Join Us For A Class Or Program Soon!
Ready for healthy, happy lesbian or queer love, ready to get ready, or just seeking like-minded friends and community? We'd love to have you join us in the Academy! Many of our events are members-only. We offer affordable monthly memberships and deeply discounted annual options, as well as scholarships where needed.
Want to try us out first? Email us to request a one-time free visitor's pass to a Tuesday night Roadmap Connection Group or Ask A Coach events.
We have a la carte events, too, including free classes, Conscious Lesbian Dating Salons, our intensive Find True Love Online, and other special events. Check them out below!
Conscious Girlfriend Academy Faculty Includes:
Ruth L. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Ruth is the founder and Director of the Conscious Girlfriend Academy and the co-author of the best selling lesbian dating/relationship book on Amazon, along with seven other books. She is rigorous, compassionate and vulnerable.
Michel Grey
Michel (they/them) is a longtime coach, a Black, queer, trans child of immigrant parents, and a powerful ally in helping every part of you be expressed and accepted. They have completed the Conscious Girlfriend coach training and are a certified Conscious Girlfriend Coach.
Nicki is an ICF-certified coach who believes that personal transformation fuels social change. A deeply dedicated, warm-hearted champion of all segments of the LGBTQ community, she has completed the Conscious Girlfriend coach training and is a certified Conscious Girlfriend Coach.
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JAN
12-Week Live Roadmap:
Module 1- Understand What a Healthy Relationship Is, And Open To It
Saturday, January 28, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PT
Get clear on how a conscious, healthy relationship really works, so you know where you're headed, understand your growth edges, and become able to both find and be the right partner
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JAN
ROADMAP Connection Group: Strengthen Your Bond, Even In Conflict
Tuesday, January 31, 5:00-6:30 p.m. PT
Discussion: How to use SCORE and other Conscious Girlfriend tools to strengthen your relationships when conflict comes up—rather than letting conflict weaken or destroy your connection. CLDL Chapter 8.
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FEB
12-Week Live Roadmap:
Module 2 - Build Self-Compassion
Saturday, February 4, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PT
Transform your inner critic into an inner advocate and learn to treat yourself with conscious, compassionate loving kindness, creating more ease and well-being in all of your relationships.
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FEB
ROADMAP Connection Group: Building Your Resilience
Tuesday, February 7, 5:00-6:30 p.m. PT
Discussion: Cultivating Resilience to Help You Date! Powerful tools to help you work with your fear of rejection, fear of losing yourself, and fear, period. CLDL Chapter 9.
Free to Academy members only.
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FEB
12-Week Live Roadmap:
Module 3 - Make Peace With The Past
Saturday, February 11, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PT
Finally feel free once you can clearly see what happened in past relationships, understand what part you played in co-creating it, and restore self-trust.
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FEB
ROADMAP Connection Group: Unblocking Yourself
Tuesday, February 14, 5:00-6:30 p.m. PT
Discussion: Identifying and Releasing Blocks to Love. When you recognize that you are the one blocking the path, you can empower yourself to change that! CLDL Chapter 9.
Free to Academy members only.
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FEB
12-Week Live Roadmap:
Module 4 - Know & Befriend Your Emotions
Saturday, February 18, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PT
Develop the ability to know what you feel when you feel it, so you can remain connected to others and make healthy choices about your emotions, rather than being controlled by them.
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FEB
ROADMAP Connection Group: Sparks & Compatibility
Tuesday, February 21, 5:00-6:30 p.m. PT
Discussion: Attraction, Chemistry & Compatibility. Understand the magic of chemistry, how it works for you, and how it does or doesn't relate to true compatibility at this stage of your life. CLDL Chapter 10.
Free to Academy members only.
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FEB
Intimate Small-Group Coaching
Thursday, February 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m. PT
Receive laser-coaching from Academy Director Ruth Schwartz to help you apply the Conscious Girlfriend principles in your life. Ruth no longer sees clients 1:1, so this is your chance to work with her.
FREE to all Supporting Academy Members.
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FEB
FREE Overview: Lesbian Erotic Liberation
Friday, February 24, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. PT
Lesbian and queer erotic empowerment matters. You deserve to feel free in your body and in your sexual life, and to paraphrase our foremother, the visionary Black lesbian feminist writer Audre Lorde, saying a deep Yes to yourself is a revolutionary act. Join us for this first-ever free class! (And learn more about our upcoming 6-session paid offering and intimate in-person weekend retreat.) Whether you're newly coming out or a longtime lover of women, we welcome you to new worlds of erotic possibility, pleasure and confidence.
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FEB
12-Week Live Roadmap:
Module 5 - Intimacy-Building Communication
Saturday, February 25, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PT
Develop clean communication skills to help both you and your future partner feel seen, heard, appreciated and respected. Don't date without these skills on board!
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FEB
ROADMAP Connection Group: Myths & Realities of True Compatibility
Tuesday, February 28, 5:00-6:30 p.m. PT
Discussion: True Compatibility. Explore the three levels of compatibility, and how this framework can revolutionize the way you think about dating. CLDL Chapter 10.
Free to Academy members only.
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MAR
Lesbian Erotic Liberation -
Class #1 (Reclaiming)
Friday, March 3, 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. PT
Join us for this first-ever offering on Lesbian Erotic Liberation! Whether you're newly coming out or a longtime lover of women, this six-session online class and optional in-person retreat will open new worlds of erotic possibility, pleasure and confidence.