If you’ve ever thought to yourself:
“I’ve journaled, I’ve read all the posts and bought the workbooks, but I still don’t know how to make my relationships better.”
The Relational Skills for Liberation- Live Workshop is for you.
A three-hour, practice-rich space to move what you’ve learned on Instagram (my page included) and in the workbooks (mine included) into your real relationships. We’ll work on setting love-centered boundaries, being boldly authentic, and repairing ruptures so that we maintain connection both to ourselves and those we want to be in a relationship with.
When it comes to relationships, you already know the theory.
You already know the language: boundaries, repair, non-violent communication.
You’ve read the books, watched the reels, even practiced in therapy and journals, and yet when the moment comes, you still freeze, over-explain, or say “I’m fine” when you’re not.
That isn’t an inherent failure; it’s partly because behavior change takes time and conditioning. Many of us were taught to survive relationships, not to sustain them.
If you were raised inside collectivistic expectations that demanded self-abandonment, you learned to keep the peace at the cost of yourself.
If you were shaped by hyper-individualism, you learned to protect yourself at the cost of connection.
Either way, the result is the same: you want deep, honest, durable relationships and you don’t always have the skills to build them,
WHAT THIS WOKRSHOP IS
This is the practice space for everything we’ve been circling on Instagram and in the workbooks. Books are great, I love them. But nothing beats live learning with people who want what you want: relationships that liberate, not subjugate.
We’ll work with my framework, love-centered boundaries, bold authenticity, and repair, so you leave with concrete language, scripts, and reps in your body.
Love-Centered Boundaries. We all know we need boundaries to sustain healthy relationships; it’s everywhere on the internet. But when they’re taught from a western lens, they’re established as a way to protect ourselves, not as a way to ensure connecting. In the workshop, we will be looking at boundaries not as walls, but a walkway back to each other. we’ll ask, “What do my limits look like when connection is the goal?” and practice language that protects dignity while keeping a path open.
Bold Authenticity. Liberation without self-abandonment. If you grew up within systems of oppression from religion to patriarchy to hierarchical-colonial-collectivism, you are no doubt familiar with the performance of care. In the workshop, we’ll examine the places you’ve flattened yourself to keep a relationship and practice individuating, showing up as a whole person, because that’s how relationships last.
Repair (with or without reconciliation). Rupture is inevitable but repair is hard for so many of us because we were not taught to even think about it much less how to actually do it. And when you look on the internet, much of what you’ll see is scripts that label the other person. In the workshop, we will be focusing on our side of the lane, our 1% (even when it’s 99% their fault). Because that’s what will help us build the discernment to say goodbye to relationships that have long stopped being reciprocal, and to deepen the trust, vulnerability, and loving-kindness in the ones that still nourish you.
Everything is taught through a trauma-centered, ND/MI-aware lens. There are real reasons we can’t always show up the way we hope to; we’ll name those, offer accommodations, and practice strategies that honor capacity.
What past participants have said about the workshop.
A little bit about me…
My name is Christabel Mintah-Galloway, a Black queer African immigrant, nurse, writer, educator, and someone who has spent years learning and unlearning what it means to truly connect.
I started writing about and teaching this work because I know what it’s like to lose everything and realize I never learned how to stay. When I came out at 28, I lost my entire community, my family, my church, my friends.
I knew how to perform care, how to serve, how to survive. As a third-generation Jehovah’s Witness, growing up in Ghana and Nigeria, it was inevitable.
When I went out into the world, I started from scratch, building relationships, and I had no clue. I was a thirty-year-old who had zero friend, when I married my ex-wife. We had twelve bridesmaids and groomsmen, and all of them were from her side.
And what I realized was I had no relational skills, and when I’d try to make new friends, my CPTSD symptoms always got in the way. Filled with such deep loneliness, I set out on what would be a decade-long journey of building skills to relate to myself and others.
Building these skills saved me. They helped me build connections from the ground up, in love, in friendship, in community. And I feel so honored to share what I’ve learned and continue to learn with you. I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors, those who existed pre-colonization. Committed to building an equitable world, knowing that the foundation of that is a true self and relationships that liberate.
This workshop is where I share that framework with you. Relational skills aren’t just personal; they’re political. They’re how we practice liberation in real time, with real people.
Who this workshop is for…
This space is for people who care deeply about connection but want to do it differently this time. It’s for those of us who believe relationships can be sites of liberation, not performance.
It’s for:
Black folks and people of the Global South who want to heal together without diluting our truth to fit Western norms.
Queer and trans people who are building chosen family and learning what love looks like beyond survival.
People who happen to be white but are actively decentering whiteness, practicing accountability, and learning to show up relationally without fragility.
Therapists, caregivers, and community workers who want to teach, lead, and love from a decolonial lens.
Anyone committed to an interdependent future, where care is mutual, not transactional.
If you’re someone who wants to host Sunday dinners, hold your boundaries with tenderness, and build communities that can hold complexity, this space is for you.
Who this is not for
White people deeply committed to whiteness
People intent on upholding patriarchy
People who hate empire more than they love people
This is not the space for people who are committed to whiteness, patriarchy, or domination in any of its forms. If your priority is protecting power, not sharing it, this won’t serve you. If you hate empire more than you love people, you’ll miss the point.
What’s included in the workshop?
A Live 3-Hour interactive session on Zoom | November 8th, 2025, | 10AM PST to 1PM PST
Breakout rooms and live repair scenarios, to try what you’ve learned with real language and feedback.
Access to people from all over the world invested in this work.
14-day replay access (including chat transcripts) to revisit what resonated.
Bonus: The Relational Skills for Liberation Workbook and Relational Repair Playbook: a 50-page and 70-page guide you’ll use long after the workshop ends.
A dedicated Q&A for personal application and deeper exploration.
What you’ll get:
✔ A 70-page PDF you can use right away
What’s included
A 3-hour live workshop where we practice, not just talk.
Breakout rooms and live repair scenarios—to try what you’ve learned with real language and feedback.
Access to people from all over the world invested in this work.
14-day replay access (including chat transcripts) to revisit what resonated.
Bonus: The Relational Skills for Liberation Workbook and Relational Repair Playbook—a 50-page and 70-page guide you’ll use long after the workshop ends.
A dedicated Q&A for personal application and deeper exploration.
Community Sponsorships
Every round, this work is made accessible through community care, not charity.
If you’d like to join the workshop but cost or currency exchange makes that hard, you can apply for a sponsored seat and contribute whatever you can.
✨ [Apply for a sponsored seat → link to form]
If you’re in a position to give, you can fund someone’s access directly. Every dollar expands our circle.
🤝🏾 [Sponsor a participant → link to donation page]
Prefer self-paced work?
Would you like to gift someone a spot?
Community Sponsorships
Every round, this work is made accessible through community care, not charity.
If you’re Black, from the global south and would like to join the workshop but cost or currency exchange makes that hard, you can apply for a sponsored seat and contribute whatever you can.
[Apply for a sponsored seat → link to form]
If you’re in a position to give, you can fund someone’s access directly. Every dollar expands our circle.
[Sponsor a participant → link to donation page]
Let’s build relationships that don’t ask you to disappear
I built these skills because I had to. I keep teaching them because they work. Bring your whole self. Bring your grief and your hope. We’ll practice together.
Thousands of comments from people saying my work has changed how they navigate relationships. People are unlearning, repairing, and building relationships they didn’t think were possible. This work is resonating, the next step is applying it in real life
FAQs
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Yes. If you can bring curiosity and care, you’re ready.
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Yes, 14 days, with chat transcript.
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You choose your level of participation. We offer accommodations and alternative ways to practice.
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Welcome, if you’re actively decentering whiteness and practicing accountability. Sit with the questions you have until the FAQ sessions. During the FAQ session and breakout rooms, look around to see who hasn’t participated yet, and make room for them to. Pay attention to how your body feels; this is the work.