About this event
1 hour
Online
What if joy wasn’t a reward for productivity, but a right? What if honoring our needs and receiving support were the foundation of liberated leadership?
Join us at our next Heal & Lead Circle for The Liberated Leader to explore joy as fuel for freedom and impact. Together, we’ll reflect on what joy looks like in our lives, how we honor our needs unapologetically, and the role of supportive relationships in sustaining us. We’ll reimagine leadership as rooted in joy, shared through community, and sustained by care.
About Heal & Lead Circles
Empowering women from different walks of life, Heal & Lead Circles are themed monthly guided experiences led by SeekHer Foundation. Through these circles, women heal, thrive, and develop leadership skills by building confidence and finding their voice. Together, we explore tools and practices that support women as they navigate specific roles, lived experiences and aspirations.
The Liberated Leader: A self-aware, authentic individual who breaks free from societal expectations to embrace her true power. She takes up space unapologetically, challenging the status quo of what the world has told her to be while inspiring others to do the same. Leading with integrity, she prioritizes inner strength, cultivating a life of freedom and impact. She honors her unique journey, releasing the patterns that no longer serve her.
Meet Your Guide
Alana Brooks is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist from Long Beach, California. After obtaining her Bachelors of Psychology from San Diego State University, Ms. Brooks served four years with City Year, an educational non-profit under the AmeriCorps umbrella, in Sacramento and Washington DC. Ms. Brooks completed her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy at the University of Southern California (USC), Rossier School of Education. While at USC, Ms. Brooks conducted research around Racial Socialization. After graduation, Ms. Brooks completed her trainee hours at The Guidance Center in San Pedro, California. There, she became specialized in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which focuses on life skills around distress tolerance and emotion regulation. As a licensed therapist, Ms. Brooks currently works with a tele-health agency called AbleTo, assisting adults who experience mental illnesses related to physical health conditions, anxiety, depression, and overall life stressors. Ms. Brooks is also creating a private practice called Ubuntu Process. Ubuntu is an African proverb meaning I am one through you, my humanity is tied to yours.