe spaces for youth, by youth in this new initiative from The Well.
Imagine an entire school – students, teachers, and administrators – taking time each morning to turn inward together, and listen to a brief mindfulness prompt and world-class music.
The Well's programs combine best practices in arts and wellness and are designed in partnership with those they serve.
We love collaborating with local, national and international community partners and peoples in a variety of arts programming and mindfulness practices.
We are a small yet mighty team, dedicated to making a big difference with what we have. Your support means the world to us.
A meaningful evening of delicious dinner, depth of presence, and the warmth of sharing your humanity
In a time when we are more digitally connected than ever, many of us are quietly starved for real presence. The pace of modern life has slowly eroded the spaces where genuine connection once lived—across dinner tables, in community gatherings, through unhurried conversation with neighbors and friends.
The Beauty of Presence is a dinner series designed to reclaim that space.
This Winter Edition invites you to tend your inner flame—not by doing more, but by softening into presence with yourself and others.
We’ll begin with a gentle welcome: sparkling beverages, light mingling, and intentional arrival. You’ll then be invited into a small, intimate table of 8, where one of our trained facilitators will hold space for the experience to unfold.
A single soul-centered prompt will be offered—not about current events or surface updates, but about the real, universal experiences that shape us. One by one, each guest is invited to share from the heart. You’ll have up to five uninterrupted minutes to speak, with the full presence of your tablemates holding space—no fixing, no feedback, just the radical gift of being witnessed.
Something profound happens in that space. Walls fall away. New connections form. A deeper self-understanding begins to stir. People often leave with new friendships, renewed clarity, and a quiet sense of having come home to themselves.
We’ll share a nourishing, belly-warming meal from Bridges Nepali Cuisine, and close the evening with a spontaneous, collaborative art ritual led by local artist Julie Klear Essakalli—a living expression of the energy, truth, and beauty held at each table.
Whether you come with a friend or come alone, you’ll leave feeling full—in all the best ways.
Saturday, January 31st - 6:30-9:00pm
Please register in advance: 40 seats are available.
Registration pricing below. Offering — in shorter supply — Equity Tickets for more accessible registration options.
About the Host
Christi Botello is a strategist, coach, healer, and lifelong community connector whose work lives at the intersection of structure and soul. Her career has spanned Fortune 500 boardrooms and intimate healing spaces, always with one throughline: creating safety for people to show up fully. Recently returned to Cincinnati from NYC, The Beauty of Presence is her latest offering—a gathering place for deep listening, courageous sharing, creative expression, and genuine human connection.
Facilitators TBA
Beauty of Presence dinners are inspired by and created in partnership with The Yearn, whose mission is to spread love and light in the world and co-elevate one another. Learn more at theyearn.org
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Our programs have been nourishing the community since 2005. In 2019, we became the non-profit, A Mindful Moment.
We are a small yet mighty team, dedicated to making a big difference with what we have. Your support means the world to us.
