My Story Matters

As individuals face an unprecedented time of difficulty, we see a rise in suicidality, self-harming behaviors, identity confusion, anxiety, depression, negative social media impact, apathy, and isolation. We believe a common thread in these challenges lies in the individuals misunderstanding of their own power to create the life and self they want and the misguided belief that life is happening to them. As we listen to participants’ stories of their past, participants gain evidence-based, therapeutic tools to meet these challenges as the authors of their own stories. They not only learn to tell their story, but to actually create the story of their lives and selves by connecting to a purpose driven vision of identity. We empower individuals and communities toward necessary change.

Our facilitators partner with participants through the experience of determining life focus, building positive communities, developing purpose driven identity, adopting a growth mindset, and engaging with daily, focused action. Safe Harbors expands the singular focus of behavior and supports foundational attention to the additional systems of individuals impacted by trauma including beliefs, biology, bodies, and brains. In doing so, we employ a strengths based perspective that acknowledges what is wrong, but focuses on building upon what is strong.

We provide a 12 week comprehensive course where we present a framework that participants can build their life upon. We meet for 90 minutes each week. During each class we will provide a connecting, hands on experience, introduce a tool, help them see how it applies personally to their life, process how it worked for them and help them with any troubleshooting that may be needed.


The first element of the framework encourages individuals to find voice for the vision they want for their life. If they cannot find the voice for what they want, they cannot employ the strength and power of the tools presented in the rest of the framework. There is incredible power in finding a voice for what they REALLY want in life. We help individuals find that voice deep within themselves.


The next several elements of the framework help them develop that vision with more clarity, depth, and power. They discover tools that help process their concerns, find the right language to claim what they want for themselves and no one else. They learn to build communities of support and accountability. They learn to face their fears and stand confidently in the captain seat of their life’s journey.


Once that foundation has been built, the framework launches into practical tools to help them execute the vision they are creating. They learn how to:

choose the right relationships to engage in and how to appropriately communicate healthy boundaries.

ask for the right help, from the right people, at the right time.

discover the importance of claiming an identity that creates motivation for change.

reframe their experiences with failure.

be prepared to expect the unexpected and face those moments with confidence.

have a daily focused action plan that is aligned to their pursuit of whole-self wellbeing.


The summation of the framework is built on a map of the Hero’s Journey, the base human journey we all travel. The elements of this framework work independently and gain magnified power and effectiveness when collectively applied. They are both overlapping and mutually reinforcing.


Using this framework we are confident every individual will have the capacity to accomplish their life purpose with confidence, clear direction, and support for the journey to get there.