Why We're Giving Away Our Embodied Capacity Building Guide
Today, I'm sharing something that represents years of conversations and the collective wisdom of community workers who trusted us with their stories.
Our Embodied Capacity Building guide is now freely available, and I want to tell you why.
This Isn't About Not Understanding Value
Let me be clear: we know exactly what this guide is worth. We understand its value because we've seen what happens when organizations implement these practices—more stable teams, sustainable service delivery, and enhanced community trust.
But understanding value and hoarding it are two different approaches to social change work.
Living Our Values
When I started AllThrive eight years ago, we refused to recreate the systems that had depleted us in previous roles. We asked: What if an organization could embody the values that make us feel whole?
This guide emerged from watching brilliant, passionate people leave the sector not because they stopped caring, but because how we organized work was fundamentally unsustainable. It represents our commitment to a different way—where individual healing and collective liberation are inseparable.
Transformation Happens in Community
The more people who have access to these tools, the more we all benefit. When one organization starts practicing embodied capacity building, it creates permission for others to do the same. When teams have honest conversations about workload sustainability, it challenges the myth that burnout is just "passion for the work."
We're not just sharing a guide—we're seeding a movement.
What We're Really Asking For
I want to be honest about what we're hoping for when we share this resource freely.
Use it. Don't let it sit in your downloads folder. Try the 5-minute somatic check-in. Experiment with capacity weather reports. Have those honest conversations about what your team is really managing outside of work.
Share it. If something resonates, pass it along. Send it to that colleague who's been talking about burnout. Share it in your professional networks. Forward it to your board members who keep wondering why staff turnover is so high.
Tell us how it goes. This is perhaps the most important ask. We want to know what works, what doesn't, what you had to adapt for your context. Your feedback helps us refine these approaches and develop better resources.'
An Invitation, Not a Transaction
This isn't a lead magnet. It's an invitation to experiment with a different way of organizing for justice. Some of you will implement these tools and never need anything else from us. Others might want to go deeper through our programs. Both responses honor how we're sharing this resource.
What matters is that more organizations have access to approaches that help them thrive instead of just survive.
Connect With Us
Email us at connect@allthriveed.org with your experiments, adaptations, and stories.
Join our monthly Virtual Sanctuary gatherings where community workers practice these techniques.
Every organization that implements embodied capacity building is contributing to a larger transformation in how we organize for justice. You're not just downloading a guide—you're joining a movement toward more sustainable, human-centered social change work.
Ready to start? Download the guide here and let us know how it goes.
