Hilary Kinavey / EMBER

02/28/2026

Here are some of the questions we've been getting about EMBER:

"What if I can't make the live calls?"

All calls are recorded and in the community within 24 hours. Many cohort members rarely attend live and still get value from recordings.

"What if I get behind on the modules?"

You have lifetime access, so you can catch up anytime. The cohort structure actually helps you stay on track better than working alone and other people's questions often answer yours before you even ask them.

"I'm really new / I'm really established — will this work for me?"

Yes. We have differentiated threads in the community forun newer practitioners (0-2 years) and established practitioners navigating transitions. You self-select into whichever fits. We will also all benefit from the collective wisdom that gathers in this cohort.

"What happens after the 6 months?"

You keep lifetime access to all modules. If you want ongoing support, there's an optional monthly membership ($135/month) with continued teaching, Q&A, and community. Completely optional, cancel anytime.

"Is this only for therapists?"

No. It's for therapists, coaches, dietitians, social workers, and other care professionals. The principles apply across helping fields.

"What if I'm not in the US?"

Totally fine. Calls are recorded so time zones don't matter. Office hours are async so you participate on your schedule. If currency exchange is stopping you, reply to this email and let me know.

Current call schedule:

Coworking- 9-11am PST on the first Monday of each month

Teaching call- 11:30-12:45pm PST on the second Tuesday

Q & A call- 9:30-10:45am PST on the third Friday

"What's the difference between the cohort and DIY EMBER?"

The curriculum is the same. The cohort adds live calls, dedicated office hours, community, and the particular kind of momentum that comes from moving through something alongside other people. DIY is $1,110 and available anytime. The cohort is $2,197 and closes tomorrow. Payment plans for 6 or 9 months are available.

And the question I suspect some of you are sitting with but haven't asked:

"Why would I do something like this right now — in this economy, in this political moment?"

I've been thinking about this one a lot.

Here's what I keep coming back to: the practitioners who do justice-oriented, liberation-centered work are not insulated from what's happening. Many of you are carrying the weight of the current moment in your bodies, in your practices, in the clients sitting across from you. The system is asking more of you exactly when it feels least stable.

And that is precisely when having a sustainable structure underneath you matters most. The system is not truly taking care of you.

This is about building a practice that can hold you when things are hard so you can keep doing the work you are here to do that feels aligned and purpose driven.

EMBER won't fix the political or economic context. But it can help you build something that is needed AND feels like you.

Link in bio

02/27/2026

As this enrollment window closes, I keep coming back to something.
The practitioners I most want in this cohort aren't the ones who have it figured out. They're the ones who are tired of pretending the current model is working and are ready to stop troubleshooting alone.

That's what EMBER is for. Not a fix. A structure. A place to think and create out loud with people who understand the particular weight of this work.

Enrollment closes tomorrow (Saturday, 2/280. Link in bio if you want to join us.



https://www.hilarykinavey.com/ember

02/21/2026

Next Sunday, Carmen Cool and I begin Grief and the Body—seven sessions exploring the losses our bodies carry.
The aging body. Chronic illness and disability. The body we hoped for but didn't get. Bodies marked by gendered violence and trauma. Pregnancy, infertility, and paths not taken. The somatic experience of grief itself.
We'll tend to what lives in our flesh, our bones, our breath. Not to fix it, but to witness it with tenderness and care.
There's still time to join us.

https://www.hilarykinavey.com/grief-and-the-body
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02/20/2026

For a long time, I thought I’d do private practice forever.

I loved the work. The relationships. The quiet rhythm of showing up for people week after week.

What eventually shifted wasn’t my care for clients — it was my growing awareness of systems.

I started asking different questions:

What happens to this work beyond the room?
How do helpers stay resourced over time?
What could we build if our ideas reached more people?
How do we create things that don’t just help individuals — but change the conditions around them?

That’s what led me to build EMBER.

EMBER supports care-centered practitioners who want to expand or evolve their work in thoughtful ways — through groups, trainings, consultation, writing, or new offerings — without burning out or abandoning their values.

More than anything, I want people to find your work.
The work that helps people and impacts systems.
The work the world actually needs right now.

Early bird pricing for EMBER ends tomorrow.

If this resonates, I’d love to have you join us.

https://www.hilarykinavey.com/ember
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02/05/2026

You didn’t set out to run a business.
You set out to do meaningful work.

And yet, somewhere along the way, you became responsible for everything—clients, schedules, money, marketing, systems.

If you’re holding all of that together while quietly wondering if there’s a better way to build this, I’m hosting a free webinar this Friday:

Redesigning the Container: The Business Side of Your Calling
Friday, Feb 13 | 12–1pm PT

We’ll talk about:
– why burnout is often structural, not personal
– how to tell what’s been predetermined in your practice (and what you can actually redesign)
– the difference between coping inside your current structure and changing the container itself
– how inner work + wise strategy create sustainable change

This is a grounded conversation for therapists, coaches, healers, and care providers who want their work to feel more livable.

Free to join. Link in bio to save your seat.
https://www.hilarykinavey.com/offers/z3bTwaKK

02/05/2026

01/10/2026

Part 2 of How We Get Paid looks at how therapy became governed by a billing system built for medicine, not relationship.

This isn’t about blame.
It’s about understanding the structures we inherited and the quiet cost of working inside them.

Get the series sent to your inbox: https://www.hilarykinavey.com/pl/2148735861

01/07/2026

I published the first piece in a new series today.

It’s called How We Get Paid—and it’s about why this work can feel so hard in ways that aren’t personal.

Part 1 looks at fee-for-service, moral injury, and the quiet ways clinicians are asked to translate care into something smaller than it is.

It’s written as a kind of love letter to providers.

If you’ve ever thought, “I don’t think it’s just burnout,” this might resonate.

Subscribe to recieive the email series over the next week:

https://www.hilarykinavey.com/pl/2148735861

12/30/2025

I opened 8 Private Practice Sessions for January this morning.

They're 75-minute intensive sessions for one specific structural transition you're facing in your work.

The rate increase you keep putting off.
The move to private practice.
The schedule that's you can no longer tolerate.
The model shift you're trying to figure out.

Here's what I want you to know:

I'm not going to judge you for any of it. Not the rate you're charging. Not how long you've been avoiding this. Not the mess it feels like.

I've been doing this work for 25 years. I understand the clinical complexity. I understand the guilt and the fear and the relational messiness of changing things when people depend on you.

We're going to figure out what makes sense for YOUR life and YOUR practice—not what's perfect, but what works now and supports change going forward.

8 spots available

LINK in bio
https://www.hilarykinavey.com/private-practice-sessions

12/27/2025

If this year knocked the wind out of you, you’re not alone.

Before goal-setting, try something kinder:
Name what you endured.
Name what you learned.
Name what you’re no longer willing to tolerate.

Clarity starts on the other side of honesty, not hustle.

You’re not giving up.
You’re getting oriented.

12/16/2025

You can't self-care your way out of a practice structure that requires more than you have to give.
Some things need to change in how you work, not just how you cope.
This isn't about working harder on yourself. It's about working differently in your practice.
Our helping fields need innovation.
We are the innovators.
We are the architects.

12/11/2025

Hi friends,

A theme has been showing up in my conversations lately—maybe in yours, too.

So many practitioners are naming overwhelm, fear, and the sense that nothing feels steady right now. The political climate, the financial uncertainty, insurance volatility, the collective unease… it’s a lot. And if you feel like your work is harder to hold, you’re not imagining that.

But here’s the thing I keep reminding people:

You’re not struggling because you’re doing something wrong.
You’re struggling because the ground underneath you is shifting.

This is a systemic moment, not a personal failing.

Helpers and healers feel the cracks first. You sit at the fault lines of mental health care, education, community support, and frontline emotional labor. Of course, you feel the wobble. Of course, you’re tired.

But I want to offer the second truth alongside it:

Even in unstable times, your work still matters—it is essential.

This is why community and strategy matter. Because uncertainty isn’t the enemy—isolation is.
Fear isn’t the enemy—silence is.
Instability isn’t the enemy—trying to outrun it alone is.

If this is where you find yourself right now, here are the questions I’m asking in my own work and with the people I support:

What can I simplify?

What can I put down?

What support helps me feel less alone?

What small, doable action moves things forward?

What is still true about my work?

Helpers have always built meaningful work in impossible contexts.
It can adapt.
You can adapt.

And you don’t have to do it alone. Don't hide the hard stuff.

Hilary

https://www.hilarykinavey.com/kindling