What we’re about
Conscious Girlfriend Academy is a global school and community for lesbians and queer women, meeting live on Zoom year-round, and hosting several in-person retreats each year. This is a place to make real friends, build community, and learn and practice skills for the healthy, happy relationship you want and deserve. (And yes, though we are not a dating site, some women do find love here, too.)
Combining cutting-edge neuroscience, relationship research and attachment theory with decades of lived lesbian/queer experience, the Academy provides a uniquely empowering dating and love education for lesbians ages 20s-80s. If you're ready to be done with heartbreak, falling for unavailable women, drama and pain, and discover the path to truly nourishing, joyful, lasting lesbian/queer love, we've got you covered.
We began with the Amazon-bestselling book, Conscious Lesbian Dating & Love, which has changed lives in 25 countries since it was published in 2015. Start reading the book free right here: https://www.consciousgirlfriendacademy.com/book
As demand grew, so did our program, becoming an online academy with weekly courses, groups and skill-building labs all year round. Communication, emotional intimacy, sexuality, compatibility, heartbreak healing, nervous system regulation, attachment, how to actually date as a woman-loving-woman of any age -- you can learn it all here, in programs designed to meet the unique needs of our community.
Lesbian relationships can be the best relationships on the planet -- but they can also be train wrecks, if you don't have the skills to both choose the right partner, and be the right partner. Here you'll get the clarity, confidence, mentorship and support to find and create the love of your dreams. While members often say they wish they'd found us years or decades ago, it is truly never too late.
Hear from some of our members:
“Now, from the Academy, I have a roadmap available to me to start me on the process of consciously dating, weeding out based on red flags and non-negotiables…. I have a toolbox to help me ascertain if someone is going to be a good fit… I have a boatload of new, conscious friends …I am more comfortable and confident being in the world.” – Marge, U.S.
“I am just so grateful for your teaching and guidance in getting through all the complexities of our triggers, trauma, longings for connection and the things that get in the way. Looking so forward to ongoing learning with you!" – JW, Canada
“In November 2018, I finished your 12-week Roadmap class. Prior to that I had been trying unsuccessfully to date for years, with over 100 first dates that never went anywhere. Your class made the difference. Six days later, I met Marci on a dating site. We dated for 15 months, then married. We’re an incredible match in so many ways that we can’t believe it ourselves… She is 68 and I just turned 71.” – Diana, U.S.
"I have found this class to be transformative. Can’t think of a better word to describe what I have experienced. I am definitely not the same woman who signed up for this three months ago!" – D., Australia
Check out our upcoming schedule of events here: https://www.consciousgirlfriendacademy.com/schedule
Learn more about our program here: https://www.consciousgirlfriendacademy.com/program
Read some of our happy love stories here: https://www.consciousgirlfriendacademy.com/lesbian-love-stories
Learn about our Conscious Lesbians 60+ group here: https://www.consciousgirlfriendacademy.com/https://www.consciousgirlfriendacademy.com/lesbians-over-60-support-group
Learn about our support for Later In Life Lesbians here: https://www.consciousgirlfriendacademy.com/coming-out-support-group
Check out our next live retreat here:
https://www.consciousgirlfriendacademy.com/lesbian-retreat
Prefer 1:1 support? See our Conscious Girlfriend Academy Certified Coaches here.
https://www.consciousgirlfriendacademy.com/coaches
Take a chance, check us out, change your life. Your lesbian/queer heart is worth it.
We are trans-affirming, diversity-celebrating, and provide scholarships where needed.
Upcoming events
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Lesbian/Queer Learning, Connection & Fun: 5-Day Retreat Near Tampa
Dayspring Retreat Center, 8411 25th St E, Parrish, FL, USWhat would it be like...
...To spend four nights and five days in a peaceful retreat center on the Manatee River, surrounded by thoughtful lesbians and queer women curious about themselves and about you, building real community and friendships in a safe, supportive environment?
Dancing. Walking. Swimming. Sun-bathing. Canoeing. Playing conversation games that help you really get to know people. Campfires and even s'mores at night. And attending what some members have called "lesbian university," with classes that help you make lasting changes to create the dating and love life you really want.
Learn more and sign up here
This retreat is especially for single lesbians and queer women seeking community and friendship, though couples are warmly welcome, too. Academy Director Ruth L. Schwartz, author of the book Conscious Lesbian Dating & Love, will be teaching core CGA concepts and frameworks for healthy, happy lesbian/queer dating, relationships, conflict resolution and attachment.
Here's What Previous Retreat-Goers Have Said:
"The last retreat was my first time, and I absolutely loved it. Went with an open heart and mind not knowing what to expect. Met so many wonderful women from all over the country. I have a beautiful new group of friends that are emotionally present and whom I adore. I recommend you invest in yourself and your happiness, and join!" - Edie
"I've been to the last two Conscious Girlfriend Academy retreats. They've both been incredibly fun, helpful, deepening, opening, expanding, life-changing. And, I have new circles of friends from these retreats who are amazing women. We've stayed in touch, get together, talk, dance, hang out, truly support each other. True community." - Sandy
"Looking at the retreat photos is like opening a bottle of love and sunshine to see everyone’s faces again and all those moments of joy, authentic connecting and expression in that exceptional natural setting. We all have opened the portal to the world we need, want, deserve and can continue to co-create, and there’s no going back!" - D.
Fun Facts:
- Our attendees range in age from 30s-80s, with most over 50.
- Women who are just coming out, are bisexual or are exploring their queer identity are embraced here.
- Longtime lesbians looking to reconnect with lesbian culture and community will feel like ducks in water :)
- Learn more and sign up here
New to Conscious Girlfriend Academy? Start reading our Amazon-bestselling book, Conscious Lesbian Dating & Love, free right here.
Can't attend this live retreat? Check out our upcoming schedule of live-on-Zoom events, as well as our archives of on-demand classes.2 attendees
Past events
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