Welcome!
This is a leadership group for people who are in roles that require them to foster inclusion, support others, and inspire trust. Our goal is to enhance our capacity to do this without burnout by relying on methods from meditation and psychology, neuroscience, macro-social work, and transformative justice studies.
Dates and Link
All of our meetings are virtual, 60 minutes, and every Tuesday at 11:30 PT from October 15-November 5.
This page will be available through January 2025!
Session 1
October 15th
Summary - a discussion of vibrations, patterns of attention, and self-compassion as a healing practice.
Session 2
October 22nd
Summary - a discussion of the triangle to circle model and trauma-informed pedagogy
Session 3
October 29th
Summary - grounding and resourcing
Initial description of why we do somatic work - review for Alexa :-)
This is the resourcing exercise and the discussion.
Grounding exercise - you can review as you like
Session 4
November 5th
Summary discussion of what it is to work in the trauma-informed peace-centered language.
Metaphorical image - the flowers and the cliff, dual attention means we practice seeing both and knowing clearly where we are located
Resources
An extra list of things to read as you have time and interest, created in partnership with my former student and colleague, Alex Rose, MSW
An article on trauma-informed healing in systems
“Just as we must bring our individual trauma responses into our conscious awareness, we must also widen the aperture we use to view trauma. The prevailing narrative, which focuses on individuals, treats traumatized people as psychologically abnormal, rather than as having a normal reaction to abnormal circumstances. It also reinforces an individualized medical model of intervention as the solution. This is not only an incomplete frame, but also damaging and harmful to oppressed and marginalized groups, as it places the responsibility for the harm and the burden of healing from it on the individual rather than the system.”
Our blog post on fearlessness, politics, and antiracism: https://diversitydifferently.substack.com/p/the-new-diversity-is-for-fighting
Introductory Reading List
Our approach blends a variety of disciplines. All of these books have influenced us in some capacity along the way. We hope they feel inspiring to you, too.
Books
All About Love, bell hooks
Monsters in Love, Resmaa Menakem
Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach
Emergent Strategy, adrienne maree brown
No Bad Parts, Richard Schwartz
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk
"A great longing is upon us, to live again in a world made of gifts." - Robin Wall Kimmerer
Agreements
Sagely agrees to keep all information you share confidential.
Sagely uses visualizations, meditations, and case studies that are specifically designed for our groups. They build off of each other and require some instruction before use. We ask that you not share these materials. If you feel that a particular item might be of use in your organization, please contact us about adapting it for your setting.
Sagely keeps recordings of sessions on this password-protected site. We ask that you do not share recordings with anyone outside the group. We ask that you keep all information that your group members share confidential. Thank you.