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Part 2 of 2 - Finding Grounding and Wielding with Fierceness & Love: Expanding Our Ability to Practice In Intensity

​This two-part series will offer reflections and practices for deepening capacity at this time of increased intensity. Many are finding their historical approaches to grounding, centering and wielding with skill, vigor and compassion to be taxed or outpaced with the onslaught of legislative changes, hairpin turns, shocking dismantlements, and scrambling to keep pace with it all.

​Perhaps you have found your grounding and anchoring and are able to wield from there. If so, this series can help deepen that capable posture of tender fierceness. If you are reeling from the whiplash and churn of the moment, this era in our collective history, this series can support you to re-find your center and find a path to deepen and strengthen that posture individually and collectively, with time.

Part 2: November 20, 2025

​For those who choose to continue, Part 2 will offer practice approaches from the presenter’s systems of practice. Some of the benefits of these practices include increasing our capacity to engage with intensity (with rigor and compassion™), and clearing blockages to healthy system flow. These practices will provide an entree to methodologies that may complement participants’ current approaches, and that participants may choose to continue or deepen after the sessions.

​*NOTE: Session 2’s content builds on Session 1, and is dependent on having participated in the first session. Session 1 will be recorded for later viewing, but Session 2 will not, to support participant vulnerability and trying out practices.

​This series continues and extends last year’s sessions with Dr. Sheryl Petty on The Spiritual and Energetic Dimensions of Equity-Embedded Systems Change (SED-EESC)™.

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Part 1 of 2 - Finding Grounding and Wielding with Fierceness & Love: Expanding Our Ability to Practice In Intensity

This two-part series will offer reflections and practices for deepening capacity at this time of increased intensity. Many are finding their historical approaches to grounding, centering and wielding with skill, vigor and compassion to be taxed or outpaced with the onslaught of legislative changes, hairpin turns, shocking dismantlements, and scrambling to keep pace with it all.

​Perhaps you have found your grounding and anchoring and are able to wield from there. If so, this series can help deepen that capable posture of tender fierceness. If you are reeling from the whiplash and churn of the moment, this era in our collective history, this series can support you to re-find your center and find a path to deepen and strengthen that posture individually and collectively, with time.

​Part 1: September 18th, 2025

​Part 1 will support participants to reflect on the physiological, psychological, emotional and relational toll of the moment, as well as your current approaches to meeting the moment with skill, clarity and rigorous compassion, with our eyes on the long view. The presenter will share from her own practice approaches and also engage in dialogue with Leadership Reimagined about their learnings and approaches at this time.

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2025 COHORT: Equity-Embedded Change Management (EECM)™

I’m pleased to announce the 2nd Cohort for seasoned practitioners advancing equity-embedded systems change:  An Equity-Embedded Change Management (EECM)™ Cohort, offered in partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO). The series will offer capacity building on core concepts from:  A Change Management & Deep Equity Primer: The What, Why, How & Nuance. We will particularly be focused on deepening stamina to weather this historical time and stay connected to the long arc of systems change and human transformation.

The Cohort is open to any systems change practitioner (in the various roles you may be in), looking to receive support to advance & deepen your institutional, personal and community-based practice. Applications are open through April 4th, 2025 at 12pm ET. 

To learn more, register here for an informational webinar on March 18th (1-2 pm ET), with myself, Akilah Massey, GEO’s VP of Programs, and 2024 Cohort participant Sakura Takano, CEO of Rotary Charities of Traverse City. We look forward to connecting with you! :)

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New Publication – “Deep Connectedness: The Relationship Between Healing, Equity, Spirituality & Systems Change”

This recently released publication: “Deep Connectedness: The Relationship Between Healing, Equity, Spirituality & Systems Change” is an excerpt of a forthcoming book I’ve been working on for years. An early reader described it as: “At once poetic and tactical, it offers actionable provocations for unblocking constrictions in systems and within people, from dominant and non-dominant cultures.” Cheers!

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NEW COHORT: Equity-Embedded Change Management (EECM)™

I’m pleased to announce a new cohort opportunity for seasoned deep equity practitioners advancing systems change:  An Equity-Embedded Change Management (EECM)™ Cohort, offered in partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO).

The series will offer capacity building on core concepts from:  A Change Management & Deep Equity Primer: The What, Why, How & Nuance.  It is open to any equity and systems change capacity builder looking to receive support in your personal, institutional, community and movement practice. Applications are open through Feb. 20, 2024. 

To learn more, register here for an informational webinar on January 31 (12-1 pm ET), with myself and Akilah Massey, GEO’s VP of Programs. Well wishes!!

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Equity-Embedded Systems Change (EESC)™

I’m excited to share more thinking building off of the Change Management and Deep Equity publication from earlier this year, in response to multiple requests. As the field of social change seeks to embed equity and justice more deeply within institutions, communities, and movements in support of our missions and a thriving, healthy planet — I’ve experienced a steady flow of inquiry into how to address the similar challenges change agents and systems are facing in this era.  Stay tuned for other offerings delving into untangling many of the patterns and conundrums present in the social change and liberating justice fields :)…

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SUMMIT: Deepening Personal & Social Transformation. January & February 2023.

I’ll be participating in and co-facilitating sessions at Nalanda Institute and Tricycle’s “Conversations in Psychotherapy” Summit on Friday, Jan. 20th, 27th and Feb. 3rd from 12-1:30pm ET. This is a precursor to a new book where the presenters in the Summit and I have shared chapters. Stay tuned for info on its release in June 2023…

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Journal: "Social Justice, Inner Work & Contemplative Practice: Lessons & Directions for Multiple Fields"

Editor. The Initiative for Contemplation, Equity & Action (ICEA) Journal. (Hosted by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.) Created to help reduce the frequent separation between the social justice and contemplative practice fields. ICEA's intentions include creating bridge-building forums and network development; pathways for training and tools; and publications to promote vision, voice and visibility.

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