HerTribe Quarterly Impact Report (July - September 2026)
This third quarter, which includes the bulk of the summer months and the busy start of school, often experiences a lull in HerTribe meetings due to family vacations and travel. Nevertheless, those tribes which were able to meet took advantage of the beautiful weather and heightened buzz of energy which the summertime brings, while at the same time holding space for compassion, deep and meaningful sharing, and insightful personal realizations. Since the start of the year, 53 HerTribe Meetings have taken place, serving 490 women as a result. In Chicago, a 1-day Awaken Retreat was organized, positively impacting 20 women of varying ages and life stages, offering a space for lightness and renewal as the summer came to a close.
HerTribe Major Themes this Quarter
The HerTribe Curriculum utilized our exploration of the Mother archetype during the months of July and August, with themes related to matters of the heart. The July theme was all about radical self- compassion and self- love, and August involved tending to one’s heart and emotions (including hearts that may be broken, hidden, or caged, or otherwise in need of healing).
The month of September began a new string of themes related to the feminine Warrior archetype, and began with the theme of being brave. Following our seasonal webinars related to the “Four Faces of Femininity” from Barbara McNally’s book, by the same name, the Warrior Archetype Webinar was posted in the Member’s Hub, with practical guidelines for relating with and navigating the Warrior face of femininity, along with some meaningful worksheets for further exploration. Click here for more information on the webinar.
Creative Ways of Connecting with the Themes
The Los Angeles HerTribe took the June theme of blossoming radiantly and developed it into an interactive session for their July meeting, which they called, “A Seeds Journey.” Twelve participants attended the session, reflecting on their particular season of life and sharing honestly with one another through small group discussions. The session concluded with participants making their own origami roses to take with them, as a cute reminder of their time together and a symbol of their own blossoming journey.
In Ohio, one HerTribe complemented their conversation on self-compassion by looking at the teachings of Japanese martial artist, Tempu Nakamura, who is known for his philosophy of having a “Mount Fuji Mind”-- maintaining inner peace amidst turmoil. This tribe, led by WFWP USA Chairwoman, Fatou Gaye, often utilizes the collective wisdom from within the group to add richness to their gatherings. For a given meeting, she will often invite one of the participants to prepare something personal to share with the group, as it relates to the theme. This practice has added depth and meaning to every meeting, and has allowed the women to form deeper bonds with one another.
Awaken Retreat in Chicago
A One-day Awaken Retreat was held in Chicago on August 15th, with twenty women in attendance. WFWP USA President, Dr. Katarina Connery, led the educational sessions on the theme “Rooted in Radiance.” Women had an opportunity to reflect on their relationship with Heavenly Mother, consider their respective seasons in life, as well as come together with like-minded women in sacred sisterhood. Please read the full report of the Chicago retreat here.
HerTribe Online (Fall Semester)
A second semester of HerTribe Online began in mid-September, and will continue to meet monthly until December. Fourteen women attended the 1.5 hour online program, reflecting on the theme of being brave and overcoming worry and fear. HerTribe Online serves as a gathering space for women who may otherwise be limited in joining a HerTribe where they are physically located. It is a space for women to get an idea of what HerTribe is all about, along with serving as a platform for prospective hosts who would like to begin HerTribe in their own areas.
HerTribe Online Fall Semester meets every third Wednesday of the month between September and December. Sign up to join the next one through our events page.
Thank you
Thanks to your support, HerTribe continues to grow as a movement of spiritual sisterhood uplifting women, nurturing faith, and strengthening communities. Whether through an interactive discussion about our lives as blossoming flowers, a personal reflection of choosing self- compassion over self- criticism, or a personal realization that love and gratitude are a great shield against fear and worry, each moment shared affirms a greater truth: that when women gather with intention, creativity, connection, and growth follow.
These precious stories are possible because of you. Your contributions make space for women to be seen, heard, and loved, and to draw closer to God. Please take a moment to enjoy some additional heartfelt reflections from HerTribe participants:
Testimonies
“Thank you for sharing the reading from Mother Han with us. It is very educational and empowers our thinking. The sharing of Mount Fuji mindset teaches us how to look [at our situation with] absolute positivity.” – Lina, OH HerTribe
“The discussion on self-compassion was a really good topic for us, and we enjoyed the activity with the 15 items to nurture our mind, body and soul.” – Natascha, VA HerTribe
“The location of our Sunflower 🌻 Tribe gathering was at the Kingston Ulster County Landing Park where there are picnic tables, a pavilion and fireplaces. We covered the table with a nice tablecloth, sunflowers at one end and a beautiful view of the Hudson River where there was a long barge traveling by. It was lovely with trees above our table. The weather was warm but pleasant. Each woman brought their lunch and more for others. We began with prayer and I began with a sharing about our focus on self-compassion or self love. I began sharing about my shame for not holding the June meeting due to blood pressure spikes and not feeling well. I shared how I had to forgive myself and love myself even though I felt bad about canceling it. I could grow my heart by thinking of what I’d tell someone else if it happened to her. Then each lady shared an experience where she had to grow by having self love. Of course, everyone there had adult children that they had made mistakes with, but was able to reflect and learn from her mistakes. Some were very painful experiences. And some still have distant adult children as a result of their mistakes in raising their children.
Barbara S reflected:
‘On Gratitude and Inner Healing: A reflection from our meeting of four sisters
Last week we gathered — four sisters — to think, meditate, and reflect on what self-care and self-compassion truly mean to us. Each of us carries a past marked by challenges, and each of us knows the experience of meeting our own limits. We recognized that some of these limits are not only ours; they reach back through our history and our ancestry, inherited rather than chosen. And still, beneath all of that, we carry a shared longing: to become the mother, the original strength that God has placed within us.
The question we returned to again and again was simple and not simple at all: how do we overcome that limit? How do we find the inner compass?
We came to see that the way forward is inner healing — and that healing begins with finding God, our original Parent, our true Home, already present within us. To reach that Home, we have to move through guilt rather than around it, and let it give way to gratitude.
Gratitude, we realized, is not a feeling we wait for. It is a practice. It starts small — the little things, spoken aloud rather than only thought. It grows when we look for what is real and good in the people around us, and say it out loud, and better still, write it down. And then, in the same way, we turn that practice inward — toward ourselves.
This is what makes gratitude practical rather than merely comforting: it is available to anyone, at any moment, and it asks only to be voiced. Spoken and written gratitude becomes harder to doubt than gratitude only imagined. In naming what inherited patterns have shaped us, we don't surrender to them — we begin to see them clearly enough to work on them.
We left with a shared understanding: gratitude, practiced honestly and out loud, is the most realistic path to inner healing — and the beginning of becoming the strength we were always meant to carry.’
Overall, our sharing was very insightful and deep. And we all enjoyed the view, the food and each other’s company. We were grateful for our time together.” – Linda SZ, Sunflower Tribe (Mid-Hudson Valley)
