Are your clients feeling more anxious and uncertain about the world around them? Do they describe a growing sense of unpredictability – at work, at home, even in their own bodies? Maybe you’ve noticed it in yourself too: where you once felt flexible and steady, now you feel stretched thin and easily rattled.

You’re not alone.

Anthropologist and futurist Jamais Cascio¹ describes our current reality as BANI: brittle, anxious, non-linear and incomprehensible. It’s a framework that helps clients name what they’re experiencing – and understand why “just be more resilient” isn’t cutting it. 

So how do we coach people to negotiate a BANI world with more clarity and steadiness? What mindsets help clients respond to brittleness without becoming rigid, to anxiety without spiraling and to non-linearity without losing their compass?

Join us for a dynamic three-hour training where you’ll learn a coaching approach to help clients strengthen focus, presence and sense-making. You’ll also explore practical ways to comfort and regulate yourself as a practitioner – so you can stay grounded while guiding others through complexity.

¹ https://futurist.com/futurist-think-tank/jamais-cascio-futurist-speaker/

Speakers: Raechel Pefanis (MSW, RSW, PCC), Susanna Muntz (BA, BEd, PCC-ICF, MA) and Brian Cyr (MCC (ICF))

The world our clients are moving through is faster, heavier and more overwhelming than it used to be, and it is reshaping the work we do as clinicians. Many helping professionals are finding themselves caught between increasing complexity and the quiet fear of not knowing enough or not doing enough. The old expectations of neutrality and expertise no longer match what clients actually need, yet few clinicians feel fully prepared for the realities of a trauma shaped world.

This lecture offers a grounded and hopeful look at what it means to do this work today. We will explore how trauma and shame appear in everyday life, why self doubt is so common among helpers, and how confidence can grow from presence, humanity, and relational safety rather than from having all the answers. Participants will leave with a stronger, steadier sense of who they are in this work, a clearer understanding of what supports healing in the realities of 2026, and a renewed confidence in their ability to stay present when conversations feel uncertain, layered, or emotionally charged.

Speaker: Melissa Pyne (MSW, RSW, PCC)

Helping professionals are often deeply committed to caring for others, yet many struggle to extend that same care to themselves. Drawing on research from positive psychology – the science of what helps people thrive – this lecture explores practical, evidence-based strategies to build resilience, increase fulfillment and protect against burnout. Through relatable stories, humour and real-world examples, participants will learn key principles for cultivating joy, balance and well-being in both their personal and professional lives.

Speaker: Angela Rolleman (MSW, RSW)

True connection begins with presence, the quiet, embodied ability to stay with ourselves while meeting another person with steadiness and care. Presence is not something we perform or perfect; it is something we inhabit.

This lecture is an invitation to listen from the inside. To return to the body as teacher. When we settle into the body’s wisdom, something in us becomes clearer, kinder, and more available; we open the possibility for connection that is rooted in compassion. Drawing on Somatic Experiencing ® and Inner Relationship Focusing, we will explore how the body’s felt sense supports attunement, co-regulation, and ethical responsiveness, and why these embodied capacities form the foundation of safety and competence.

Participants will learn how attachment patterns, nervous system states, and embodied awareness weave themselves into every moment of contact. We will examine the internal conditions that foster safe, attuned, and transformative relationships, as well as consider how the performance of competence often pulls us away from ourselves and undermines connection. 

Together, we will explore the difference between managing someone and truly meeting them; between doing more and being available for what is; between knowing what should happen and listening for what wants to emerge. Participants will leave with a grounded understanding of how an embodied inner relationship becomes the heart of ethical, effective, and deeply human care.

Speaker: Stephanie Baker (PhD, RSW, SEP)