Emberlight: An Exploration of Conscious Living with Courtney Smith
Wed, Feb 18
|Quietude Retreat Center
1:30pm-3:30pm Doors open at 1:30, program runs 1:45 - 3:15 Presented by White Horse Community Hub in partnership with Healing HeArts Network Donation-Based No registration required
Time & Location
Feb 18, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Quietude Retreat Center, 1130 Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 28711, USA
About the event
This presentation introduces Emberlight: The Center for Conscious Living & Dying, a new WNC nonprofit offering compassionate, community-based support for individuals and families navigating aging, serious illness, and end-of-life. With a focus on Conscious Living, participants will take a moment to explore what fully living means to them now, and will learn how preparation—emotional, practical, and relational—can bring greater peace, clarity, and choice long before a health crisis arises. The session will explore what Emberlight offers, including education, caregiver support, and non-medical end-of-life care, and will invite reflection on how tending to these conversations now can support living more fully and with intention. This program is welcoming, informative, and designed for older adults, caregivers, and anyone interested in thoughtful preparation for the later chapters of life.
Free and open to the public. This presentation is part of the Community Hub program sponsored by White Horse and the Red Cross offering weekly, daytime…