The Story of Hart to Harts

2018: Hart to Harts started in the summer when Audrey designed a box of conversation cards that encouraged people to skip the small talk with questions like: How do you practice self-love? What was the darkest night of your life? What is your life passion?

The first 100 boxes being mailed out!

The original conversation card game!

2019: Hart to Harts started hosting events where strangers would gather at breweries or coffee shops for 2 hours of meaningful conversations. Hart to Harts hosted 80 events with 1,500 people attending in Seattle!

An event at Queen Anne Beer Hall in Seattle!

One of the very first events with 30+ people!

2020/2021: The pandemic hit, so Hart to Harts stopped in-person events and started a podcast recording people’s stories. We recorded 100+ stories on tons of topics!

My dog sitting in on a Hart to Harts podcast episode recording!

2022: Hart to Harts started prototyping new conversation cards with smaller-scale events.

Audrey designing a deck of cards to help 8 strangers talk about whether or not they want kids

Audrey spent a year learning graphic design tools to streamline the process of creating new conversation cards

2023: Hart to Harts did a full re-launch and has been hosting monthly events in Seattle!

One of the first events back in Seattle since 2019!

A summer celebration of Hart to Harts re-launching!

2024: Stay tuned for a launch of an entire product line of conversation cards! Plus, the continuation of Hart to Harts in Seattle!

What was the catalyst for Hart to Harts?

Hart to Harts started out of Audrey’s deep passion to create a space for people to connect. She struggled to find spaces for connection in her 20s moving around to different cities and began to feel lonely. She noticed that many traditional ways of connecting like joining a sports league, a book club, and going out to bars lead to small talk. Connection can be so hard to find these days with social media, technology, etc.

About Audrey Hart

Audrey Hart is from Seattle, WA! She attended Bowdoin College in Maine where she studied geology. She worked in the outdoors as an educator for a few years before working as a guide in wilderness therapy.

Audrey followed that passion into graduate school where she earned Master’s in Marriage & Family Therapy (LMFTA) with an emphasis in Sex Therapy. She runs a private practice (AudreyHartTherapy.com) in Seattle seeing couples and families.

If Audrey is not working on Hart to Harts or being a therapist, then she’s probably hanging out with her dog, backpacking in the PNW, jumping in the ocean, binging storytelling podcasts, and doodling at coffee shops!