Past Lives
An evening centered around the versions of ourselves we’ve had to outgrow in order to become who we are today.
The careers, relationships, identities, cities, beliefs, and seasons that once defined us, and the clarity, resilience, and expansion they left behind. Every past life shapes the next one.
This dinner is an invitation to reflect on the journey of becoming and to celebrate the experiences that brought us here. Guests are encouraged to come prepared to share a story, turning point, or “past life” that changed the course of their path.
The Makers Table is hosting this dinner in collaboration with L’atelier. This gathering is designed to bring creatives together through meaningful conversation, intentional connection, and collaborative contribution. Each evening is shaped by the artists, makers, chefs, florists, musicians, photographers, and creatives who contribute their work and energy to the experience.
A dinner for honoring who you were, who you’re becoming, and the people you meet along the way.
This theme came from Julie (owner of L’atelier) and her desire to explore her own past lives in community. You can read her reflection here:
“For me, past lives are the full, unfiltered spectrum of what it means to be human.
They are the ache of environments that didn't fit, the quiet weight of leadership that fell short, and the slow, hard-won clarity that comes from knowing what you don't want.
But they are also the gift hidden inside all of that, because every experience that didn't work became the blueprint for everything I am building now.
Past lives taught me that there is no summer without winter, no arrival without the long road there. The spaces where I felt unseen are exactly why I pour everything into creating spaces where others feel welcomed, cared for, and held.
The leadership I didn't receive is what drives me to show up fully: to lead, to coach, to be vulnerable, and to surround myself with extraordinary people whose values I genuinely believe in.
And then there is the other side of it: the joy. The terrifying, exhilarating freedom of finally asking what actually brings me alive? Stepping outside the tiny boxes that old careers and old versions of ourselves lived inside. That is expansion. That is what a past life makes possible; the moment a butterfly realizes it was never meant to stay small.
We carry all of it forward. The grief and the gratitude. The failure and the becoming. That is the gift of a past life: it makes the present one feel like it was worth every step.”
