Introduction to The Resilience Toolkit:

Exclusively for Muslim women, this free 3-part workshop helps you learn how to navigate stress and trauma– especially in these challenging times.

Do you feel like you are living in two-worlds, like you’re not doing enough? Are you experiencing rage, grief, heartbreak, survivors guilt, loneliness, hopelessness, exhaustion due to the genocides in Palestine, Sudan, Congo, the displacement in Pakistan/Afghanistan and other current events. Are you struggling with other people’s responses and the impact of Islamophobia? All while carrying past experiences, navigating everyday tasks, and taking care of your loved ones? It’s no wonder you’re overwhelmed. You are not alone. 

This space is for you. In this Introduction to The Resilience Toolkit you will discover how to reduce overwhelm and grow resilience using practical body-based tools and your existing Islamic practices (prayer, Qur’an reading, dhikr, etc). Connect with other Muslimahs and get the support you need in this warm, inclusive space. Together we will explore how to sustain care and connection in order to take care of ourselves and our communities.

Meet the Facilitators!

Desiree F. Magsombol JD, (she/her) is a Certified Facilitator of The Resilience Toolkit, a TRE (Tension/Trauma Release Exercise) Provider, and and the newest member of Masjid Al-Shareef of Long Beach’s Board of Directors.  Working with, living in, and being a part of communities with high levels of stress and trauma and limited access to mainstream tools, Desiree is committed to making multi-modality tools of resilience accessible to all individuals, organizations, and communities.

Gia Hasan (she/they) is a Certified Facilitator of the Resilience Toolkit, a leadership coach, a meditation instructor, and works in clinical and functional nutrition. She works with populations experiencing chronic pain, and chronic disease, and works across sectors designing school and after-school programs for youth, and working with survivors of sexual abuse. She uses a whole-person, whole systems-framework in coaching leaders and executives to invite in new, more inclusive and liberative visions on the micro and meso scale. Using the principles of trauma-informed care, Gia aims to create containers for her clients to explore the complex intersections of our human experience.