Events

The rooms we build,
and the rooms we show up for.

Community conversation, regional convening, and the podcast that started it all. Everything we host and everywhere we are asked to stand up front.

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What we do

Four kinds of rooms.

  • Conversation circles

    Free community gatherings we host every other Thursday.

  • The podcast

    Long-form interviews with people willing to skip the polished version.

  • Town halls & convenings

    Regional partner events that put agencies and residents in one room.

  • Workshops & speaking

    Team trainings and stage time for partner organizations.

The Grounding Circle™

The House of Grace Wellness™

A room where you can say the real thing.

A free, in-person conversation series for people who carry a lot and rarely get to put it down. No agenda, no performance, nobody trying to fix anyone — a small group, one honest topic, and ninety minutes to be a person about it.

Ten conversations run June through October. Come once, come to all ten, or bring someone who needs it.

How it works

When
Every other Thursday, 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Where
624 E Street, Marysville, CAInside the Yuba Sutter Arts building, next to the marquee
Cost
Free, and open to everyone
See dates & reserve a seat

Sessions and registration live on alignedexecutivecoach.com

Grace Espindola recording The GR!T podcast Podcast

The podcast

The GR!T with Grace Espindola

The conversations that don’t get had.

The GR!T is our digital media and storytelling platform, hosted by Grace Espindola. It exists to dismantle polished professional performance and sit with what hard moments actually teach us about being human.

It is also the clearest sample of how we run a room: real questions, no script, and guests who trust us with the unedited version.

Format
Long-form interview
Host
Grace Espindola, MSW, BBA, C-TEI
Where
thegritpodcast.com & all major platforms
Listen to the show
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On the calendar

Where you’ll find us next.

The rooms we’re building and the ones we’re showing up for over the next few months.

A session at the Annual Institute for Emotional Intelligence
National conference Digital infrastructure & conference operations

23rd Annual Institute for Emotional Intelligence

Hope, Resilience & Growth

November 5–7, 2026 · Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX

Early Childhood Development Center, Room 210

A three-day national conference built on fifty years of transformative emotional intelligence research. EAMG runs the digital operation behind it — the conference site, registration, the speaker interest funnel, the call-for-proposals pipeline, and the email marketing keeping every deadline visible. Keynote by Al Duncan. In-person and virtual attendance, with a TEI Certification track running November 2–4.

In partnership with

  • Emotional Intelligence Training & Research Institute
  • The TEI Foundation
Conference site

Past events

What we’ve already been part of.

Every gathering leaves something behind — a guide, a report, or a room full of people who now know each other.

2026 State of ACEs Regional Health Summit flyer
Regional health summit Exhibiting for YSHCF

2026 State of ACEs

Regional Health Summit

Thursday, October 1, 2026

A regional summit on adverse childhood experiences and the systems built to respond to them. Grace Espindola is attending and hosting a booth on behalf of the Yuba-Sutter Healthcare Council & Foundation.

In partnership with

  • Yuba-Sutter Healthcare Council & Foundation
Grace Espindola serving as master of ceremonies at Conversations in Healthcare
Regional town hall Partner & Master of Ceremonies

Conversations in Healthcare

Second Annual Town Hall

February 2026 · Yuba County Government Center, Marysville, CA

Board of Supervisors’ Chambers

A regional town hall bringing healthcare leadership and the community into the same room. Grace Espindola served as master of ceremonies, moderating between provider panels and resident questions. Followed by a post-event survey and a published report.

In partnership with

  • Yuba-Sutter Healthcare Council & Foundation
  • Sutter Health
  • Sutter County Health & Human Services
  • County of Yuba
Read the case study

The Grounding Circle series

Ten conversations, June through October 2026. Guides from past sessions are free to download.

See the full series
  • October 15, 2026 Rest Why rest feels difficult.
  • October 1, 2026 Empathy Bridging connection.
  • September 17, 2026 The Pause The power of the pause.
  • September 3, 2026 Identity The stories we tell ourselves.
  • August 20, 2026 Honesty Say what you mean.
  • August 6, 2026 Approval Who are you performing for?
  • July 23, 2026 Boundaries Boundaries are not walls. Download guide
  • July 9, 2026 Conflict What difficult relationships reveal. Download guide
  • June 25, 2026 Burnout When caring turns into depletion. Download guide