Individual and Group Support
Tending your Flame: Holistic Support for Change-Makers
I offer online 1-2-1 holistic coaching support for change-makers. This is a judgement-free space to feel fully seen and held in whatever struggles you are going through, and where I will guide you into feeling stronger and more empowered in the important work you do.
This is more than just talking therapy or standard coaching. Applying my 10+ years experience and training in yoga therapy, Process Work facilitation and trauma-sensitive healing practices, I provide a space where you can reconnect with your body's wisdom and natural cycles - helping you relieve symptoms of burnout such as insomnia, digestion problems, inflammation and achiness in the limbs.
My sessions include:
- Breath and Body work - breathing exercises, gentle movements and stretches, and yoga nidra (yogic sleep) to settle your nervous system and come back into balance.
- Plenty of space for you to share your challenges, as well as your dreams and ideas and how to put them into action.
- Reflective and journaling exercises to help you process and release negative thoughts and beliefs that often contribute to anxiety, burnout and feelings of powerlessness.
You will leave a session with me feeling brighter, more hopeful and with greater clarity and confidence about going forth with the social change work you care about.
And you will take away with you new practices and routines to support a healthier functioning of your mind, body and nervous system.
I offer one-off sessions, and packages of four for deeper dives:
Individual Session: £60
Package of 4 (held weekly or fortnightly): £250
Please get in touch if you are facing financial constraints, so we can arrange an alternative payment scheme for you.
Contact me to express your interest, and we will set up your first session.
The Vulnerable Humanitarian Circle of Practice
Welcome to a space designed not just for reading, but for deep listening, sharing, and meaningful action within the aid worker community.
The Vulnerable Humanitarian Circle of Practice offers a sanctuary where truth-telling, vulnerability, and connection flourish. We play with suggestions from my book The Vulnerable Humanitarian, and from guest experts offering new insights and approaches to embedding cultures of care in the humanitarian and human rights space.
What to Expect
In each monthly online session, we delve into a different theme related to culture change, inviting you to engage in open dialogue and reflection. This is a supportive environment where you can explore how to apply insights and practices to your personal and professional lives. Together, we cultivate actionable strategies rooted in anti-oppression, care, and resilience.
You're welcome to join any session, but attending regularly offers a comprehensive understanding of personal and collective responsibilities for transforming our sector, and brings you into a community that is treading the same path of culture change from the inside out.
The sessions often incorporate key routines and self-care practices from my book The Vulnerable Humanitarian, empowering participants to navigate challenges with clarity and courage. But you do not need to have read The Vulnerable Humanitarian to join us!
Themes We Explore Include:
The Perfect Humanitarian
Are you a perfectionist? Would you like to unlearn your perfectionism? Come and share how we challenge white saviourism and other heroic narratives, and show up with more truth and wholeness.
Psychological Safety and Safer Spaces
Feeling alone and unsupported with your struggles? Is your employer taking time to listen? We will look at what both leaders and staff members can be doing to open up dialogue and support mechanisms for mental health and wellbeing.
Feminist and Decolonial Wellbeing Strategies
How do we apply feminist, decolonial wellbeing strategies? We will look at why this is important and how this can build collecitve resilience, so no one is left behind.
Are you Ready to Embrace the Journey of Vulnerability and Connection?
How to Join the Vulnerable Humanitarian Circle of Practice
The Circle of Practice is open to everyone committed to creating positive change in the aid sector. Join us as we embark on a journey of learning, growth, and collective action. Together, we can create a more compassionate and resilient community.
Each topic runs at 1-2.30pm UTC, the second week of each month.
Join my mailing list to be kept up to date on the theme for each session, or register for the Circle of Practice below.
What People Say About Previous Book Circles
"As someone just starting a career within the Humanitarian sector, discussing and reflecting on positionality and wellbeing with such depth as during the book circle, has greatly contributed to my own safeguarding strategies. It also permitted an honest and safe reflection space to analyze past situations. I'd wholeheartedly recommend the circle and look forward to following Gemma's continued work within this space."
Maurice, UN staff member
""Gemma is a humble, caring, and powerful facilitator who leads with grace. Her book reflects the long and rich journey she's taken to come to refine her understanding of and proposed solutions for this sector, which we should all take to heart."
Anonymous, Peace on Purpose