Feeling overwhelm and despair after the election? You’re not alone. ANd you're not powerless. let's find strength together.
Next step forward
Next Step Forward is an empowering space designed especially for spiritual (as you define it), white women, who are struggling to figure out how to move forward after the U.S. presidential inauguration.
Their hearts are breaking open — or shutting down — with grief, fear, shock, anger and despair at the actions the new administration is taking.
They're tempted to retreat, meditate, and trust that God/dess/the Universe will work it out.
They want to show up — for themselves and also for people who are at even greater risk, but how?
They especially don't want to let down their brown and black sisters and siblings, who've carried so much more than their fair share of the load for so long.
Or the trans and gender-non-conforming humans who are being targeted even more than usual right now.
Next Step Forward is a space for being witnessed and held in feeling the big feelings and finding connection to your deeper wisdom and peace amidst the chaos.
So you can take your next step to create a different kind of world.
Not ALL the steps, just yours.
On zoom, Sunday, April 13, 3:00-4:30 pm ET
Want to join a small circle of big-hearted spiritual humans who aren't giving up?
$25
Or $15. You choose. If you need financial assistance, enter code 10OFF for a partial scholarship.
$25
Benefits of Participating:
Find support and solidarity as you process grief and fear around what's happened since the inauguration, so you don't feel stuck in hopelessness.
Get clear on YOUR next step forward in creating change, and let go of what's not yours to do without guilt or shame.
Find a moment of peace amidst the chaos.
Release shame and judgment and “shoulds," so you can hear your Inner Wisdom
Strengthen your ability to feel big emotions and not be overcome by them, so you can take the actions that are yours to take.
Connect with a small group (no more than 13) of like-minded humans, so you feel supported.
Grounded and Courageous action begins here.
Deb Shine Valentine
Hi I'm Deb Shine Valentine, Ph.D, Racial Justice from the Heart Facilitator, Qoya Teacher, Liberatory Life Coach, white, cis-gender, able-bodied, heterosexual, HSP, Enneagram 4, and spiritual contemplative with a tendency to find life heavy and overwhelming as well as beautiful and magical.
I've spent decades learning how to increase my capacity to feel big feelings without getting overwhelmed by them, so I can take action for equity and justice with joy and courage. I help other big-hearted, empathetic humans do the same.
kind words from clients
“Before Deb and I worked together I was deep in a tunnel vision of blame and shame, trying to understand what was going on for me and in my significant relationships – around race especially. I was stuck. After working with Deb I feel less stuck. And I have a more nuanced understanding of which things are my responsibility and which are shared.”
—Brigid
“Deb is extraordinarily gifted at what she does. Her spaces offer a depth of safety I wasn't even aware was possible, nor was missing. She offered me loving, empathetic guidance while I navigated some tender space with a client around our ethnic and racial differences, empowering me to show up in compassionate leadership, in the greatest service of my client.”
—Adena
“Because of working with Deb, I have a calmness that I’ve never had before even when things are really difficult. Not a detached disassociation, but a calmness. It just seems to grow when I notice it!"
—Ame
“I no longer believe I have to live in a perpetual cycle of suffering in order for the world to be a better place. I no longer believe that God alone creates my destiny. I believe that I am working with God. I’m a co-creator with God in my destiny and the fulfilling of that destiny. I’m a lot more self-confident. I now believe that I’m really, really powerful and capable of steering the course of my life."
—Cece
empower your inner spark
There are all kinds of forces front and center right now that threaten to extinguish your heartfire.
But the truth is that you are a fierce fire-tender. And you are not alone.
Since birth, you’ve been surrounded by seen and unseen beings of Love and Courage who see who you are now - and are so f*cking full of love and pride.
You have what you need inside. You know this. But it helps to have companions who can remind you when the going gets tough.
After this…
clarity
You’ll leave with insight on which issues, among so many concerns, are most calling to your heart right now, and what capacity you have, so you won't get mired in indecision and overwhelm.
Courage
You'll feel your inner Lion's heart roar in the company of others who are committed to creating a world that honors the dignity of all human beings. And you'll have the chance to commit to your personal next step.
compassion
You'll experience compassion for yourself and offer it to others as we create a risk-worthy space in which we practice feeling the big feelings without apology, and without getting overcome by them.
This is not too much for us