Welcome new partner, Marci Sharif!

We are excited to extend a warm welcome to the newest partner of Compassionate Houston, Marci Sharif, a familiar face to many as a former Houston Chronicle columnist. Marci dedicated her final column for "Feeling Matters" to Project Kindness and our dedicated board president, Pam Lewis. Click here for Marci’s article.

Meet Marci, a self-love columnist and coach.

Through her website Marcisharif.com, she offers ongoing programs, personal coaching, and weekly inspiration, all aimed at building mindfulness skills and authentic self-care. Her weekly column, Feeling Matters, ran in the Houston Chronicle for four years.

She now focuses on actively shepherding people through this work, both individually and in groups, because extending love and compassion in the world starts as a dedicated inside job.

Compassionate Houston partners with Purple Songs Can Fly & Unity of Houston to present "Hope Can Happen" - A Musical in One Act

In honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Purple Songs Can Fly – in partnership with Unity Houston and Compassionate Houston – presents “Hope Can Happen.” This one-act musical written as a sequel to “Journey to Hope” follows nurse Hope Powers on her first day on the job at a Pediatric Hospital as she works through her uncertainties with the help of the ‘unlikely angel’ Sera. This musical features former American Idol contestant and cancer-survivor Christian Spear as Hope, Carol Younkin as Sera, and an original Musical score by Phillip Hall of Phillip Hall Singers and Anita Kruse, Purple Songs Can Fly founder and Executive Director.

Introducing New Partner Divergent Spirit

We are thrilled to welcome new partner organization Divergent Spirit! Divergent Spirit’s mission is to empower young neurodivergent minds to identify and advocate for their own unique values, strengths, and goals by sharing radical wisdom based storytelling, play, art, and belonging. Divergent Spirit was founded by Rev. Alisha Mills, an interfaith minister, chaplain, and spiritual formation leader. 

We are thrilled to welcome two new partner organizations!

Lovescaping and We Practice Life have joined our mission to spread compassion throughout Houston and beyond! We Practice Life is a mother and son team cofounded by Brooke and Chase Summers-Perry, and facilitates engaging programs that aim to shift core beliefs, break unhealthy cycles, and transform systems through practice. Lovescaping is an Educational System Rooted in Practicing Love in Action, with the goal of making the world a better, more loving place.