A Soulful Activist Virtual Retreat With Gillian Walters

For Activist Appreciation Month, please join us for "A Soulful Activist Retreat: Reconnecting the Body, Mind, and Spirit through Art Journaling, Movement, and Mindfulness" with Registered Clinical Counselor Gillian Walters who specializes in trauma-informed therapy. Join the virtual retreat to improve your mental health and sustain the animal rights movement! Register for free to join us and receive the replay link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_By6hRxJSRUaSWdm4Rvip8A Discover our Activist Appreciation Month programs: www.idausa.org/activistmonth As vegan animal activists, we are often so focused on the overwhelming harm to non-human animals that we may have little time to care for ourselves. This self-neglect can lead to burnout and withdrawal from the movement. Gillian combines her decades-long embodied experience as an ethical vegan and her experience as an animal activist with her expertise in trauma-informed therapy and the latest academic research to present an educational and healing workshop. In this 90-minute workshop, you will: - Understand the definitions of trauma - Identify the unique factors that contribute to vegan animal activist burnout - Recognize the intersections of individual, generational, systemic, community, and activist trauma - Explore the links between these traumatic factors and movement sustainability - Integrate body and mind through art expression and a closing circle - Participate in a like-minded community - Have fun! About Gillian: Gillian Meghan Walters MA, R.C.C. is a Registered Clinical Counselor with a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology. She is a Doctoral student at the California Institute of Integral Studies, School of Consciousness and Transformation program. Gillian has been a vegan for over thirty years and has raised her son vegan. She is the author and illustrator of two children's books, "King Zoom and the Great Seal Pup Rescue" (2016) and "King Zoom the Vegan Kid: Animals Used for Food" (2018). She recently collaborated with her son on a vegan cookbook, "King Zoom's Quarantine Cook Book: Plant-Based Recipes to Save Our Planet" (2021). Find Gillian at: www.mindfulspacestudio.com