About us
❤️🩹 If you’re going through a breakup, divorce, or major life transition and feeling tender, stuck, or overwhelmed, New Beginnings Relationship Support (SF) offers a compassionate community where you can land, know acceptance, and begin finding your way forward. Here, you’re not expected to have it all figured out. While each person’s healing journey is unique, no one needs to go it alone. We offer kindness, understanding, and a deeply human space where you are welcome exactly as you are.
🔷 We host weekly support meetings on Zoom every Wednesday evening from 7–9 pm (Pacific time). The first hour includes a video or short talk focused on personal growth, emotional healing, better communication, or understanding and managing the divorce process. The second hour is a confidential sharing circle, where participants are invited to have their cameras on to help create a safe, supportive environment. Meetings are no cost to participants, but donations via Venmo (@Amy-Papazian) are appreciated to help cover the time and care invested in preparing meaningful practical content. There's no charge to join the Meetup group itself.
🔷 We also host weekly one-hour walks (rain or shine) for Divorced Dads in San Mateo, CA. These walks offer a relaxed, low-pressure way to connect with others who understand what you're going through, while getting a bit of fresh air, movement, and enjoying a beautiful view of Crystal Springs Reservoir. There is no charge for our weekly walks.
🔷 Looking to make new friends and get back out into the world? We also host an in-person Meetup group called New Beginnings Social Events, created especially for people who are starting a new chapter and would love more connection, fun, and friendship. Our social events are focused on the SF Peninsula, San Francisco, and the South Bay, and include easygoing gatherings like walks, coffee meetups, casual dinners, game nights, music, dancing, and other low-pressure ways to meet kind, supportive people who “get it.” You’re warmly invited to join us there as well if you’re craving more in-person connection and friendship.
❤️ We’d love for you to join us! Please make sure to turn ON Meetup notifications so you can stay updated on all our gatherings and events. We require a profile photo with your face visible for the safety of all.
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⏳Let Them, Let Me: Breaking Codependence and Building Better Boundaries — Week 2
·OnlineOnlineWhat happens when we stop asking, “How do I get them to change?” and begin asking, “What will I choose?”
Inspired by Mel Robbins’ book The Let Them Theory, this three-week Relationship Support series explores how releasing our attempts to control other people can help us break codependent patterns, establish healthier boundaries, and reclaim our own choices.
“Let Them” allows other people to have their opinions, feelings, reactions, and decisions. “Let Me” returns our attention to what belongs to us: our responses, values, needs, limits, and actions.
This is not about becoming indifferent or walking away from every uncomfortable relationship. It is about caring without taking over, supporting without rescuing, and allowing other adults to be responsible for their own choices and consequences.
Join us even if you missed Week 1!
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Three-Week Series
Wednesday, July 22 — WEEK 1
Let Them—Releasing What You Cannot ControlWednesday, July 29 — WEEK 2
Let Me—Reclaiming Your Choices, Energy, and LifeWednesday, August 5 — WEEK 3
Let Go—Setting Boundaries and Responding to Reality---------------------------------
This Week's Focus - WEEK 2
Let Me—Reclaiming Your Choices, Energy, and LifeWe shift the focus from “How do I get them to change?” to “What will I choose?” We explore personal responsibility, self-trust, and the difference between supporting someone and taking responsibility for their life.
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You do not need to have read The Let Them Theory or attended the previous sessions to participate. We’ll briefly review the central framework before moving into the evening’s topic.
This is not a traditional book club. We’re using the ideas as a starting point for exploring codependence, control, boundaries, personal responsibility, and healthier relationships.
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How We Learn Together
Each session is designed to help you understand the concepts, connect them to your own experiences, and leave with practical ideas you can apply in your relationships.
- Easy-to-understand teaching with relatable, real-life examples
- Video clips that bring key concepts to life
- Reflection exercises to connect the material to your own experiences
- Group discussion and practical ideas to strengthen your relationships
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Our Typical Agenda
• Brief Welcome & Introductions
• Teaching, Video(s), or Guest Speaker (30-45 minutes)
• Interactive Group Discussion
• Bio Break
• Confidential Sharing* (approximately 45 minutes)*We ask attendees to have their cameras on during confidential sharing to help create a safe and connected space.
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🔹 About the Group
This is a relationship support meeting that combines learning and sharing in a warm, supportive environment. You’re always welcome to connect, reflect, and grow—at your own pace.
✨ Come as you are and share only what feels comfortable. We do not record our meetings. You are welcome whether you are navigating divorce, separation, dating, family relationships, friendships, or simply trying to create healthier patterns in your life. ❤️
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💌 A Little Support Goes a Long Way
If you’re finding value in these gatherings, we invite you to consider a $20 monthly contribution to help support:
- Our paid Zoom account
- Our Meetup Subscription
- Weekly preparation, curation, and handouts
- Ongoing care of this growing community
Venmo: @Amy-Papazian (last 4 digits: 8444)
10% of each donation supports New Beginnings — our volunteer-led community creating friendship, fun, and fresh experiences.🤗 Thank you in advance – whether you give now, later, or simply keep showing up, you help make this group special. 💕
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🌱 Continue the Conversation
Everyone processes differently. Some people find a group discussion most helpful, while others prefer the privacy of a one-on-one conversation.
If you'd like to talk about your own relationships or life transition in a confidential setting, I invite you to schedule a
complimentary 45-minute Strategy Session—or simply call or text me at 650.504.8444.--------------------------------
🎉 New Beginnings Social Events
Ready to reconnect with the world a little more? Our New Beginnings Social Events group offers relaxed, welcoming activities — both in-person around the San Francisco Bay Area and online — for connection, laughter, and new friendships. Explore what’s coming up: meetup.com/bay-area-new-beginnings
2 attendees
⏳Let Them, Let Me: Breaking Codependence and Building Better Boundaries — Week 3
·OnlineOnlineCan we accept people as they are without accepting behavior that is unhealthy for us?
Inspired by Mel Robbins’ book The Let Them Theory, this three-week Relationship Support series explores how releasing our attempts to control other people can help us break codependent patterns, establish healthier boundaries, and reclaim our own choices.
“Let Them” allows other people to make their own choices. “Let Me” returns us to our own agency.
In our final session, we’ll bring the two together by exploring how to set boundaries, respond to repeated behavior, and release expectations and responsibilities that may no longer belong to us.Letting go does not always happen in one dramatic moment. It is often a gradual process of loosening our grip, accepting what another person’s behavior is showing us, and choosing what is healthiest for us.
Join us even if you missed the first two sessions!
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Three-Week Series
Wednesday, July 22 — WEEK 1
Let Them—Releasing What You Cannot ControlWednesday, July 29 — WEEK 2
Let Me—Reclaiming Your Choices, Energy, and LifeWednesday, August 5 — WEEK 3
Let Go—Setting Boundaries and Responding to Reality---------------------------------
This Week's Focus - WEEK 3
Let Go—Setting Boundaries and Responding to RealityLetting people make their own choices does not mean tolerating disrespect or harmful behavior. In our final session, we’ll distinguish among requests, expectations, agreements, and boundaries—and explore why a boundary describes what we will do, not what another person must do. We’ll use repeated behavior as information, consider when to repair, adjust, step back, or let go, and acknowledge the grief of accepting who someone is rather than who we hoped they would become.
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You do not need to have read The Let Them Theory or attended the previous sessions to participate. We’ll briefly review the central framework before moving into the evening’s topic.
This is not a traditional book club. We’re using the ideas as a starting point for exploring codependence, control, boundaries, personal responsibility, and healthier relationships.
---------------------------------
How We Learn Together
Each session is designed to help you understand the concepts, connect them to your own experiences, and leave with practical ideas you can apply in your relationships.
- Easy-to-understand teaching with relatable, real-life examples
- Video clips that bring key concepts to life
- Reflection exercises to connect the material to your own experiences
- Group discussion and practical ideas to strengthen your relationships
---------------------------------
Our Typical Agenda
• Brief Welcome & Introductions
• Teaching, Video(s), or Guest Speaker (30-45 minutes)
• Interactive Group Discussion
• Bio Break
• Confidential Sharing* (approximately 45 minutes)*We ask attendees to have their cameras on during confidential sharing to help create a safe and connected space.
--------------------------------
🔹 About the Group
This is a relationship support meeting that combines learning and sharing in a warm, supportive environment. You’re always welcome to connect, reflect, and grow—at your own pace.
✨ Come as you are and share only what feels comfortable. We do not record our meetings. You are welcome whether you are navigating divorce, separation, dating, family relationships, friendships, or simply trying to create healthier patterns in your life. ❤️
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💌 A Little Support Goes a Long Way
If you’re finding value in these gatherings, we invite you to consider a $20 monthly contribution to help support:
- Our paid Zoom account
- Our Meetup Subscription
- Weekly preparation, curation, and handouts
- Ongoing care of this growing community
Venmo: @Amy-Papazian (last 4 digits: 8444)
10% of each donation supports New Beginnings — our volunteer-led community creating friendship, fun, and fresh experiences.🤗 Thank you in advance – whether you give now, later, or simply keep showing up, you help make this group special. 💕
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🌱 Continue the Conversation
Everyone processes differently. Some people find a group discussion most helpful, while others prefer the privacy of a one-on-one conversation.
If you'd like to talk about your own relationships or life transition in a confidential setting, I invite you to schedule a
complimentary 45-minute Strategy Session—or simply call or text me at 650.504.8444.--------------------------------
🎉 New Beginnings Social Events
Ready to reconnect with the world a little more? Our New Beginnings Social Events group offers relaxed, welcoming activities — both in-person around the San Francisco Bay Area and online — for connection, laughter, and new friendships. Explore what’s coming up: meetup.com/bay-area-new-beginnings
2 attendees
Past events
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