Portland Processwork Clinic

Meeting the Part of You That Refuses to Stay Small.

Something in most of us learned to get smaller.

Not all at once. Gradually. Intelligently, even.

On May 7th, we're finding that moment together, in our bodies, and practicing staying one beat past where we usually retreat.

Watch the video below for more. Then come join us.

May 7, 2026 · 5:30–7:30 pm · IN PERSON
Process Work Institute: 2049 NW Hoyt St. Portland, OR, 97210

Making Meaning From Mess Series: Workshop 5-Meeting the Part of You That Refuses to Stay Small

Designed and facilitated by Portland Processwork Clinic's Cathy Bernatt
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Email: cathy.bernatt@creatingbz

$60 / $80 / $120 sliding scale

No Experience in Process Work required!

Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/meeting-the-part-of-you-that-refuses-to-stay-small

https://vimeo.com/1185606008?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

MAKE MEANING FROM MESS SERIES WORKSHOP: MEETING THE PART OF YOU THAT REFUSES TO STAY SMALL Meeting the Part of You That Refuses to Stay Small Something in you already knows you're capable of more. Most people don't have a capability problem. They have an edge problem. Somewhere along the way, many of us learned that being too much was risky: too direct, too visible, too certain. So we mad...

You think conflict is about what happened.

Sometimes it is.

But more often… it’s about what took over.

The raised voice in the meeting.
The shutdown.
The over-explaining that started before you even knew you were defending yourself.

That wasn’t just about the agenda item.

It was something older.

Something fast.
Something that moved before you had a choice.

I’ve spent 40 years watching smart, capable people lose themselves in conflict — not because they didn’t know better…
…but because knowing better has very little to do with it.

Conflict doesn’t live in the content.

It lives in:
-what gets activated
-how power is experienced in the moment
-and whether you can stay with yourself when it matters most

Tomorrow we go there.

Not conceptually.

Experientially.

Transforming Conflict from the Inside Out
Workshop 3 · Making Meaning from Mess
🗓 April 1 · 5:30–7:30pm PT
📍 Process Work Institute, Portland (in person): 2049 NW Hoyt St., Portland, OR, 97209
Facilitated and designed by Portland Processwork Clinic's Cathy Bernatt in partnership with the Process Work Institute.
A few spots still open:

What are you actually fighting for when you're in conflict?

Not what you say you're fighting for. What's really running the show, in your body, before the words even start.

That's what we're getting into this Wednesday night.

Workshop 3: Transforming Conflict from the Inside Out in the Making Meaning from Mess series

No previous experience with Process Work or Conflict Resolution needed!

Each workshop in the series is a stand alone. Come to one or as many as draw you.

Small group. Real work that makes a difference.

🗓 Wednesday, April 1 ⏰ 5:30–7:30pm Pacific 📍 Process Work Institute 2049 NW Hoyt Street · Portland, Oregon 97209 (Parking available in the back of the building)

🔗 Register: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/making-meaning-from-mess-workshop-series-transforming-conflict-from-the-inside-out

Designed and facilitated by Portland Processwork Clinic Cathy Bernatt in partnership with the Process Work Institute

Questions or inquiries? Email: [email protected]

https://vimeo.com/1178607892?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

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Transforming Conflict From the Inside Out Transforming Conflict From the Inside Out April 1, 2026, 5:30pm-7:30pm PT 2049 NW Hoyt St., Portland, OR, 97210 I want to ask you something. And I want you to actually sit with it before you answer. The last time you were in real conflict — not just an awkward conversation, but real conflict — w...

Last night, someone brought something in the in room that brought everyone to a pause.

They'd been replaying a conflict in their mind for two years. Every version ended the same way. They lost.

By the end of the evening, they'd tried on their opponent. Stepped into what made them so threatening. And found something surprising: the very quality that infuriated them most? The one they'd spent two years fighting?

Was the quality they needed most.

That's what conflict can offer us when it knocks at our door and we answer it from inside and invite it in.

We will be navigating what happens next in the Making Meaning From Mess Series third workshop: Transforming Conflict From the Inside Out.

Not everything can be fixed. But some things can be transformed from the inside. There's a difference.

Making Meaning From Mess Workshop 3: Transforming Conflict From the Inside Out

April 1st | 5:30–7:30 PM | In person at the Process Work Institute: 2049 NW Hoyt St. Portland, OR 97209

In collaboration with the Portland Processwork Clinic

To Register: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/making-meaning-from-mess-workshop-series-transforming-conflict-from-the-inside-out

*This series, for now, is in-person. Let us know if you would be interested in participating if there was also a virtual version.

For inquiries, email: [email protected]

Making Meaning From Mess // Transforming Conflict From the Inside Out Making Meaning From Mess is a 12-part experiential workshop series offered through the Portland Processwork Clinic for people who want to relate differently to the challenges that arise in relationships, work, and everyday life—not as problems to fix, but as signals carrying information, direction...