Northeast Ohio Regional Library System
Date/Time
7/15/2026
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Eastern
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Eastern
Event Registration
Competency
Personal/Interpersonal
Event Description
Many people are trying to do their jobs while carrying a quiet, constant weight: global conflict, political instability, climate anxiety, economic pressure, organizational strain and personal uncertainty.
This reflective, coaching-style webinar explores how we can practice kindness without pretending everything is fine, absorbing too much, or losing ourselves in the process. Together, we will look at how collective stress affects capacity, how to separate care from over-carrying, and how boundaries help kindness remain sustainable.
Participants will leave with practical tools including the Carrying Map, boundary sentence stems, choice-point prompts, and the Grounded Kindness Compass. The session offers a steady, humane space to reconnect with values, discern what is ours to hold, and identify one grounded next step.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Helen Rimmer is the founder of The Kind Brave Leader and Empower: The Library Skills Collective. She is a kindness and wellbeing coach, facilitator, Strengthscope Master, certified systemic team coach, and holds a PGCert in the Psychology of Kindness and Wellbeing at Work. Helen brings over 20 years’ experience in library and higher education leadership, alongside her work supporting individuals, teams and organizations to build kinder, braver and more sustainable workplaces. Her work focuses on kindness-led leadership, burnout prevention, boundaries, wellbeing, inclusion and creating humane cultures of work.
This reflective, coaching-style webinar explores how we can practice kindness without pretending everything is fine, absorbing too much, or losing ourselves in the process. Together, we will look at how collective stress affects capacity, how to separate care from over-carrying, and how boundaries help kindness remain sustainable.
Participants will leave with practical tools including the Carrying Map, boundary sentence stems, choice-point prompts, and the Grounded Kindness Compass. The session offers a steady, humane space to reconnect with values, discern what is ours to hold, and identify one grounded next step.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Recognize how stress, uncertainty and wider world events can affect capacity, behavior and workplace relationships.
- Distinguish between care, over-carrying, niceness, self-abandonment and grounded kindness.
- Apply practical reflective tools to set boundaries, act with discernment, and identify one humane next step in challenging times.
Helen Rimmer is the founder of The Kind Brave Leader and Empower: The Library Skills Collective. She is a kindness and wellbeing coach, facilitator, Strengthscope Master, certified systemic team coach, and holds a PGCert in the Psychology of Kindness and Wellbeing at Work. Helen brings over 20 years’ experience in library and higher education leadership, alongside her work supporting individuals, teams and organizations to build kinder, braver and more sustainable workplaces. Her work focuses on kindness-led leadership, burnout prevention, boundaries, wellbeing, inclusion and creating humane cultures of work.
Location
Setting: Live Virtual
Online via Zoom
UNITED STATES
Online via Zoom
UNITED STATES
Contact Person
Details
Who should attend: Anyone interested in kindness, wellbeing and sustainable workplace practice
Competencies: Personal/Interpersonal
Non-Member Cost: $40
NEO-RLS Bronze Member Cost: $24
NEO-RLS Silver Member Cost: FREE
NEO-RLS Gold Member Cost: FREE
NEO-RLS Individual Member Cost: $20
Can't attend on the date or time listed? Sign up anyway! This webinar includes archive access for later viewing at your convenience.
It’s never too late to save your library money. NEO-RLS Memberships are pro-rated! Call us today to join.
Competencies: Personal/Interpersonal
Non-Member Cost: $40
NEO-RLS Bronze Member Cost: $24
NEO-RLS Silver Member Cost: FREE
NEO-RLS Gold Member Cost: FREE
NEO-RLS Individual Member Cost: $20
Can't attend on the date or time listed? Sign up anyway! This webinar includes archive access for later viewing at your convenience.
It’s never too late to save your library money. NEO-RLS Memberships are pro-rated! Call us today to join.
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