when everything you've served feels under siege: finding your ground in unprecedented times
when everything you've served feels under siege
Finding Your Ground in Unprecedented Times
A 90-minute workshop rooted in community, reflection, and grounding practices for federal employees, humanitarian workers, nonprofit professionals, and social justice/legal advocates.
The calls are coming in daily. Federal employees watching decades of work dismantled overnight. Humanitarian workers seeing life-saving programs eliminated. Nonprofit leaders holding their teams together while their foundations crumble.
Working in service of others has never been easy. But in this moment of polycrisis, many of us are feeling helpless, hopeless, and angry as we watch our life's work, our missions, and our values being attacked and dismantled—and knowing that the ripple effects are devastating the people we served—and ourselves.
If you've dedicated your life to serving others, this moment is asking something profound: not just how to survive what's happening, but how to find your ground when everything you've served feels under siege. If you're feeling the weight of moral injury and institutional betrayal, wondering who you are beyond your role, or needing space to process and grieve what's happening - this 90-minute gathering is for you.
Together in community we'll:
Name what's happening to mission-driven sectors
Practice grounding techniques for finding stability when external systems feel chaotic
Explore how this upheaval impacts our bodies and spirits
Reflect together on what this moment is teaching us about our deeper values and purpose
You'll leave with:
A grounding practice you can use when overwhelm hits
Understanding of how institutional trauma shows up in your nervous system
Clarity about whether deeper healing work feels right for your next step
Connection to others navigating similar experiences
This is for you if you're:
A current or former federal employee, humanitarian worker, nonprofit professional, or social justice/legal advocate
Feeling the weight of moral injury and institutional betrayal and wondering who you are beyond your role
Grieving the systems you once served and the roles you played in making the world better
Wanting to find ways to tap into joy, gratitude, and collective care
Ready to find community with others who have walked similar paths
This isn't about toxic positivity or pushing through. It's about honestly tending to what's happening and finding the deeper roots that can sustain us.
Your host: Dimple Dhabalia, trauma-informed, human-centered leadership coach and author of Tell Me My Story: Challenging the Narrative of Service Before Self.
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