When Service Becomes Identity: What Happens When Things Change

with Oak

a live and recorded online class from Wicked Grounds

11/28 2pm Pacific

Service-oriented people rarely plan for changes in service, the absence of someone or something to serve. The changes or silence hit differently than you expected. If your sense of self is organized around providing, losing that role can be bigger than grief alone; it can be destabilizing.

This interactive discussion examines the difference between service as a practice and service as identity, and what happens when they collapse into each other. We’ll explore the grief of service change or loss, the shame that can surface when you are the one driving the need to stop, and the disorientation of not knowing who you are when you’re not useful.

PRESENTER:

Oak is a community educator, artist, and collared & Owned sub with decades of work & event production in the Leather community. As the creator behind Oaken designs, his artwork explores themes of devotion, reverence, and depravity through multiple mediums including resin work. Oak loves to facilitate conversations about ethical submission, embodied consent, and trauma-informed power.

ACCESS:

This will be a live, online class offered through Zoom. To participate, you will need to download the free, basic version of the Zoom app before the class!

This class will be recorded for distribution and available 7 days after sent out! However, we recommend attending live to get the most out of your experience.

Zoom provides closed captioning which will be available for this event.