Name: Well Within: A Healing Journey
Start: 2026-06-01T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-01T21:00:00-04:00
Location: The Well: A Center for Women's Wellness

UPDATE 5/1/2026: We have a full cohort! :D Can't wait to get started on the healing journey. If you're still interested, please email [email protected] to be added to the waitlist.
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Hungry for healthier connections with yourself and others? Tired of waiting to finally get your life together and achieve your dreams? Craving more genuine and empowering relationships?
How about 13 HOURS of life-transforming sessions a month for the price of ONE mental health session?
Well Within: A Healing Journey is a life-transforming group program for adults of all genders where we learn (and practice!) how to...
- release shame
- feel our worth
- receive compassion
- honor and protect boundaries
- connect with our inner team
- build safer communities
...so we can live our full, purpose-grounded lives.
WHY A GROUP JOURNEY?
Because compared with traditional one-on-one therapy, learning in a trauma-informed, mutually supportive setting is SO MUCH faster and more permanent! Growth is exponential when we get to practice both witnessing and receiving care.
Through whole-self lessons, compassionate witnessing, and mutual group support, we learn the building blocks of connection with self, others, and our communities.
WHAT DOES WELL WITHIN INVOLVE?
Groups of 8 to 12 adults meet weekly for 3-hour sessions at The Well: A Center For Wellness, 529 E. Stroop Rd., Kettering. The course runs for 6 months, with two full-day retreats.
Sessions build on each other as our skills grow, and include
- check-ins
- collaborative learning
- skill-building
- somatic activities
- mutual processing
- resource sharing
and plenty of arts, crafts, snacks, and play!
WHEN DO CLASSES MEET?
For 2026, we will meet on Mondays from 6 to 9 pm starting as soon as the first week of May. (The group will begin once a minimum of 8 people have signed up.)
Group members get to negotiate scheduling around holidays, vacations, and other needs to ensure that everyone can attend at least 90% of sessions.
HOW MUCH WILL THIS COST?
The price is a sliding scale of $10-$30/hour, equivalent to one individual therapy session per week. Weekly sessions, full-day retreats, supplies, and occasional individual support are included in this price.
The six monthly payments of $130 to $390 are due by the 1st of each month and can be made via cash, check, Venmo, PayPal, credit card or HSA card.
If you aren’t worried about paying bills, affording medical care, or having access to food or transportation, then you’re likely at the higher end of the scale. Any payment above $260/month helps folks attend who could not otherwise afford to join!
If any of the above basic needs are a concern, please allow Well Within to support you in accessing life-transforming care – you’ll pay it forward in your own way and your own time, just like all the rest of us who’ve received support during our lives.
And if your circumstances change at any point, please let your leader know and we will adjust as needed!
WHO IS THE LEADER?
This year’s classes will be led by Ria Megnin, MA, LISW-S, she/they. Ria is a licensed independent social worker who owns Oak & Willow Counseling, an LGBTQIA+ focused mental health therapy business. Leading the group that inspired Well Within is what moved Ria, a professional journalist for 16 years, to become a social worker so they can support folks’ healing journeys full time.
WHERE DO I SIGN UP?
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/RcCJvaY825myo3DP9
WHAT DO PAST GRADUATES SAY?
Well Within: A Healing Journey is modeled after social worker Janet Thomas’s BreakFree For Women program in Monterey, California. Grounded in an eclectic mix of parts work, feminist theory, and the work of codependence therapy pioneers such as Melody Beattie and Pia Mellody, BreakFree has changed the lives of thousands of graduates over the years, including Ria’s. Here’s some quotes from Ria’s previous workshops:
How do I explain that this program will transform your life? It helped me heal and reveal my true Self, while tapping into my power to grow with others on their journeys. We learned and practiced skills that continue to help me handle life’s ups and downs. - Emmy F.
BreakFree changed my entire outlook on life, relationships, and my self worth. It created a new version of me that is rooted in the knowledge that the past does not get to dictate the future! - Molly Z.
After 18 years of self-harming, I took BreakFree for Women. That was 13 years ago. I haven’t self-harmed since. - Megan
BreakFree for Women with Ria helped me significantly in my journey to live without negative self-talk and the sorts of fears and resentments that were inhibiting me from living my best life. The company of the other women, plus Ria's steadfast and gentle leadership, provided the safe space and support system that I didn't know that I needed. As a bonus, I left with improved listening skills, and an awareness that a "loving gaze" and space held for someone in pain is often more important and healing than advice. - A. Whalen
I found the entire Breakfree process to be incredibly helpful and indeed life changing. The community of women has been a wonderful source of love, support and positive energy. Ria is a fabulous and caring facilitator! – Christina M.
I was at a very vulnerable point in my life. The encouragement of the BreakFree group helped me regain my balance and confidence as I continued my life’s journey. – Jean K.
I had trepidation in signing up for such a lengthy therapy informed "class" (for lack of a better word) but as someone who definitively has trouble making friends of any emotional depth, and as someone who has definitely felt like they were flailing around mostly due to being stuck in old patterns of behavior that didn't serve the adult I hope myself to be, the time investment and the skills I learned there were both well worth it. – Molly S.
BreakFree helps women to see their worth and importance too. – Lori M.
My life is forever changed by this work. I came across the group during a difficult time and what I learned not only helped me through that but comes back again and again throughout the ups and downs of life. It's been helpful in every relationship I've had since then - from work to home to community. If you're on the fence, just do it. You'll be SO glad you did. - J.K.