Connected Hearts: A Community for Women Ready for Something More Real.

What is Connected Hearts?

Connected Hearts is a community for women who refuse to let life get smaller, who are ready to be more fully themselves, who want more joy, connection, and a real sense of community, and who want to keep growing, evolving, and living fully.

It’s a place to gain fresh perspective, try new things, and feel more alive doing it.

Each month, members gather for an evening that goes somewhere real. Every gathering is personally facilitated by Certified Life Coach and experience designer Cheryl Dillon, and blends thoughtful conversation, new insight, engaging experiences, and plenty of laughter, so you leave feeling not only more connected to the women around you, but also more connected to yourself.

Connected Hearts doesn’t begin and end with one evening each month. Between gatherings, friendships continue to deepen through optional social get-togethers, one-on-one time together, and simple moments of staying in touch.

Every aspect of Connected Hearts has been intentionally designed.

It’s what makes it easy to show up as yourself, feel welcomed and included, and never wonder what to say or how to fit in.

It’s also what transforms a group of wonderful women into a community.

No politics. No religion. Phones away.

It’s a place where you can let your guard down, leave the pressure of everyday life behind, and enjoy quality time with women who are curious, kind, and genuinely interested in getting to know one another.

If you’re constantly pouring out more than you take in, this isn’t one more thing asking something of you. It’s the thing that gives something back.

Ready to see how it all comes together?

Why I Created Connected Hearts

The only constant in life is change. Relationships shift. Careers evolve. Children grow up. Some women relocate. Others simply reach a point where they realize they’re ready for something more.

Somewhere along the way, many of us begin asking bigger questions about how we want to spend our time, who we want to spend it with, and what we want this season of life to feel like.

That was my experience, too.

I wanted to surround myself with women who loved conversations that went beyond small talk – inspiring me to keep learning, growing, and embracing life fully.

I wanted a place where we could laugh until our stomachs hurt, be completely ourselves, and never worry about fitting in or being talked about behind our backs.

I wanted a community where we encouraged one another, supported one another, and kept showing up month after month – because genuine friendships are built through consistency, shared experiences, and time together.

When I couldn’t find anything like that (and I looked), I decided to create it.

Connected Hearts is the community I was searching for – and the one so many women tell me they were searching for, too.

Experience Connected Hearts in Carlsbad

Connected Hearts is an in-person community in coastal North County San Diego.

If you’re wondering what membership looks like, how the community works, or how to attend a gathering as a guest, explore the Carlsbad community.

Connected Hearts feels different than anything I’ve ever experienced before. There’s a warmth and authenticity here that’s hard to find. I’m so grateful this community exists.

Brenda G.

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