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Mission-driven work is tough, requiring changemakers to navigate stressful situations and develop resilience. Learning how to listen to and work with your body can help! Join us on Thursday, November 13, for Reclaim Resilience: Nervous System Practices for Sustainable Leadership, a workshop for impact-driven changemakers interested in learning practical nervous system regulation techniques that support clarity, presence, and sustainable leadership.
In today’s culture of constant stress, nervous system regulation is often misidentified as remaining calm at all times and under every circumstance. In actuality, true resilience and regulation are about flexibility, and our ability to move between activation and rest, recover after stress, and lead from a grounded place. This 90-minute workshop offers leaders, teams, and changemakers a practical introduction to nervous system regulation.
When: Thursday, November 13, 2025, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. CT
Where: Virtual
Price: $25 members, $40 non-members
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Instructor: Juliana Allen is Executive Director at Downtown Oregon City Association, a somatic practitioner in training, and founder of Reclaim with Juliana. Drawing on years of nonprofit leadership, trauma-informed somatic training, and her own journey of reclamation, Juliana helps people reconnect with their bodies as a compass for authentic living and sustainable leadership. Her work weaves together nervous system regulation, breathwork, energy guidance, and community-based practices to create spaces where both individuals and systems can thrive.
Running a successful Main Street program requires passion, dedication, and solid organizational systems. Learn how to identify and evaluate inefficient systems, and how to turn hurdles into helpers with this three-part, peer-instructor course starting December 3, 2025. Come with a desire to explore systems-based thinking and walk away with the clarity, structure, and confidence to lead with intention.
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We've just added four new, free, self-guided Local Main Street Leader learning journey courses in the Main Street America Academy. From a deep dive into market analysis to strategies for building trust, each course is designed to support your abilities to launch your leadership efforts to the next level.
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