Stronger U

Table of Contents:

• Service types
  • Community Care
  • Mental Wellbeing
  • Medical Exercise
  • Practitioner Training
  • Workshops
  • Event Services
  • Resources
  • Projects
• What to expect

YOU are the heart of Stronger U! Most Stronger U clients over the years have faced numerous barriers and our coaches, peer supporters, and training facilitators are people with lived experience ourselves. Our expertise has grown around filling the gaps that often go unfilled, meeting the needs that often go unmet. Clients often come to Stronger U after experiencing losses of autonomy, being dismissed, dehumanized, infantilized, injured, or given programs that simply do not consider their intersecting needs and identities. In short, Stronger U services are for people who aren’t finding the help they need elsewhere. We also help allies seeking to improve themselves and their programs as well as caregivers who need their own attention.

Because Stronger U coaches have a lived history with being harmed by institutionalized wellness practices, our range of services is designed to center you within humanizing and non-carceral approaches to wellbeing. Stronger U understands the gaps in affordable alternative health supports, especially for multiply marginalized communities.

Physical limitations, chronic conditions, recoveries from surgeries or traumatic events, and gender dysphoria can make us feel like we are not at home in our own bodies. Medical exercise coaching is offered to individuals in multi-session packages, or as singular program designs generated after a holistic assessment with your coach. If you are ready to feel better in your body, our exercise coaching might be right for you. Learn more about medical exercise coaching and apply today if you’re ready to start making progress toward your goals!

We train practitioners in non-carceral practices through peer support and crisis response education, educational courses and workshops, consultation, and coaching. If you are ready to boost your non-carceral practices, examining how you can support clients whose identities and/or experiences are different than yours, want to develop an intentional community care practice, consult on case studies, or are grappling with providing non-carceral support within carceral systems, then we would love to work with you!

Stronger U workshops are designed to enhance awareness, empower your practice, and deepen dialogue. We provide a variety of workshops around individual and community wellness topics. Workshops might be publicly available or held privately for organizations who contract our team. We look forward to connecting with you!

Stronger U workshops are designed to enhance awareness, empower your practice, and deepen dialogue. We provide a variety of workshops around individual and community wellness topics. Workshops might be publicly available or held privately for organizations who contract our team. We look forward to connecting with you!

Our team supports the wellbeing of your constituents, so that your events are reflective of the warm culture that you prioritize! You might want to consult on disability accommodations or sensory-safe events. You may be committed to helping attendees decompress after job fairs, navigate work and academic stress, have tougher interpersonal conversations, or connect with other attendees around affinity experiences. Some of our event clients use our services to provide drop-in peer support spaces at their events, giving attendees individualized care during event hours.

Stronger U provides a variety of free downloadables (“Free Resources” in our navigation menu) and low-cost educational materials. We also provide an open-access database of resources that support marginalized communities through humanizing practices. Resources and materials are being added as frequently as we are able. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated on new additions.

Stronger U is available for hire through a variety of consultation, facilitation, design, and event-support projects. Our team is also available for speaking engagements. Submit your project request to schedule your free consultation. We look forward to working with you!

Due to the breadth of our services, your time with Stronger U will be unique to the type and amount of support that you are seeking. Stronger Together community members may choose to be with us through a transitionary period in their own lives, while others may remain connected with our community indefinitely. Some Stronger U clients prefer a single consulting session, workshop, short-term project, or coaching through a difficult season. Other clients have been with us since our early days, for almost 20 years, and we have become an anchoring support structure to help them maintain their independence as they age.

You might fall on either end of that spectrum, or anywhere in between! Our goal is to ensure that your time with Stronger U is valuable and that your very personal needs and budget are honored through your custom wellness services. We are committed to you as you become stronger, for however long we can come alongside you.

For many in our communities, immediate needs arise, especially for those of us who navigate chronic suicidal ideations, self harm urges, dissociative experiences, and more. Due to the highly personal nature of our services, Stronger U coaches are available by appointment only, unless clients are on a retainer. We do offer a variety of options for our clients and community members who need immediate support:

• The Stronger Together discord community of peers is available when people are online and available to respond. Please note that as a free peer support resource that is not regularly staffed, we cannot guarantee immediate response or longer term ongoing conversations through this platform.
• Last minute appointments with the Stronger U Team: If you are a current coaching client and need an unscheduled session during a difficult time, then our team will do our best to schedule you as quickly as possible, at the single-session rate. Timing is based on availability. Clients who choose to work with us on a retainer receive priority access for last minute appointments. Stronger U retainers are best for people who need 24 hour access and/or prefer to spend 12+ hours per month with their coach.
• Additional non-carceral resources are available here and in our database.

Choosing a community and a coach that you fit well with is vital to feeling valued, remaining inspired, and becoming empowered to make the changes that you want to make! At Stronger U, we recognize how important it is to find coaches with lived experience who provide alternatives to institutionalized and commercialized wellness practices.

Our ideal client: Although we have no singular “type” of client, Stronger U specializes in supporting people who have not been able to find the help they need through traditional means. If this resonates with you, you might want to apply for coaching or share your interest. If we recognize that we are not the best fit for you, or if we recognize that we should be one part of your wellness support team, we will provide you with appropriate and relevant referrals. Typically, Stronger U clients are:

• Trauma survivors, including people living with dissociation and other post traumatic stressors
• Non-carceral Practitioners
• Neurodivergent
• Transgender and gender nonconforming
• People facing barriers because of their marginalized identities and/or backgrounds
• People living with chronic conditions, mobility challenges, or in navigating physical health recoveries
• Senior citizens
• Caregivers
• Emerging leaders or leaders who need to reconnect with their best self
• Organizations who are supporting people with marginalized identities or seeking to become better allies
• You! If you do not feel represented in this list, but our mission resonates with you, then we welcome you.

Our commitment to you: Stronger U is fully dedicated to you as our clients and community members. Our team is made up of people with lived experiences who know what it is to fight for their own wellness amidst a number of barriers. We commit to helping you to navigate your own barriers and make progress toward your personal wellness goals in ways that prioritize your voice and autonomy. We promise to always be transparent about the scope of our services, including our costs as well as supports or services that are outside of our scope. We commit to meeting you where you are and coming alongside you as you co-actively define and achieve your goals.