Beyond Aid – The Woman Behind the Work

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The Inner Life & Transitions of Humanitarian Women

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The summit has ended – and the replays are now available.

Register below to access all 19 sessions and watch at your own pace until May 11, 2026.

What this summit is about

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A free 4-day online summit for women working in humanitarian, human rights, development, and social impact spaces.

You’ve built a career around impact, service, and responsibility.
But behind the work – there is you.

Beyond Aid was a reflective and practical gathering exploring the inner life of women working in high-intensity environments – and the transitions they navigate across their careers and lives.

Because this work doesn’t just shape what you do.
It shapes how you think, relate, and hold yourself.

If this resonates

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  • You care deeply about your work – but feel the weight of it more than before

  • You operate in constant overdrive, with little space to slow down

  • You struggle to set limits or step back without guilt

  • You’re navigating – or anticipating – a transition in or out of the sector

  • You’ve started asking bigger questions:
    What do I want? Who am I beyond this role? What would a sustainable life look like?

A space to pause, reconnect, and choose differently

This summit is an invitation to:

  • Understand the inner impact of your work – on your body, mind, emotions, and identity

  • Reconnect with yourself beyond roles, expectations, and external demands

  • Learn how to regulate stress, preserve your energy, and prevent burnout

  • Navigate career and life transitions with more clarity and self-trust

  • Reclaim a sense of aliveness, balance, and personal direction

  • Build a way of working – and living – that is both impactful and sustainable

By relating to your work – and yourself – differently.

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Our intention is to support you in moving

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From running on survival mode

→ To feeling your body again – and having tools to regulate instead of push through

From being "the one who holds it all"

→ To reconnecting with who you are outside your role, your mission, your responsibility

From chronic self-sacrifice and quiet depletion
→ To honoring your needs, your energy, and setting boundaries without guilt

From relating to yourself only through performance
→ To reconnecting with all parts of you – not just the high achiever, but the woman underneath

From adapting yourself to fit the Work
→ To making choices that actually align with the life you want to live

Program

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A welcome sign with purple background and white text, titled "Day 2: From Survival Mode to Aliveness." It explains understanding how demanding environments affect the nervous system and mental health, and how to move from survival mode back to aliveness by restoring emotional connection, hope, and resources.
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Day 4 program

Explore the full program or download it for easy reference.

A panel of experts grounded in the field

You’ll hear from women who know this work from the inside – all have worked in the field, some still do – and who also bring years of experience in coaching, therapy, and supporting others through these realities.

They combine lived experience with professional expertise to offer perspectives that are both practical and deeply informed.

Meet the Speakers
Meet the Speakers
Anne Lepelaars
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Not just another talk summit

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Mind

Expert-led sessions on the nervous system, stress, and the female body. Science-backed knowledge that helps you understand yourself.

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Body

Breathwork, visualization, movement. Because information only lands when your body is in it. You won't just hear it – you'll feel it.

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Soul

Space to reconnect with what's underneath the noise. Your why. Who you are. Who you're becoming. Where you want to go from here.

This is a space to come back to yourself –and move forward from there.

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Free, until May 11