Mendful
Mendful Core Competencies Immersion Training
Application deadlines:
Remote training 6-month starting July 16, 2026: Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Hybrid (9-month, 3 long in-person weekends) starting January 21st, 2027: January 4th, 2027
Are you a...
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Helping professional who could use better conflict resolution skills
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Spiritual or personal growth seeker wanting kindred souls and tools to walk your talk
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Seeker of compassion-based full- or part-time right livelihood
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Social change agent needing tools to realize your vision
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World changer who would benefit from a nurturing community, support, and extremely effective skills to repair disconnect
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Mendful is an app-in progress that will provide human-forward, AI-supported conflict resolution on demand.
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The Core Competencies Immersion training is currently necessary for certification to work in the app as a Mendful Conflict Resolution Coach (MCRC).
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There are no specific prerequisites needed to qualify for the training, but you do need to apply.
The Mendful training provides a rich, supportive, hands-on learning community in which we use powerful mind, body, spirit, and emotion tools to help you connect with and choose your own optimal inner state. From there, we help you bring that presence to the tools of resolving conflicts with others.
Logistics
About Jill Nagle, lead trainer
Jill Nagle brings an incredible wealth of body, mind, spirit and emotional intelligence to the Mendful training.
​ She founded Evolutionary Workplace, a consultancy with a focus on dismantling white supremacy, and Wisdom of the Body: Beyond Talk Therapy which offered the possibility of non-sexual physical touch along with deeply attuned listening and empathy. Through that practice, she also created and ran a 9-month Immersion training in 2017-18 using many of the techniques now available through Mendful. She also used these techniques in the 22nd Century Leaders program (of Evolutionary Workplace), co-led with Cleo Manago, for white anti-racist leaders.
​ Jill's background includes Nonviolent Communication (NVC) based in the work of Marshall Rosenberg, Convergent Facilitation based in the work of Miki Kashtan, Somatic Abolitionism with Resmaa Menakem, Nonviolent Communication mediation, and SEEDS mediation. She also has studied neo-Reichian character structures through a 2-year program with Lynda Caesara.
​ She brings many of these streams together into the Mendful training to create an approach to conflict resolution that is, on the one hand, deep and connected, and on the other hand, practical and efficient.
​ Jill's work uses NVC as an important cornerstone of internal reference. To learn more about the conceptual underpinnings of the Mendful training, please join us for one of the Concepts, Models, and Philosophies 1-hr workshops, or listen to a recording (available soon after workshop). See all events here.
Jill's "hippie" bio
I've been going to the Bay Area's Ecstatic Dance (and other Conscious Dance events) for 30+ years. I have a deep relationship with nature, and get a lot of healing, solace, replenishment, and exercise there these days, in the hills of Sonoma County.
I climb trees. I cultivate dorkitude as a spiritual practice. I bake cookies as an offering to the Divine, who resides at least in part in my mouth and the mouths of those I love. I also have performed several times in the Bay Area in queer and Jewish realms.
The experience in my life I hold most sacred (so far) is having given birth at home with no drugs, no doctors, and no machines. I figured, if every mammal on the face of the planet were considered fully capable of bringing forth life on her own, then surely so could I.
July, 2026 remote cohort details
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This 6-month Mendful Core Competencies Remote Training includes:
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Three live online training weekends (schedule below)
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​​​​Practice pods, reading, and integration of feedback between the long weekends
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Mentorship and assessment toward certification
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Preparation to serve as a Mendful Conflict Resolution Coach on the app
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Mendful is currently bootstrapping. Your investment supports:
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Trainer preparation and facilitation
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Administrative infrastructure
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Technology systems
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Ongoing app development
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Scholarship access for future cohorts
We are committed to equitable access while also ensuring the sustainability, seriousness, and integrity of the training container.
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DATES​
July 16th - 19th, 2026
Oct 14th -17th, 2026
Jan 7th - 10th, 2027
Application deadline: Thursday, June 25th 2026
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SCHEDULE (all times Pacific)
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Thursdays 4pm to 6 pm
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Fridays 8am to 4pm
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Saturdays 8am to 4pm
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Sundays 9am to 3pm
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Abundant break time scheduled in.
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*EXPLANATION OF INVESTMENT TIERS
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Our intention and request is for your financial participation to feel like a meaningful stretch that honors the value of what’s offered; not a painful hardship. Please feel into your body, your resources, and your heart, and choose the tier that best reflects your current season of life.
INVESTMENT TIERS*
More than enough: $3000
Enough: $1800
A bit less than enough: $1260
Significantly less than enough: $720
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Upon acceptance, 10% of your fee is due to secure your place. The rest is payable in advance of your starting date. (See early payment discounts below.)
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FORMAT
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Via video calls
More than enough
Enough
A bit less than enough
SIgnificantly less than enough
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You may own property, have significant savings, or take vacations without financial strain.
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Your household is free of existential threats that stem from lack of money.
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Covers your costs and supports trainer salaries, app development, and scholarship funds.
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Helps remove access barriers for others.
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You reliably meet your household's basic needs and occasionally invest in recreational activities, personal or professional growth, gifts, investments, and so on.
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Covers your costs and may help with trainer salaries, app development, and scholarship funds.
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Reflects the actual cost of the training
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You meet basic needs most of the time, but with limited financial flexibility, or ongoing financial pressure.
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Your access to spare funds may be unreliable.
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This tier may cover some of your costs, and also rely on the contributions of others to cover the rest (this is by intentional design)
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You may be unemployed, underemployed, or have medical, caregiving, or debt-related expenses.
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Covers the costs of lodging, food, room rental, and retreat equipment for hybrid, and provides a baseline for remote training
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This tier helps to ensure that finances are not a barrier for anyone to participate
January, 2027 hybrid cohort details
This 9-month Mendful Core Competencies Hybrid Immersion includes:
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Three in-person long weekends in Northern California
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Each weekend includes three four-night residential trainings with lodging and organic meals (paleo and vegan options provided).
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Transportation is not included, but we’ll help coordinate carpools and rides from the airport
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​​​​Practice pods, reading, and integration of feedback between the long weekends
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Mentorship and assessment toward certification
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Preparation to serve as a Mendful Conflict Resolution Coach on the app
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We are a bootstrapped organization. Your investment supports:
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Trainer preparation and facilitation
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Venue and retreat costs
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Administrative infrastructure
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Ongoing app development
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Scholarship support for future cohorts
We are committed to equitable access while also ensuring the sustainability and integrity of the training container.
DATES
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January 21st - 24th
May 20th - 23rd
September 16th - 19th
Application deadline: January 4th, 2027​​
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FORMAT
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Three in-person retreats in Northern California, location TBD
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Arrive on a Thursday (afternoon, preferably), train
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, then depart Monday
after breakfast and brief closing -
Heavy on practice, multiple teachings interspersed
with embodied exercises and also opportunity for
trainees to lead activities of their choosing​​
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INVESTMENT TIERS
(definitions above)
More than enough: $6300
Enough: $4500
A bit less than enough: $2700
Significantly less than enough: $1800
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Upon acceptance, 10% of your fee is due to secure your place. The rest is payable in advance of your starting date, with discounts for early payment (see below)
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SCHEDULE (all times Pacific)
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Thursdays 2pm to 6 pm arrival and informal activities, followed by dinner and welcome orientation
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Fridays and Saturdays 9am to 5pm training
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Sundays 10 am to 4pm training
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Mondays Brief closing after breakfast, departure
Need a different arrangement? Talk to us!
info@mendful.world
Early payment-in-full
gratitude discounts
When you pay in advance, it enables us to secure venues, caterers, and so on. It also enables us to sustain the business, and generally plan with more ease. These discounts are our way of thanking you for that.
6-Month Remote Training — starts July 16, 2026
Pay-in-Full Early Discount
4+ months in advance (by March 16, 2026) — 15% off
2+ months in advance (by May 16, 2026) — 10% off
1+ months in advance (by June16, 2026) — 5% off
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Here’s that math:
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Hybrid Immersion (9-Month) — Starts January 21, 2027
4+ months in advance (by September 21, 2026) — 15% off
2+ months in advance (by November 21, 2026) — 10% off
1+ months in advance (by December 21, 2026) — 5% off
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Here's that math:
Certification and employment with Mendful
Becoming a practitioner
We want to set you up for success! Therefore, we’ll certify your eligibility to apply to become a Level 1 Certified Mendful Conflict Resolution Coach, so you can begin working on the app once you’re ready. Readiness will be determined by agreement and evaluations of:
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You
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Your training cohort
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Any clients outside the training cohort
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Your trainers
When we all agree you’re ready, you will receive a Level 1 certification. If you don’t reach readiness the first year, we’ll work with you in continuing your path to readiness.
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Please note:
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Completing the Mendful CRC training is not a guarantee of receiving certification.
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Completing the Mendful training is, however, the only way to work as a Mendful Conflict Resolution Coach. Again, we do want to set you up for success, and will do everything we can to prepare you to work as a Mendful CRC.
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You can use the Mendful training for any other non-competing work outside of Mendful.
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Current status of compensation for working on the app as a Mendful Conflict Resolution Coach, updated February 28, 2026:
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We are exploring a variety of business options for launching app in June, but do not anything concrete yet. We will update this section as the opportunities unfold.