So sure, you want to…

EXPRESS yourself.

PROCESS all that you’re holding onto.

BE HELD BY and RELAX INTO a community of people who actually get what you’re going through.

LIVE and SPEAK your truth.

TAKE BACK YOUR AGENCY. saying “I can feel all my feelings. I am not crazy. Everything I’m feeling is a complete normal reaction to what is happening in the world.”

But people will doubt, criticize and shame you for expressing yourself, for calling out the bullshit, for telling the truth. They project, side eye & talk shit about how you’re being “too much”. You’re told that it is what it is, that your standards are too high. They gaslight you into believing that YOU are the problem rather than the systems at play. Or even worse…they pretend that nothing is happening. They ignore your feelings.

For as long as you can remember, your authenticity has been a problem to solve. And while you can go it alone (and you have for awhile), it’s lonely, it makes you feel crazy…and not expressing yourself fucking hurts.

Not to mention, other people don’t understand what it’s like to work in a high-pressure environment with relentlessly high standards. They don’t understand the constant pressure to succeed, to achieve “more”, to raise the bar. They don’t understand how hard it is to measure yourself against other people, to constantly feel like you’re sacrificing parts of yourself in the name of being successful. They don’t understand the politics, the pressure, and the bullshit. They don’t understand the fear and the need to survive. They oversimplify the problem, telling you to quit. But it’s not that easy.

You’re unable to talk to your team or boss, in fear of losing your job. But you feel lonely, and you’re in desperate need of a support circle.

The SHIELD is a sacred (and confidential) space where we get to practice self-expression and feel ourselves inside the walls of a protective sanctuary.  This is a contrast from the usual corporate space where you often need to mask or hide parts of yourself. Within SHIELD, we play, celebrate, and support one another. This is the perfect blend of being with a community that understands your struggles while also being a safe space within an external container.

The SHIELD is filled with other folks working and living under capitalism—specifically those in the tech industry where the standards and stakes are relentlessly high, where the corporate politics are rampant, and where we lack of a culture of authenticity. We create a culture of unconditional love and support where all feelings are welcome.

If you need a place to be fully you without the risk of being shamed, outcast, criticized or fired, you’re invited.

In The SHIELD, we embody unconditional positive regard, celebration, & shamelessness as our group energy; meaning you don’t have to diminish, mask, hide or pretend to be anything less than your authentic self. You don’t have to care-take, tip-toe, fawn, people please, or be tamed. You don’t need to be anything less than who you are, and you get to bring all of yourself.

Your fullest expression is not too much for me. In fact, I delight in it. It’s what makes you human.

In The SHIELD your radiance will be regarded.

Your wholeness, celebrated.

Your tender heart, protected.

Your complexity, acknowledged.

Your grief and sorrow, tended to.

Your whole self, reflected back.  

Your ambition, amplified. 

Relate? You’re in great company.