Melissa Mason & Amanda Ford: The Inner Work of Repair
The peace we cultivate internally becomes a resource we can draw from in our relationships, families, and communities.
Melissa Mason, CSW & Amanda Ford, LCSW
We often think of peace as something that happens out there — in our families, communities, or the wider world. We imagine it as a state we arrive at once conflict has been resolved, once everyone agrees, once the dust settles. But most lasting repair begins somewhere quieter and closer: within ourselves.
When we feel tension, anger, fear, or shame, those emotions don’t just affect our own inner landscape — they ripple outward. The way we relate to our own pain shapes the way we relate to others. When we meet our internal conflict with curiosity instead of judgment, gentleness instead of avoidance, we start to open space for genuine peace to take root.
When we learn to meet our own discomfort with gentleness, we create the capacity to meet others’ discomfort with the same compassion. When we make peace with our own contradictions, we become less reactive and more open to the complexity of others.
Melissa Mason, CSW, is a clinical social worker and therapist who integrates mindfulness, relational therapy, and evidence-based approaches to support individuals and couples. She specializes in navigating issues around sex, desire, trust, and emotional regulation. Known for her warm, grounded presence, Melissa creates a safe space for clients to explore their stories, reclaim vitality, and cultivate peace from within.
Amanda Ford, LCSW, is a clinical social worker, therapist, educator, and yoga teacher. She specializes in mindfulness-based therapy and relational healing, working with individuals, families, and students to foster emotional resilience, spiritual integration, and compassionate connection. Amanda also teaches social work and peace studies at Utah State University, where she helps future practitioners explore how personal awareness and community care intersect.
Together, Melissa and Amanda bring a rare blend of professional expertise and deep humanity to this work — bridging the disciplines of therapy, mindfulness, and peacemaking with compassion and care.
At REPAIR, Melissa and Amanda will lead an experiential workshop, Peacemaking from the Inside Out: The Inner Work of Repair, designed for those seeking peace, tools, and a renewed capacity to live and love with clarity.
Peacemaking from the Inside Out: The Inner Work of Repair
Saturday, October 25, 8:30am-12:30pm (sold out) & 2:00pm-6:00pm
Description: This workshop will help you navigate the inner conflict that drives external struggles, and offers practical tools for cultivating peace within yourself and relationships. Through interactive exercises using mindfulness, movement, and creative expression, you will be guided toward healing and resolution. Come as you are and leave with tools, insights, and a deeper sense of peace.
Through mindfulness, movement (i.e. gentle yoga), and creative expression, Amanda and Melissa will guide attendees toward:
Tools that foster clarity, emotional regulation, and compassionate connection
Tending inner wounds
Deeper sense of calm & understanding
Healing and resolution
Melissa and Amanda emphasize that peacemaking is not the same as appeasement. It’s not bypassing discomfort or pretending everything is okay. True peacemaking begins with honesty — noticing where we are out of alignment, where judgment lingers, where pain still speaks.
Repair is not about perfection — it’s about practice. It’s the ongoing process of tending to what’s hurt or fragmented within us, so we can show up more whole for others. By slowing down and listening inwardly, we start to transform how we engage outwardly.
In a world saturated with noise and urgency, peace can feel like a luxury. But it’s actually a form of strength — a discipline that starts with how we tend to our own inner world.
Join Melissa & Amanda to do this inner work, Saturday, October 25 8:30am (sold out) or 2:00pm at REPAIR.
Can’t wait to see you in October!