
GROUND Yourself
Aligning Purpose with Practice for Helping Professionals
GROUND Yourself is a reflective workshop for helping professionals seeking clarity, alignment, and sustainability. Through guided reflections and values-based action planning, participants will reconnect with purpose and begin to align their daily practice with what matters most, without urgency or overwhelm.
Rediscover what called you to this work and
what keeps you here
Helping professionals are trained to hold space, respond to urgency, and care deeply for others, often at the expense of their own capacity and well-being.
GROUND Yourself is a reflective, virtual workshop designed specifically for social workers, therapists, nurses, teachers, and other helpers who want to reconnect with themselves, clarify what truly matters, and begin aligning their daily practices with their values and purpose.
Using the GROUND Framework, participants will pause to ground themselves; take an honest look at their current reality; and open to insights about values, purpose, and vision. Rather than pushing toward burnout-inducing productivity, this workshop emphasizes clarity before action and alignment over urgency.
Participants will leave with a renewed sense of self-connection, practical insight into what is within their control, and a small set of values-aligned actions they can begin immediately, without overwhelm.
This workshop centers on reflection, self-compassion, and sustainability. It is not therapy or supervision, but a supportive space for helpers to tend to themselves with intention.
What you'll gain:
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Practice grounding techniques to support presence and regulation
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Clarify your current reality and identify what’s within your control
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Reconnect with personal values, purpose, and vision
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Identify small, sustainable actions aligned with what matters most
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Leave with clarity, not a to-do list
What to expect:
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Interactive, reflective, and discussion-based
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Includes guided grounding, journaling, small-group dialogue, and action reflection
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Facilitated by Courtney Barnard, EdD, LMSW-AP
GROUND Yourself: Aligning Practice with Purpose for Helping Professionals
Saturday, January 31, 2026
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. CST
Online
Free | Space is limited
Register:
Space is limited to 8 participants. You will receive an email confirming your spot, and a link to join the online workshop.
