Cultivating cultures of care and belonging requires us to give attention to people and their experiences, while acknowledging current and historical stressors and traumas. This session highlights how teams and organizations can take their first steps towards creating trauma-informed and stress-responsive environments. For people to be innovative, creative, and capable of effectively navigating change and cultural differences, they must first be supported to engage in strategies that support nervous system regulation. Regulation is an access point for individuals to thrive. When we are aware of how stress and trauma impacts and influences our thoughts, feelings, and actions, such as how we make decisions, we can begin to interrupt the impact that stressors have on our bodies, brains, and spirits. Participants will learn and engage in regulation strategies. By developing a shared understanding of how stress impacts the brain & body while practicing simple yet meaningful embodied regulation strategies, individuals become increasingly attuned to their current experiences and needs, while creating conditions that nurture collective regulation and transformational change.