SELF-DESIGNED LIFE
A Survivor-led Healing Journey
SELF-DESIGNED LIFE IS A 14-WEEK HEALING JOURNEY FOCUSED ON RECLAIMING IDENTITY, BUILDING SELF-WORTH, UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA, AND INTENTIONALLY CREATING A LIFE THAT CELEBRATES RESILIENCE AND STRENGTH.
DEVELOPED BY SURVIVORS, WITH THE GUIDANCE OF CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERTISE, THIS TRAUMA-INFORMED COURSE CREATES A SAFE SPACE WHERE SURVIVORS CAN CONNECT WITH OTHERS WHO UNDERSTAND THEIR JOURNEY, LEARN FROM SHARED EXPERIENCES, AND FIND COMMUNITY.
About the Course
For those healing from complex trauma and other life-altering experiences, including Survivors of human trafficking, coercive control, cults or high-control groups, or intimate partner violence, Self-Designed Life provides a supportive community where healing, self-discovery, and personal growth are at the heart of the journey.
Our program is intentionally Survivor-led, inclusive, LGBTQ+-affirming, and secular, welcoming participants of all backgrounds and belief systems in a space free from religious agendas or expectations.
SDL is a 14-week course of weekly 90-minute workshops that includes welcome gifts, a workbook, weekly handouts and resources, plus bonus worksheets, journal prompts, mindfulness tools, self-care practices, and much more. A special graduation gift is included!
This course was not only a lifesaver, but it also helped me move forward with my life with more confidence in myself and armed with a toolbox of help on my way. The hosts were knowledgeable, inclusive, and caring. The group of Survivors I was in the course with were amazing and encouraging. It feels like you have a team behind you, helping propel you forward. I would highly recommend this course to Survivors!
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M. G.
This material will be invaluable when I am looking for answers and find I have them at my fingertips. I feel better equipped to face flare-ups of past trauma and more prepared to help other women along in their journey. Well worth the time and energy. Thank you to the SDL team! This work makes a difference!
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A. A.
Service Provider
Having a program that was built around me as a Survivor gave me so much agency. The graduation box, getting to open them together, the excitement, and seeing that we all got the same gifts felt like a perfect ending representation of what this program gave us: a communal belongingness.
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S. V.
Advocate
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