In a world that feels increasingly charged with conflict, injustice, and uncertainty, it can be easy to lose touch with our center. How do we meet the intensity of these times without becoming overwhelmed or disconnected from ourselves? This community call invites us to explore the intersection of personal resilience and systemic transformation.

Together we will reflect on how trauma – both personal and systemic, shapes our responses, and how culturally responsive, healing-centered practices can help us stay rooted in strength, compassion, and clarity, and transform oppressive structures into living networks of repair. By learning to navigate stress and reactivity with awareness, we open space for greater intimacy, repair, and justice in our relationships and our communities.

This gathering is an opportunity to pause, breathe, and discover practices that sustain our own well-being, while honoring how each of our stories has the potential to shape the systems we are a part of into pathways of equity, care, and belonging.

In this community call, we will explore:

• How to stay centered when facing collective stress, conflict, or injustice.
• Practices that cultivate resilience and prevent overwhelm or burnout.
• Ways to align personal healing with community well-being and systemic change.

Karen Simms MAMFT, LMHC is a therapist, facilitator, and community advocate with over 30 years of experience in trauma-informed and culturally responsive care. She is the founder of the Trauma & Resilience Initiative (TRI), a nonprofit dedicated to building healing-centered and equitable communities. Her work bridges personal and structural trauma—addressing the impacts of racism, poverty, and violence—while equipping organizations and communities to foster resilience, justice, and repair.

Kosha Joubert is the CEO of thePocket Project, where she works closely with Thomas Huebl and a global team to grow a culture of trauma-informed care. Kosha is an expert facilitator, coach and organisational development facilitator who has worked on systems regeneration, trauma-informed leadership and post-traumatic growth in more than 48 countries. Kosha has authored several books and received the Dadi Janki Award (2017) for engaging spirituality in life and work and the One World Award (2020) for building the Global Ecovillage Network to a worldwide movement reaching out to over 6000 communities on all continents.