About us
A space to understand yourself more deeply, heal, and connect.
Welcome to a unique community for those ready to go beyond the surface—to explore the emotions, thoughts, and patterns that shape your life and relationships.
Here, you won’t just attend online events—you’ll begin a path of real transformation, guided by some of the world’s leading experts in psychological and emotional well-being.
What makes our group different?
Expert-Led Webinars & Workshops
Explore key topics with internationally respected therapists and researchers using the most effective, evidence-based approaches—from cutting-edge neuroscience to powerful psychological methods.
Privacy-Respecting Live Events
Every event is thoughtfully designed in two parts:
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The first half is live-streamed and recorded, with only the speaker visible on screen. You can rewatch these sessions at any time, free of charge, by joining our community at www.closebyyou.com.
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The second half is not recorded and held privately on Zoom. This creates a safe space for participants to ask questions, share personal experiences, and connect—protected by full confidentiality.
Practical Tools, Real Change
Gain insights and concrete tools to regulate emotions, heal emotional wounds, and improve how you relate to yourself and others.
A Supportive, Non-Judgmental Community
Grow alongside others on a similar journey. Here, your pace is respected, your privacy is protected, and your voice matters.
By registering for free at www.closebyyou.com, you’ll gain full access to:
- Live webinars and workshops
- Video recordings of past events
- Free eBooks and self-help tools
- Experiential events guided by expert therapists—where real emotional change begins
- No prior knowledge is required—just a willingness to explore, grow, and live with more awareness and emotional freedom.
You are not alone.
Join us and take your first step toward real change and deeper connection—within yourself and with others.
Our next live event is just around the corner. Don’t miss it.
Upcoming events
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- $10.00
EXPATS 2.0 When the Move Is Over and Something Inside You Starts to Speak
·OnlineOnlineThe first edition of the Expats event focused on the emotional impact of moving abroad.
This second edition goes deeper, into what often emerges later, when daily life stabilizes and the real inner consequences begin to surface.
Many expats discover that the hardest part is not adapting to a new country, but living with what the move activates inside them.
In this second edition, we will explore themes that were not addressed before, including:
• Why the expat experience often amplifies pre existing emotional patterns
• How loneliness can exist even when life “looks fine” from the outside
• The silent grief of losing your language, social role, identity, or sense of competence
• Why many expats feel more insecure, dependent, or emotionally younger than before
• The pressure to justify the move and the shame of admitting doubts or regret
• How emotional needs change when familiar relational anchors disappear
• Why strong self reliance abroad can slowly turn into emotional isolation
• The difference between real adaptation and emotional disconnection
• How schemas such as emotional deprivation, abandonment, defectiveness, and failure are often reactivated after relocation
• What truly creates a sense of belonging, beyond social integration
As in all CloseByYou events, the structure is intentional and protective.
The first part is a recorded lecture, focused on understanding the internal psychological and relational processes activated by the expat experience.
The second part is a live, unrecorded group space, where participants can share freely, feel seen, and discover that many of their private struggles are deeply shared by others.
This is not a practical expat guide.
It is not about visas, jobs, or positive thinking.
It is a psychological and relational space to slow down, stop blaming yourself, and reconnect with your emotional needs while living far from home.
The full video recording of the event is available for free by registering to the CloseByYou community at the following link:
https://closebyyou.com/landing-page-community/137 attendees - $10.00
1% Change: The Daily Path to Real Transformation
·OnlineOnlineMost people wait for the perfect moment to change their lives. They wait for motivation, clarity or a breakthrough. Yet fundamental transformation rarely happens in big, dramatic moments. It happens through small, consistent shifts. A 1% change, repeated day after day, reshapes your emotional world, your habits, and your sense of identity.
This webinar explores the science and psychology behind micro change. Through the lens of Schema Therapy, we uncover why people struggle to maintain progress, why they collapse into old patterns and why they underestimate the power of small steps. You will learn how emotional schemas, such as failure, unrelenting standards and deprivation, sabotage long-term change and how tiny, manageable adjustments can bypass resistance and build stability.
With grounding practices, daily structure strategies and mirror-based exercises, this session shows you how to create change that lasts. One per cent at a time. Slow, gentle and powerful.
And remember, all video recordings are free to watch with a free registration at www.closebyyou.com.***
# Programme
### 1. The truth about change
- Why do people wait for significant breakthroughs
- Why most change fails before it begins
- The neuroscience of small, consistent actions
- How 1% builds identity, not just habits
### 2. Schema Therapy and resistance to change
- Failure schema and the belief that progress will collapse
- Unrelenting Standards and the pressure to do everything perfectly
- Emotional Deprivation and the fear that nothing will ever work
- Subjugation and pleasing others instead of caring for yourself
### 3. The psychology of micro change
- Why the brain prefers small steps
- How consistency rewires emotional patterns
- The difference between motivation and momentum
- How repetition creates safety inside the nervous system
### 4. Identifying your one percent
- The smallest possible action that still creates movement
- How to choose a step that your emotional system will accept
- Shifting from intensity to continuity
- Examples for emotional, relational and behavioural areas
### 5. Building a 1 % Daily Routine
- Five-minute grounding practices
- Simple routines that stabilise the emotional brain
- Using micro change to reduce anxiety, anger or avoidance
- The emotional benefit of predictable actions
### 6. Overcoming the schemas that sabotage progress
- How perfectionism kills consistency
- How fear of failure prevents starting
- How avoidance steals momentum
- How to respond when your schema gets triggered
### 7. Mirror-based work for identity change
- Seeing the part of you that is afraid to grow
- Reassuring the vulnerable self through reflection
- Reinforcing small wins with compassion
- Exercises inspired by Mindful Interbeing Mirror Therapy
### 8. Long-term transformation
- How 1% becomes 10% and then 100
- How to recover after a setback without collapse
- Building a Healthy Adult identity through micro decisions
- Why small beginnings create lifelong direction
### 9. Final guided practice and Q&A
- A grounding exercise to integrate your 1% shift
- Unrecorded Zoom space for sharing and questions
458 attendees
Past events
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