Unraveling the Story is right for you if:

We have all been hurt in different ways and our response to those hurts can vary.  Though I will use different examples in my teaching, I will NOT be doing specific teaching around these issues. There are many AMAZING resources available that are doing this already. Here’s the reason why:  These issues develop as a RESULT of original wounds that cause pain and self-protective responses. My heart is to help you get to the original wounds (which you may or may not already be familiar with) and THEN uncover everything you’ve subconsciously attached to those wounds that has led to the above outcomes in behavior and more. If we can get to these foundations, you will be able to move forward and find true emotional and spiritual freedom.  The kind of freedom that will allow you to break free from self-sabotage and the unhealthy behaviors listed above.

This program will definitely complement the work you are doing!  If you are making headway, I would never want you to stop counseling unless it wasn’t a good fit. Counseling brings understanding to your story, helping you access forgotten memories if that’s where you are at, or helping you reframe what happened to you more accurately. Therapy also helps you to identify blind spots in your life and the way you live, and brings clarity to your issues. This is all vital information, and will help supply some of the significant puzzle pieces we need to put the whole picture together.  That said, the work we will be doing will help expose the OTHER layers you have built upon these wounds.  With the understanding you are able to bring to the table, along with the discoveries you make in this course, you will have the know-how to put it all together, and possibly reduce the time you need in therapy.

I completely understand your fears and concerns, and have truly been there myself. My first suggestion would be for you to download my free document on my website titled,"Top 10 Indicators You're Ready To Heal." Chances are, if you’ve waded through all the content on this page so far, you are experiencing several of these indicators and desperate to find something that will help you move forward.  I have found in my own life that when I was ready to heal (and God was then ready to take me there), that it got to a point where I couldn’t contain it anymore.  And if you are experiencing this, that’s actually a good sign!  It means the things you need to address are close to the surface and ready to be known.  All that said, it’s IMPORTANT that you have a good support system in place.  Safe people that you can open up to, who will pray for you, support you when it gets hard, and keep you accountable. This could be a church recovery group or a community mental health group.  I also want to validate you, and am proud that you asked this question.  Good self-care and support is essential and it’s why I offer my Practical Tools for the Healing Journey right up front so it’s accessible at any time.  Self-care and self-management are areas I’ve sought to develop extensively, not only for myself but also as an offering to clients with therapists I partner with. Finally, I will be offering weekly zoom meetings, where you will be able to submit your questions privately the day before.  I will do my best to prioritize questions around being triggered and self-care, and hopefully be able to offer you solutions that would be specific to your needs.  In the end, only you know the depth of your issues, and even with the support online through this course, I DO want you to have face-to-face support you can rely on.  Trust your gut, and if you are concerned that you do not have the support in place that you need, I encourage you to wait until you do.

Great question! The basic content will be similar to those conferences so if you decide to take the course you will be a step ahead of everyone else, and be more familiar with the general framework.  Here’s the difference, and the reason why I created the course.  With all the content I was bringing, if you left the conference having discovered and applied EVEN ONE of the principles I presented, I was ecstatic!  You see, these are tools I discovered or developed over a 20 year period.  This desire, to unpack the material in a more realistic way and walk beside you step-by-step, was the driving force behind developing this online course.  I wanted to give people the space and time to digest and apply what they were learning. I wanted to offer a supportive community and to walk the journey with you. I also wanted a framework that would allow people to take a break and return to the material at any time.  With lifetime access, you can truly take the course at your own pace. A great analogy might be comparing a movie trailer to the the movie itself. You get the idea behind the movie, and you know if you want more or not. If you want more, there is no comparison to watching and experiencing the full-length movie.

No.  Open enrollment lasts for a short window and then we will close the doors until the next fall.  The most important reason for this is that I want to walk through the course WITH you, and that would be impossible to do if people could sign up and go through it at any time.  By doing the course together, one module, one lesson at a time, we can engage in and support one another in community.  Once you enroll, you will receive an invitation to our private Facebook group, Unraveling The Story Community, where you are invited to connect and encourage one another throughout the course.  I will also be doing a class Zoom meeting every week to answer your questions and bring anything else that would be relevant to our time together.

Once you enroll, you will receive a welcome email with your personal login to the course.  Once you login, you will see my welcome video as well as my story video.  You will also receive links to download two of my albums:  Rise Up and Six Feet Down.  I encourage you to watch both videos and become familiar with the songs, lingering on those that resonate with you.  Depending on when you enroll, the course will start within a week or two and the start date will be included. Don’t worry, we’ll be be sure to send you an email reminder! Once the course officially starts, you will see both Modules 1 and 5 loaded with all of the lessons for each module.  As I mentioned earlier, Module 5 is full of amazing self-care tips and tools to help you along the way, so at any point if you feel like you need some additional support, that module is available. Each Monday, we will upload the next module except for weeks 3 and 5.  These two weeks are additional implementation/catch up weeks to give you plenty of time to work through the homework in the previous week’s lessons. Modules 4 and 5 will follow consecutively with an additional week at the end for any remaining homework and follow-up.  In addition to the video instruction and the PDF supplementation for each week, there will be a Zoom meeting with yours truly on Thursdays at 1pm Pacific. Replays will always be available on the course platform, so don’t stress if you can’t make it.  You should also feel completely okay if it takes you longer than the 8 weeks to complete the course.  In this sense, we want you to take the time you need, just keep moving forward.