4 weeksApr 28 → May 26, 2026
Diaspora Mothers
Mothers raising children in a country that isn't the one that raised them.
Facilitator
Aruna
Availability
3 of 8 spots left
Tending the chair
Small, themed cohorts of six to ten members, facilitated by a Keeper, over four to eight weeks. The eldest daughters, the diaspora mothers, the grief that arrived late. A room of people who already understand the question, so you do not spend the night explaining it.
Circles share the shape of a Sit — slow, paired with a real person, no streaks — but with a few other members in the room who are bringing a version of the same thing.
Cohort size
Small enough that everyone has room to speak. Large enough that you are not the only one carrying a particular shape of the question.
Length
Themed series with a beginning, middle, and end. Not an open-ended forum. The arc is part of the work.
Facilitation
The same trained Keeper holds the room for the whole series. They are not a moderator. They are a host who has sat with this theme before.
Format
90 minutes, held over secure video. We run cohorts across multiple time zones — Americas, Europe, South Asia, Oceania — so you can find one that lands kindly in your evening.
The Circle is the Wednesday night, but the week is the Circle. Here is what one looks like, from Monday morning to Friday evening.
01
Monday
Your Keeper sends a single prompt to the cohort — a question, a passage, a small piece of writing. Something to sit with for two days. Nothing to perform, nothing to submit. Just a thing to carry into Wednesday.
02
Wednesday, 7pm
Ninety minutes on video. Your Keeper opens. People speak when they have something. Silence is allowed and frequent. Nobody is called on. Nobody is graded. The shape of the conversation is the conversation.
03
Thursday
A private thread for the cohort opens for the rest of the week. Not a Slack. Not a chat room. A slow place — most members write a paragraph or two, sometimes nothing. Your Keeper reads it and replies in their own voice.
04
Friday
Your Keeper writes a short reflection on what stayed with them from Wednesday — themes they noticed, threads worth carrying forward. Then the week is closed. You rest until Monday.
New Circles open each month. Members reserve their seat in the app; single passes are available at $35 if you want to try one before joining.
Mothers raising children in a country that isn't the one that raised them.
Facilitator
Aruna
Availability
3 of 8 spots left
Women who learned early that the family ran on their attention.
Facilitator
Rabia
Availability
5 of 10 spots left
For losses you never grieved out loud — the parent, the homeland, the version of yourself.
Facilitator
Priya S.
Availability
2 of 8 spots left
A confidential cohort for queer members from communities where the question is layered.
Facilitator
Hassan A.
Availability
4 of 8 spots left
For the doctor who wanted to be a writer. The lawyer who wanted to teach. The dutiful child considering a different door.
Facilitator
Faisal M.
Availability
6 of 10 spots left
The fight that has been going for a decade. The love underneath it. The figuring-out, slowly.
Facilitator
Aruna
Availability
7 of 10 spots left
New themes open monthly. Members are notified two weeks before registration opens.
The honest scope
Circles are not group therapy. They are not a clinical support group. They are not AA-style mutual aid. They are not advice circles — nobody is telling you what to do, and nobody is graded for participation.
A Circle is a peer cohort, facilitated by a trained Keeper. The work is being in a room with other people who already understand the shape of the question — and a host who keeps the room safe enough that the slow conversation can happen.
Both Hearth tiers include Circles in the monthly membership. Single passes are available if you want to try one without joining.
Hearthside
$39/mo
Biweekly Sits with your matched Keeper, plus one Circle per month included in the membership.
Hearth Deep
$99/mo
Weekly Sits, priority Long Talk, plus two Circles per month included in the membership.
Single pass
$35 /Circle
For non-members, or members who want an extra Circle on top of what their tier includes. One series, no membership required.
The things people ask before signing up. If your question isn’t here, write to circles@dearhearth.com.
For the broader site FAQ, see /faq.
The next Circle opens in two weeks
Join Hearth and your first Circle is included in the membership. Or pick up a single pass and try one before you decide.