Fall Leadership Group Program
A 6-session virtual program to help you inspire others and avoid burnout
Sagely is offering a special group program for professionals in roles that require them to foster inclusion, support others, and inspire trust. We will enhance our capacity to do this without burnout by relying on methods from meditation and psychology, neuroscience, macro-social work, and transformative justice studies.
Tuesdays at 12 ET (9 am PT, 5 pm London), October 1st-November 5th
In this group, we will learn, practice, and apply:
trauma-informed methods that help us be with and work through the influence of prior experiences of overwhelm
therapeutic practices of resourcing, boundary setting, and nervous system regulation
narrative reframing exercises that inspire compassion rather than activation
system mapping tools that help us occupy the effective position of compassionate witness
imagination exercises that help us envision new ways of engaging that move beyond prior patterns
Our groups are particularly powerful for leaders building a team; people who need more support at their own organizations; and those who want to know more about the larger culture of inclusion building and transformative justice. We have welcomed educators, executives, founders, administrators, nonprofit volunteers, and government managers over the years.
For questions, please email lesley@sagelycreative.com.
Note: Our groups range from 3 to 7 participants. We strive to make our groups as accessible as possible, which means that recordings are available for anyone who has to miss a session. Please also inquire about our 60% discount for participants without professional development funds.
About the Facilitators
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Lesley Curtis
Lead Facilitator
Lesley Curtis (she/her) is the co-owner and founder of Sagely. She holds a doctorate from Duke University, where she focused on storytelling and social justice movements. She is particularly interested in helping clients heal from the impact of intergenerational trauma by rewriting their stories of what’s possible in honor of past lessons learned.
Lesley has a unique perspective on inclusive leadership because she combines her humanities expertise with her study of psychology and meditation. She created the neuro-narrative approach to equitable culture change, relying on the close relationship between narrative and neuroscience to help clients make impact. She offers leaders and educators practical skills for being a calming presence for others.
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Robyn Smith
Somatic Coach and Facilitator
Robyn Smith (she/they) is a licensed clinical social worker and therapist. They hold a B.A. in Film Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, and an MSW in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania. They frequently work with academics, particularly those in the field of medicine, on healing work in support of living more fully and authentically.
Robyn brings their nearly twenty years of experience helping clients heal to their coaching and facilitation work with Sagely. She offers experiential practices of nervous system regulation and somatic healing for leaders. Robyn helps leaders learn and use what therapists know: how to guide others while maintaining a consistent awareness of their own safety and calm.
Schedule
October 1
Introduction
Intentions
What do we mean by trauma-informed inclusion?
What does activation look like (in ourselves and others)?
Using our own healing to co-regulate with others
October 8
The Transformative Justice Model
Spotting the victim-perpetrator-savior triangle
Untangling emotions and beliefs from human value
Imagining what it is to move outside the triangle
October 15
Nervous system regulation with Robyn Smith, LCSW
Grounding exercises through the practice of resourcing
What trauma therapists do for self-care
October 22
Discussion: Combining the top-down and bottom-up approaches to inclusive leadership
What does this look like for you?
What is coming up in your own experience?
How do you wish to apply this in your work?
October 29
Nervous system regulation with Robyn Smith, LCSW
Resourcing
Visualizations to inspire balance
November 5
Conclusions