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Be more present. Listen better. Connect deeper.

How To Hold Space

“Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.”

– David Augsburger

Open your eyes to a new way of connecting more deeply and powerfully with everyone you care about. 

Do you want to become a better listener?


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This is a six-week course designed to shift your understanding and increase your capacity to hold powerful space, both in your work and personal life.

Do you want to be more present, easeful, and confident in your everyday life?

Cultivate more presence in your daily life

Establish a deep listening practice

Shift your personal, professional, and family relationships

Create authentic and meaningful connections

Access and empower your inner wisdom

Show up for the people in your life more fully without abandoning yourself







Through fundamental principles and practical experience, you'll learn how to:

Show up with more presence and unlock your ability to help those you love.

"I personally went through a period of intense searching to reconnect with who I was and to show up for the ones I love with more presence. I wish I had been able to do this questioning and discovery in a supportive community, and so I developed this course to do just that."




– VANESSA CORNELL

You want to strengthen emotional intimacy with your partner.

You’re ready to connect more deeply with your family, friends, and colleagues.

You’ve got your guard up or feel like there’s something inside blocking you from creating true connections.

You’re a helping professional who wants to uplevel your game by becoming a more powerful listener.

You’re curious about NUSHU Group or NUSHU Group Facilitator Training but want to try out these offerings before committing fully.








Do any of these feel true to you?

A credit of your entire course fee if you apply to and are accepted into the next NUSHU Group Facilitator Training cohort

Virtual community platform to connect with fellow course participants

Access to course content for one year (until November 2023)

Weekly “thought work” with prompts for reflection in between sessions

Six weekly, 90-minute live group sessions with Vanessa, including small breakout sessions

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What you’ll get


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Whether you’re a coach, facilitator, friend, mother, or simply interested in being more present and deepening your relationships, this course will make you a better listener and more present in the relationships that matter most.


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$499

Payment fully credited toward NUSHU Group Facilitator Training course fee if you apply to the next cohort and are accepted.

or installment options available at checkout

Course Pricing

Attendance at the live sessions is not mandatory but highly recommended. You’ll get the most out of this course by attending the sessions live. We record and share the teaching sessions if you are unable to attend.


6 weekly 90-minute live sessions:
November 1, 12-1:30pm ET
November 8, 12-1:30pm ET
November 15, 12-1:30pm ET
November 22, 12-1:30pm ET
November 29, 12-1:30pm ET
December 6, 12-1:30pm ET

Course schedule

Week 1 - Cultivating Presence
Week 2 - The Art of Listening
Week 3 - Unlearning Fixing in Relationships
Week 4 - Empowering your Inner Wisdom
Week 5 - Accessing Your Authentic Self
Week 6 - Integration

What You’ll Learn

A look Inside the Course

We’ve offered NUSHU Group Facilitator Training five times and realized that our training created tremendous personal shifts for people. It was as much personal growth as it was professional growth. 

The training was positively impacting our participants’ relationships with their partners, children, friends, colleagues, and loved ones. But more importantly, it was strengthening their relationships with themselves.

I wanted to create an offering that took the most potent and applicable lessons from training and made them accessible to all. How To Hold Space is a course for anyone in pursuit of more compassion, less judgment, deeper connections, and more clarity.



Why I created this course

I invite you to discover, learn, connect deeply, find your people, and ultimately, find yourself.

“Listen with only one purpose. To give the other person the chance to empty their heart.”

– THICH NHAT HANH

How To Hold Space is not a lecture course. The work we’re doing is designed to create internal shifts of understanding, not simply to impart abstract concepts. Short teachings will be paired with powerful exercises and a lived experience of NUSHU Group.

Our goal is integration, a fundamental shift in understanding that helps you see things differently, forever. The most potent teachings make you aware of something you previously couldn’t see.

In 6 weeks, you’ll open your eyes to a new way of connecting more deeply and powerfully with everyone you care about.

You’re a helping professional who wants to uplevel your game by becoming a more powerful listener



You want a community of generous, loving, and nonjudgmental people with whom to learn and grow



You want to strengthen emotional intimacy with your partner


You want to connect more deeply with your family, friends, colleagues, and loved ones


You want to be more present, easeful, and confident in your everyday life


You feel like you’re a good listener but could use new tools to improve your skills


You want to be a better listener


This is for You if...

You have an inkling that you have the capacity to hold space powerful and deeply impact other people’s lives




Shift your personal, professional, and family relationships.

How To Hold Space FAQs

This course is designed for people who want to improve their relationships by understanding how to become better listeners in both their personal and professional lives, how to become more attuned to themselves so that they can be clear on their true path, and those who think they might want to become NUSHU Group Facilitators. 

Completing this course will make you eligible for early application to NUSHU Group Facilitator Training, and if accepted to participate, the cost of this training will be 100% applied to your training course fee.

This course will take place VIRTUALLY. It will meet on every Tuesday from 12 to 1:30 p.m. ET (9-10:30 PT) for six weeks beginning on November 1, 2022. All sessions are live. 


This is a live course led by NUSHU Founder Vanessa Cornell with support from Certified NUSHU Group Facilitators. Written course materials will be supplied weekly to support the lessons through the course platform.



Yes, we offer payment plans. When you register, you will be able to indicate whether you would like to pay in full or utilize our payment plan.




The six weekly sessions will be taught live. While attendance at the live sessions is not mandatory, it’s highly recommended. You’ll get the most out of this course by attending live.  However, if you’re unable to attend the live session(s), a recording will be shared on the course platform.





Please email any questions to info@nushu.com. We’re here for you, always!


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