The Shift

The Shift is a 5-day immersive transformational experience for educators, facilitators, youth workers, and organizations that support young people and want to help their staff, educators, and facilitators build more trust-based, autonomy-supportive, and human ways of relating.

For organizations navigating a changing world — and wanting to support young people differently

Many people working with young people are feeling it:
the world is changing rapidly.

Many of the systems and assumptions young people inherit were built for a different time — and are increasingly out of step with what they actually need.

But knowing something needs to change and knowing how to support young people differently are not the same thing.

That tension shows up in everyday interactions:

How adults respond under pressure.
How conflict is handled.
How autonomy is supported.
How power is used.

The Shift was created for organizations ready to support young people in more human, trust-based, and empowering ways.

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You might recognize this in wanting to:

  • move beyond control-based approaches and build more respectful, empowering relationships with young people

  • support staff in navigating conflict, communication, and power more intentionally

  • create environments where trust, autonomy, agency, and belonging can thrive

  • help adults respond with greater clarity instead of urgency or fear

  • build shared language and relational tools that strengthen how young people are supported

The Shift is a place to practice that.

You might recognize your organization here

Many organizations working with young people feel a quiet pull toward something different.

Not because their people don’t care — but because many of the ways adults were taught to lead, support, and relate no longer meet the realities young people are navigating.

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What is The Shift

The Shift is a 5-day immersive transformational experience for educators, facilitators, youth workers, and organizations that want to transform how adults relate to and support young people.

It combines deconditioning, relational practice, experiential learning, and practical tools to help adults examine inherited patterns around power, control, communication, autonomy, and trust — and begin practicing more human, empowering ways of working with youth.

Through reflection, dialogue, and shared experience, participants build the awareness, language, and relational skills needed to better support young people in a rapidly changing world.

The Shift is for organizations that know supporting youth differently requires more than new strategies — it requires adults to shift, too.

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What to Expect from The Shift

The Shift is an immersive, highly interactive experience
— not a lecture-based training.

Over 5 days, participants engage in reflection, dialogue, experiential exercises, practical tools, and meaningful conversations designed to challenge inherited patterns and strengthen how adults support young people.

Together, we explore communication, power, trust, autonomy, consent, conflict, and culture — not as abstract concepts, but as lived relational practice.

This is a space where educators, facilitators, youth workers, and youth supporters can build the awareness, language, and tools needed to better support young people in a changing world.

Meaningful change happens in relationship.

One of the most powerful parts of The Shift is the opportunity for adults supporting young people to learn alongside others who are also questioning inherited systems and exploring more human, empowering ways of working.

Together, participants build shared language, stronger relational practice, and the lived experience of trust, collaboration, honesty, and community.

Because the environments young people experience are shaped by the cultures adults create.

The Power of Community and Culture

Participants often leave with:

  • greater awareness of inherited patterns around power, fear, control, and adult authority

  • stronger communication and conflict navigation skills

  • deeper understanding of autonomy, consent, trust, and youth agency

  • more intentional ways of relating to and supporting young people

  • greater alignment between organizational values and everyday practice

  • stronger relational culture and shared language among adult supporters

The Shift is not about adding more strategies. It’s about transforming how adults show up with young people.

What Transforms During The Shift?

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  • "The Shift was one of the most powerful professional and personal development experiences I’ve had. It expanded my awareness of how I show up in relationships and leadership, and gave me tools for communicating needs, navigating conflict, and supporting others with greater empathy and clarity. Since returning to my work, I’ve felt more grounded, more collaborative, and more capable of holding space for meaningful dialogue and growth."

    Jessica

  • "The Shift offered a series of gentle invitations to examine our beliefs, the systems that shaped them, and how they influence the way we show up in our work and relationships. Through conversation, reflection, and playful practices, we explored tools that helped us respond differently in moments of tension and complexity. The experience strengthened my ability to listen deeply, navigate power dynamics, and collaborate with others in more compassionate and constructive ways."

    Leila

  • "The Shift was unlike any training or conference I’ve attended in over 20 years. Instead of lectures or presentations about leadership and culture, we actually lived and practiced the principles together. The facilitators created a space where people could show up fully, explore deeply held assumptions, and learn from one another without fear of judgment. It was a powerful reminder that real learning and culture change happen through experience and relationship, not just information."

    Chemay

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Participants leave with far more than inspiration.

    They walk away with practical relational tools, stronger communication and conflict navigation skills, deeper awareness of power dynamics, and more intentional ways of supporting autonomy, trust, and youth agency.

    But meaningful change doesn’t come from a single powerful experience alone.

    Organizations that continue practicing and integrating what emerges often see the deepest long-term transformation.

  • For teams, common shifts include:

    • more honest communication and less unspoken tension

    • stronger trust and collaboration

    • healthier ways of navigating conflict and feedback

    • clearer boundaries and more shared responsibility

    • less burnout caused by carrying everything individually

    • greater alignment between your stated values and everyday practice

    For young people, the impact often shows up as:

    • feeling more seen, respected, and genuinely heard

    • increased trust in adults and the wider environment

    • more confidence to express needs, ideas, and boundaries

    • stronger participation, initiative, and engagement

    • healthier relationships with peers and staff

    • a deeper sense of belonging, dignity, and agency

    Because when adults shift how they relate, young people feel it immediately.

  • Yes. The Shift is deeply experiential, but participants don’t leave with inspiration alone.

    They leave with practical relational tools they can continue using long after the experience ends.

    Depending on the context, this may include communication and conflict practices, consent-based collaboration tools, power awareness frameworks, relational attunement practices, adaptive leadership tools, embodied learning, and culture-building exercises.

    The goal isn’t to collect more theories — it’s to practice ways of relating that create meaningful change.

  • Every organization brings its own culture, challenges, aspirations, and the realities of the young people it serves.

    The Shift has a clear relational core, but we shape the experience collaboratively so it feels relevant, grounded, and genuinely useful for your specific context.

  • The Shift is deeply experiential.

    This is not lecture-based training or passive professional development.

    Participants engage through reflection, dialogue, relational exercises, embodied practices, intentional play, shared problem-solving, and meaningful conversations designed to create both insight and lived change.

    The goal is not just to think differently — but to practice differently.

  • If your organization believes young people deserve more than control-based systems — and knows that meaningful change begins with how adults relate, communicate, and lead — The Shift may be a powerful fit.

    If this resonates, let’s talk about what’s possible for your organization.

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Who Holds the Space

The Shift is facilitated by Sari González, Chemay Morales-James, and Rebecka Koritz.

Sari and Rebecka, co-founders of Radical Learning and creators of The Shift, have spent years supporting families, educators, and learning communities in moving beyond control-based systems toward cultures rooted in trust, consent, and collaboration.

Their work focuses on helping adults transform the ways they relate to and support young people, while building environments where autonomy, agency, and connection can thrive.

Chemay brings extensive experience in culturally responsive education, facilitation, and equity-centered learning design. Her work focuses on helping individuals and organizations engage complex conversations while building clarity, connection, and shared purpose.

Together, they create spaces where teams can pause, reflect, and practice new ways of relating and leading — aligning their internal culture with the values they seek to embody in their work with young people.

If you’re curious about bringing this work into your organization, we’d love to hear from you.

Fill out the form below and tell us a bit about your context. We’ll get back to you to schedule a conversation and see if this feels like a good match — for you and for us.

Let’s explore if this is a fit