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Thursday, June 18
 

7:02am MDT

The Dandelion Sanctuary
Thursday June 18, 2026 7:02am - 7:03am MDT
Dandelion Sanctuary: Wishes, Wise Mind & Radical Self-Care

Step into the Dandelion Sanctuary, a cozy oasis where festival wanderers can pause, breathe, and reconnect with themselves.
Inspired by Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and the resilience of dandelions, this interactive sanctuary offers simple tools for emotional grounding, self-care, and playful connection.
Visitors can relax in a shaded lounge, learn quick mindfulness and emotional regulation practices, write wishes on dandelion scrolls, and exchange compliments with fellow travelers.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, joyful, curious, or just need a soft place to land, the sanctuary offers a gentle reset before you continue your adventure.
Come rest, make a wish, and remember your Wise Mind.

What you'll experience
🌼 The Wish Garden
Write a wish, intention, or release on a scroll and place it in a communal dandelion vessel.
🌼 The Compliment Apothecary
Receive or give handwritten compliments to brighten someone’s day.
🌼 Wise Mind Lounge
Relax in a cozy shaded space while learning quick grounding tools from DBT.
🌼 Mindfulness Moments
Short guided practices to help calm the nervous system and reconnect with the present moment.
🌼 Self-Care Scrolls
Take-home cards with simple emotional regulation tools you can use anytime.

What you'll learn
• Simple mindfulness techniques for grounding and nervous system regulation
• The DBT concept of Wise Mind (balancing emotion and reason)
• Quick tools for navigating big feelings in everyday life
• The power of small acts of kindness and connection

What you'll make
• A dandelion wish scroll to place in the communal wish vessel
• A self-care reminder card to take with you into the festival
Speakers
avatar for Nathan Gallenson

Nathan Gallenson

Nathan Gallenson is a co-founder of DBT with Friends, a Utah-based nonprofit making evidence-based mental health skills more accessible, practical, and community-centered. He helps create peer-led spaces where people can learn tools from DBT, IFS, ACT, and other modalities withou... Read More →
Thursday June 18, 2026 7:02am - 7:03am MDT
The Dandelion Sanctuary

2:00pm MDT

How to Human by DBT with Friends
Thursday June 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
OverviewBeing human is weird, and way easier with friends.


In this one-hour interactive workshop, DBT with Friends will explore how shared experience can help us move through fear, disconnection, and emotional stuckness. We’ll introduce a practical DBT skill for taking gentle, values-based action when your nervous system is activated.


Expect a cozy mix of reflection, connection, and brave little experiments in being human together.


Come for the skills. Stay for the friends.

What you’ll learnDBT for real life: An evidence-based skill for moving through fear and emotional overwhelm.
Connection through shared experience: Why healing feels different when we practice together.
Brave little steps: How willingness can help us do the thing, even when it’s scary.

What you’ll practiceA practical DBT-inspired exercise you can use when life gets loud.
A playful connection activity.
A small milestone reminder for the brave thing you were willing to try.
Speakers
avatar for Nathan Gallenson

Nathan Gallenson

Nathan Gallenson is a co-founder of DBT with Friends, a Utah-based nonprofit making evidence-based mental health skills more accessible, practical, and community-centered. He helps create peer-led spaces where people can learn tools from DBT, IFS, ACT, and other modalities withou... Read More →
Thursday June 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
The Dandelion Sanctuary
 
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