Re-Humanizing Health Systems

Join us in creating a health ecosystem where compassion thrives and the workplace is life-giving.

Generating wellness in our complex world is challenging.

  • Is your health workforce struggling with burnout and demoralization?

  • Are you concerned your patients are having poor experiences of care?

  • Wondering why population health outcomes are stagnant despite technological innovation and research advances?

You are not alone.

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Let’s work together to create a flourishing and well health workforce and communities.

Health systems have sidelined humanity from the healing process. Humaniterra helps you assess, reimagine, reconnect, and redesign so the people in your public health and/or health service delivery organization and the communities you serve can flourish.

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WHAT IS HUMANITERRA?

Humaniterra definition

"human"

The shared experience of suffering and need for social connectedness and belonging in organized systems of compassion and interdependence.

"i"

Each of us shapes and is shaped by the systems in which we live and work. To create adaptive, responsive systems of care and healing, we must take ownership of the ways in which we influence the system and cultivate an awareness of how we respond to it.

"terra"

Latin word meaning "earth" or "ground." For us, the foundation or ecosystem that gives rise to our health, wellness, and flourishing.

HELPING ORGANIZATIONS TRANSFORM

Our health systems are no longer producing “health” or providing “care.”

We help public health and healthcare organizations reconnect with our most human ways of healing. We can't wait to begin imagining a future you never thought possible — creating a regenerative container that produces wellness from within. Learn more about our core services below.

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Organizational Compassion Mapping

Identify where to unblock and unlock a compassionate culture to improve staff wellbeing and patient experience.

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DreamLabs Workshops

Tap into the abundant creativity of our collective imagination to create a future of wellness and flourishing for your staff and clients.

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Healing with Heart: Mindfulness Program

Mitigate burnout, boost emotional resilience, and enhance compassionate caregiving through this 7-week journey designed specifically for health professionals.

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Human-Centered Design

Reawaken and nurture compassionate engagement trust, team cohesion, and emotional well-being in your organization through this innovative and deeply human process.

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Trauma-Informed Organizational Transformation

Build the resilience and stability of your collective nervous system to become a truly trauma-informed and -responsive organization.

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Regenerative Leadership &
Strategy Design

Cultivate organizational strategies that foster more relationality, adaptability, connectedness, and a deeper sense of purpose and meaning for your people and the communities you serve.

What people are saying…

“Heather has a remarkable ability to translate her inspiring vision of compassion into creative, effective global health programs with substantial human impact. Her pioneering work has touched thousands of lives and demonstrated the power of compassion to transform hearts and health systems.”

“What the Humaniterra team offers is a very intentional and in depth approach, from site visits to wider staff engagement. At a time where our team was a little fragile, with new staff, burnout, and leadership transitions, Heather and Dipanjan helped us navigate.

Over the past 10 years, Heather has been instrumental to the success of the Asili social enterprise. I am glad to see Humaniterra emerge to carry forward her ethos to ensure healthcare is centered on all the humans involved, from nurse to patient, doctor to cleaner.”

Clients & Collaborators

Current & Past Partners

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Ready to Re-humanize?