Threshold Circle

Threshold Circle

A monthly gathering for openhearted conversations about aging, caregiving, grief, mortality, and what it means to live well.

Sunday August 16 | 9:00–10:30am
at Kaya Holistic
6522 N 16th Street Phoenix 85016

There are few experiences more universal than caring for someone we love, grieving a loss, growing older, or facing our own mortality—yet these are conversations our culture often avoids until we have no choice but to have them.

Threshold Circle is a welcoming community gathering where we gently pull back the curtain on these deeply human experiences. Together, we’ll create space for curiosity instead of fear, connection instead of isolation, and thoughtful conversation instead of silence.

Whether you’re currently caring for a loved one, navigating the changing health of a parent, living with loss, planning ahead, working in a helping profession, or simply longing to explore these conversations before they’re needed, you are warmly welcome.

Hosted by Cathleen Mitchell of Kaya Holistic and Maggie McVeigh of Magnolia Helps, each gathering offers a compassionate space to slow down, share stories, ask questions, listen deeply, and learn from one another.

Together we’ll explore topics such as:

• The caregiving journey—finding support while honoring both your loved one and yourself.
• Aging with dignity, curiosity, and compassion.
• Grief, loss, and the many forms they take throughout our lives.
• End-of-life planning, legacy, and creating peace of mind.
• Gentle somatic practices, mindfulness, and restorative tools to support the nervous system.
• How embracing conversations about mortality can deepen gratitude, presence, and the way we choose to live today.

There is no expectation to share. You are welcome to come with stories, questions, quiet reflection, or simply a willingness to listen. Every voice is honored, and every experience belongs.

We’ll gather in a warm, welcoming space with herbal tea and light seasonal treats as we cultivate a community where life’s most meaningful transitions can be met with compassion, wisdom, and connection.

“The conversations we avoid are often the ones that bring us closest together.”

Space is intentionally limited to nurture meaningful conversation and genuine connection.

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Meet Maggie McVeigh

Maggie McVeigh is the founder of Magnolia Helps and is passionate about helping individuals and families navigate the complexities of aging, caregiving, and end-of-life with greater confidence, compassion, and peace.

Currently pursuing her graduate studies in Gerontology, Maggie brings together academic expertise with years of hands-on experience supporting older adults and their caregivers. Her background includes training as a family mediator in Carrboro, North Carolina, end-of-life midwife training with Buddhist teacher Caroline Yongue, serving as Assistant to the Executive Director of PACE (Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), and working as a certified educator with the Alzheimer’s Association.

Grounded in more than a decade of evidence-based research in Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving, Maggie’s work is guided by a simple belief: every person deserves dignity, every caregiver deserves support, and every family deserves compassionate guidance through life’s most meaningful transitions.