Skill-Building Workshop: A Beginner’s Guide to Failure
(M)othershift workshops are designed for people and teams navigating complex human experiences—grief, caregiving, burnout, reinvention—and for organizations seeking to cultivate empathy, creativity, and resilience in their culture.
Each session is crafted to blend storytelling, reflection, and practical tools. You won’t find bullet-point lectures or cookie-cutter activities here. Instead, we create shared spaces where participants can pause, connect, and engage with topics that are too often overlooked in traditional professional development.
All workshops are adaptable for in-person or virtual formats and can be customized for teams, schools, or community groups. Whether you’re looking for a one-time session or a series, these experiences are designed to resonate—and to stick.
Sample Skill-Building Workshop Description
A Beginner’s Guide to Failure: Reframing Setbacks as Growth
Failure is often misunderstood—seen as a mark of inadequacy or a sign that something went wrong. But what if failure is actually a necessary, even beautiful, part of learning, growth, and innovation? A Beginner’s Guide to Failure is a full-day, cohort-based workshop designed to help participants reimagine failure not as something to avoid, but as something to engage with creatively, reflectively, and even joyfully.
This session invites you into a supportive, hands-on environment where failure is not only accepted but celebrated as a critical part of human experience and meaningful work. Drawing on insights from emotional intelligence, psychology, philosophy, and culture, this workshop helps participants build a healthier, more generative relationship with failure—individually and collectively.
In this session, we’ll explore:
Failure as a Human Constant: Reframe failure as a normal and necessary part of creative risk-taking and personal growth.
Prototyping & Productive Risk: Experiment with design-thinking methods that embrace imperfection and prioritize learning through iteration.
Shared Stories & Collective Wisdom: Reflect on real-life experiences of failure across work and life contexts, cultivating a shared understanding around challenge and resilience.
The Art of Letting Go: Engage with exercises that highlight the beauty of impermanence and the creative power of imperfection.
Community Through Vulnerability: Build connections with others through shared reflection, empathy, and the liberating act of naming and normalizing failure.
This workshop is ideal for individuals and teams in any field who are navigating uncertainty, leading change, mentoring others, or simply looking to grow more courageous and self-compassionate in their personal or professional lives.
Who Should Attend:
Creatives, educators, professionals, and anyone seeking a healthier mindset around mistakes and setbacks
Team leaders and collaborators aiming to foster a culture of experimentation and trust
Individuals craving deeper connection, resilience, and growth through shared vulnerability
Join us for a refreshing, community-oriented session that will leave you with new language, tools, and mindsets to face failure—not with fear, but with curiosity and confidence.