Frost&Sip
Caregiver Cohort Pilot
The Frost & Sip Caregiver Cohort Pilot A multi-city series of small, in-person gatherings designed for caregivers across roles, exploring the emotional, relational, and structural realities of care work in different environments.
Each session centers shared experiences in caregiving work, emotional labor, and professional support, while also creating space to slow down through optional creative engagement.
Participants are selected through a short interest form to ensure a balanced and intentional group dynamic.
Insights gathered from these sessions will inform future programming and contribute to a broader body of understanding around caregiving work—how it functions, what it requires, and where greater support is needed. These insights also support the ongoing development of structural standards and care frameworks through Just Brit, Thanks, helping translate lived experience into clearer conditions for sustainable, well-supported caregiving work across regions.
Pilot Locations
Chicago
Two small, in-person Frost & Sip sessions for Chicago-based caregivers across roles.
This gathering centers reflection, conversation, and creative grounding in a calm, thoughtfully held space, with an emphasis on shared experience within more structured care environments.
San Francisco
A West Coast gathering for caregivers working in high-demand, high-visibility care environments.
This session is focused on rest, perspective, and shared experience, with attention to the pace, pressure, and expectations of care work in high-resource settings.
Atlanta
A Southern cohort session bringing together caregivers across disciplines, including nannies, doulas, and other care workers.
This gathering explores the emotional and structural layers of care work through conversation, reflection, and shared perspective.
Selma
A community-centered gathering with a focus on birth workers, including doulas, midwives, and postpartum caregivers, while remaining open to nannies and others in care roles.
This session creates space for reflection, conversation, and shared experience, with attention to the physical, emotional, and structural layers of care work across more localized and relationship-based environments.
Your Questions, Answered
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Frost & Sip is a small-group gathering designed for caregivers to rest, reflect, and speak openly about their work. It brings together nannies, doulas, and other care professionals in a structured but relaxed environment.
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This space is for caregivers supporting families—especially those working in roles that require high emotional, physical, and logistical labor.
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Frost & Sip centers non-alcoholic beverages (mocktails) as a way to create an inclusive, grounded environment that supports presence and conversation.
Alcohol, when included, is optional and intentionally de-emphasized to ensure accessibility for participants who are sober or prefer not to drink.
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Sessions include guided prompts, open conversation, and optional creative elements. The goal is not performance or productivity, but honest reflection and connection.
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No. While the space can feel supportive, it is not therapy. It is a facilitated community space designed for reflection and shared experience.
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Frost & Sip is part of a larger effort to better understand caregiving work—what caregivers experience, what support is missing, and how systems around care can improve.
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This pilot is intentionally rooted in places where I have lived, worked, or built relationships over time.
Chicago — long-standing personal and professional ties, and a central part of my work history in both education and caregiving
San Francisco — recent base and continued professional connections within high-level private childcare and travel-based roles
Atlanta — strong network connections and an active caregiving community
Selma, Alabama — family ties and a deeper connection to place, history, and care work in the South
These locations allow for a mix of perspectives across different regions while still being grounded in communities I have a real relationship to.
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Participation is based on an interest form to help create balanced, thoughtful groups.
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Each cohort is limited to 6–10 participants to allow for:
more honest, in-depth conversation
a balance of experiences
a space that feels contained and intentional rather than performative
Why This Matters
Caregiving work is often done in isolation, without space to process, reflect, or be witnessed.
Frost & Sip creates that space—intentionally.
By bringing caregivers together, even briefly, it allows for shared understanding, emotional regulation, perspective, and clarity.
These sessions also serve as a form of documentation, capturing patterns across caregiving experiences that are often overlooked.
Over time, these patterns help inform a broader body of work focused on improving the structural conditions of care, including the development of safety and autonomy standards grounded in real caregiver experiences.
This is not just about gathering. It’s about building a more accurate picture of care work as it actually exists.
