Saturday, June 26, 2021, 10am-6pmET:
Coping — and thriving — in an oppressive culture

When a supervisor or co-worker puts their ego over the organization — and feels threatened by our competence and ethics — they often abuse us because they can.

We’re talking withholding of or misusing information that affects our performance, ignoring, exclusion, ridicule, retaliation for speaking up, undermining behind our backs, persistent criticism, excessive monitoring, shouting, inconsistent instructions (with reprimands), gossip, excessive nitpicking, and blowing off our accomplishments — to name a few.

We suffer. We become overwhelmed with navigating the situation and experience re-trauma when our employers and government fail to hold the abusers accountable. Our dignity, our trust, and our mental, emotional, and financial health fall under attack.

We feel stuck in the trauma when it’s happening — and when we’re out of the toxic environment because the trauma often happens again.

Maybe you’re wondering,
“how do I cope with a culture in which I don’t feel valued?”

No matter what you do to feel seen and heard, you can’t escape the ignoring and the put-downs from more situations.

You KNOW you’re competent, but there’s a general lack of faith in your voice and abilities that many of those who look different than you don’t seem to experience.

You’re exhausted. You’re hopeless and depressed. You’re stuck in the motions.

You’re hurt. You feel abandoned and betrayed not just by the abuser but by an employer you thought would do the right thing and a government you thought would be on the right side of humanity.

You’re consumed with:

• Figuring out how to feel alive and motivated (when it seems like society doesn’t want us to thrive — or even survive)
• Ruminating about the “what ifs” and feeling angry about everything you lost (not to mention what could’ve been)
• Trying to feel strong in a world that keeps knocking you down (especially when some friends, family members, and even therapists just don’t get it)
• Figuring out how you’ll get your career back, how you’ll feel part of the world again, and how to trust again (especially your own judgment)
• Believing you’re just one break away from moving your life in the direction you want it to go in (but when will that happen?)
• Feeling like a burden or annoyance or just plain not good enough
• Justifying to people in your life that it’s NOT you by filling in every detail as evidence
• Worrying about what other health issues will crop up

Forget trying to grow in your career. Forget having a plan. You’re just trying to make it through the day.

You need some kind of break — anything — but the pain lingers.

You wish you knew how to cope with a culture that puts respect on a hierarchy based on what we look like. 

What you really want is to stand in your power and put the wheels in motion to…

• Get yourself where YOU want to be: killing it on a collaborative winning team you love, heading up your own business you’re passionate about, taking a break in a survival job to re-charge — whatever serves your soul
• Know the truth behind what’s going on
• Have a solid grasp on what you deserve
• Use tools to understand and communicate your needs — because you’re the only part of the equation you can control
• Get in an energizing work environment (where you can’t wait to get started on your work every morning)
• Feel in control of your life again (focused and confident even on a bad day)
• Know your values and purpose and sync them with all aspects of your life

And all of THAT means embracing YOU: feeling seen, knowing you matter, embracing the fun, and living life on YOUR terms.

I’m talking giving life a big HELL YES. (Laughing again, here you come.)

You can become it. The best part: we’ve got something to help.

The Re-Define Virtual Summit is about just that.

At the one-day Re-Define Virtual Summit, you’ll connect with other targets as you hear from experts on topics around coping with the oppressive culture. Your new tools can help you live your best life.

The goal is to take a big step to understanding how to now define yourself according to YOUR values. Our team of experts will help you on that journey to get there.

It’s time to make it happen so you can become the CEO of Your Life.

The Schedule

10-11amET: Rights on Trial: How Employment Discrimination Law Perpetuates Inequality with Laura Beth Nielsen and Ellen Berrey

11am-12pmET: The Characters and Cultures of Workplace Bullying with Dorothy Suskind

12-1pmET: Intercultural Creativity™: The Ace Up Your Sleeve in this New Workforce with Genein Letford

1-2pmET: Understanding Microaggressions and the Allostatic Load with Kate Murphy

2-3pmET: Self-Advocacy through Self-Belonging with Christine Cariño

3-4pmET: Choices and Change with Manpreet Bawa

4-5pmET: Absolutely Not: Setting Personal Boundaries at Work with Katrina Strohl

5-6pmET: Raises, Roses, & Resistance: Working Women Organize with Ellen Cassedy

Learn about Ellen Cassedy’s forthcoming memoir about organizing working women, “Raises, Roses, and Resistance.” Write to ellen@ellencassedy.com for information.

The Details

The Re-Define Virtual Summit will run on Saturday, June 26, 2021.

Where it’s all happening

You can tune into the summit from anywhere with Internet access.

How it will work

Presentations will be roughly 40 minutes in length. The presentations will be available live only — unless you grab the VIP All Access Pass to get lifetime access to all of the videos and slide decks — and all of that plus extra bonuses for the Power Pack.

To avoid tech glitches, save my sanity, and keep things easy for the speakers, the presentations are pre-recorded and will be released at the scheduled time. Some speakers will be available in the chatbox.

Get connected

VIPs and those who grab the Power Pack will also have access to a private Facebook group for the summit where we’ll connect before the summit starts and support each other once it kicks off.

(And don’t worry — we won’t share email addresses. You will only hear from Re-Define and Dignity Together.)

The VIP All Access Pass and the Power Pack

After registering, you can also upgrade to gain access to the VIP All Access Pass. That means you’ll get lifetime access to presentations, slide decks, and access to a Facebook community. Grab the Power Pack instead to add on all of that plus BOTH Dignity Together bootcamps for navigating and healing from abuse at work.

The expert speakers

I can’t wait to share this must-have info with you from this impressive group of experts.

All of our speakers for this summit have been hand-picked, and our slots are currently full. However, we’re open to additional affiliates or potential speakers for our next summit. If you’re interested in affiliate details or being considered for our next summit, email info@redefineourselves.com.

More questions?

No problem! Shoot an email over to info@redefineourselves.com, and we’ll get back to you within 2 business days.

VIP All-Access Pass: $47

Lifetime access to presentations and slide decks so you can revisit content or get help you miss
Connection with other targets of workplace abuse in an exclusive Facebook group

It’s time to…

Know the truth behind what’s going on.
Make decisions and focus on what you CAN control.
Process the emotions and reduce your stress.
Have a solid grasp on what you deserve.
Get yourself where YOU want to be.
Use tools to understand and communicate your needs.
Feel energized by life again (confidence will be your middle name).
Know your values and purpose and sync them with all aspects of your life.

Start your path to becoming the CEO of Your Life by signing up for the Re-Define Virtual Summit today.

3 reasons to attend:

You can feel seen, heard, and understood.

There’s nothing like interacting with those who get what you’re going through in ways friends and family members don’t. Validation and support are what’s on the agenda.

You’ll get closer to the life you want.

Energized, validated, and powerful. Those are the feelings targets from our 2019 summit had after getting together for just ONE day. It’s time to put yourself first.

You can get to all of that sooner.

Why wait for the life you want?