The Curriculum

Skills to Thrive:

HAERT =

Happiness, self-Awareness & Emotional Resilience Training

What if Life Seems too Hard?

The life of a young adult can be a stressful, demanding time.

Many young people struggle to feel accepted, appreciated, and confident in growing and developing their abilities. This impacts both personal and academic life - lasting through college and beyond.

Social anxiety and expectations, as well as coping with stress and strong emotions are common complaints that many young adults experience. More and more, young people report they suffer from lack of motivation, purpose and hope.

Recent events have magnified the stressors and interrupted the human interactions and opportunities that young people need to develop confidence and skills for the future.

Anxiety can develop from a variety of factors and can contribute to:

  • Chronic stress symptoms due to poor awareness or management of our physical state

  • Burnout due to perfectionism and imposter syndrome - when we work hard vs working smart

  • Overwhelming emotions due to unhealthy boundaries or energy management issues

  • Self-limiting thinking habits and beliefs - such as all-or-nothing thinking, catastrophizing, over-personalizing - that contribute to feelings of frustration, worry and uncertainty 

  • Ineffective interpersonal communication leading to dissatisfaction and isolation

What you’ll learn from The Foundation.

LEVEL 1 - Managing your body

Put your own oxygen mask on first

  • Stress Physiology 101 and the importance of stress

  • Reading your physical signs: 5 skills for improving self-awareness

  • Grounding techniques and other skills for managing your stress response

  • Strategies for strengthening your overall resilience

  • How to effectively recharge and build sustainable and personalized routines

  • Brain chemistry: what it does and how to leverage it

  • 7 strategies for supporting healthy brain chemistry

  • 5 key strategies for managing anxiety and boosting confidence

  • How to boost motivation (it’s not what you think)

LEVEL 2 - Learning from your emotions

You are more than a candle in the wind

  • Your complex stress response

  • 5 skills for taking advantage of stress

  • Reading your emotional dashboard

  • Understanding the purpose of your behaviors

  • What to do when it feels like your emotions get the best of you

  • How to take control of your body, emotions and thoughts

  • What to do when you can’t change things

  • Getting out of the trap of being miserable

  • How to stop procrastinating

  • Developing the courage to embrace uncertainty

LEVEL 3 - Leveling up your beliefs

Improving the user experience

  • Techniques for controlling unhelpful thinking and for flipping the script to confidence

  • Perfectionizing: how to work smart

  • Strategies for recognizing where you have control

  • How to catch and reframe self-limiting thoughts

  • Baby steps for Self-compassion

  • Managing the factors that affect anxiety

  • Rescuing yourself from your emotional struggles

  • Curiosity and questions - how to be interested and interesting

  • 6 skills for self-advocating and maintaining healthy boundaries

  • 4 skills for having difficult conversations

How it works.

 

All Levels include:

  • online video instruction

  • live Zoom group workshop sessions

  • asynchronous individual coaching

  • SMS-based habit training and support

Disclaimer: The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical or psychiatric advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician, therapist or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychiatric condition.

The Foundation for Our Foundation.

 

Research-based, Clinically & Business Proven

The HAERT Program is based on proven life enhancements. We teach a set of 50+ skills, habits, strategies, and tools to help people thrive.

The HAERT curriculum draws on Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Neuroscience, Sensory Management, Health Psychology, Positive Psychology and other clinical interventions currently used in award winning mental health settings.

What People Are Saying

“I learned skills that help now and will help in the future when dealing with stress and difficult situations.”

— High School Freshman

“This program helps students become aware of how their thoughts, feelings and actions impact themselves and others.”

— Parent of High School Student

“The discussion sessions to review and apply material were helpful.”

— Parent of High School Student

“I think it would help if more people knew the skills that we learned because it would help people's interactions with each other.”

— High School Student