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People experience trauma in life as a result of historical oppression, poor choices, and detrimental environmental factors beyond their control. Despite what may seem as “setbacks” to them reaching their full potential, people who experience traumatic events are often the people who have the mental aptitude fueled by determination to re-purpose their lives and become successful entrepreneurs.
The proposed HOPE2HEAL 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization will help people who have experienced traumatic events in their lives achieve success through entrepreneurship.

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Due to the experiences our clients have endured, we expect them to have low self-esteem, poor confidence levels, feelings of guilt and despair, and hopelessness.
Nevertheless, we believe that after completing our services which are specifically customized to meet their individual needs, our clients will demonstrate the following qualitative outcomes that reflect behavioral improvements

You Have The Power Today To Change Tomorrow

Mr. Steven Sweeney, the Executive Director of the proposed HOPE2HEAL nonprofit organization, feels a special “calling” to help people who society may have cast aside. He strongly believes in the power of helping people start their lives over by guiding them through the steps to starting their own businesses which will not only help them become self-sufficient, but will also improve the communities they will serve.

H.O.P.E.

HOPE2HEAL is an acronym for two words. HOPE is an acronym for “Historically Oppressed People Endure.” HEAL is an acronym for “Healthcare, Entrepreneurship, Arts, & Leadership.”

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BE

I enjoyed taking this course for two main reasons. The first one has to be the teacher. I could tell that Steven Sweeney truly cares about the people going through his program, and he designed the lessons in a way that forced me to think about what I did wrong. He also drove home the point that our mistakes don't define us; it's what we do to respond to the big moments in life, whether positive or negative, that go on to shape us as people. The fact that he told me that I could text him 7 days a week and on holidays shows what kind of person he is. I'm glad he's the one who is entrusted to help people respond to their trouble with law enforcement. I also appreciated the fact that we could complete this course at our own pace. Some weeks I was bogged down with work and didn't have much free time; other weeks, when I had more time, I was able to knock out a lot of the modules in the program with plenty of time. The flexibility of the course was a huge plus for me.

NL

I was very inspired by your background story. I too am in the middle of a transformation to a new version of myself, and I am experiencing a growth mindset. I have regretted the decision I made since that infamous day, and I know that I won't ever make that mistake again. This entire process has been one of the most mentally challenging processes of my life. After watching your own recovery story, I am now inspired to work on myself to be the best version of myself and grow from my mistakes. I don't want to be a prisoner of my past anymore.

HK

Starting the course so I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I thought this was gonna be a normal traffic course but it was not far from it. I’ve learned decisions you make can have serious affects on yourself and other people. Learning how the main domains in life can be disrupted due to traffic tickets or any other violations can have an effect on your life. I’ve also learned that drinking and driving which is something I do not do but can cause serious harm to society. I’ve also learned that everyone has struggled in their lives including our instructor. Once again I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your story with me it was really eye-opening and to see you still fighting and growing as a person is truly remarkable . I’ve learned to be more cautious follow the rules of the road and to not be in such a rush even when I’m behind time. Doing the right thing does not take that much effort. I was always taught control the things you can control and this is one of the things I can control. Thank you so much for your time and honestly I really did enjoy this class.

LN

Throughout this process, I have recognized a lot about myself. Although I had made one of the worst decisions of my life, I truly believe that there was some good out of it. I have recognized the importance of respecting my body and am now educated on the health impacts of alcohol use. I have reflected on personal changes since the charge was given to me, and how I need to build back relationships with my family and friends. I appreciate everything that this course has given me, and I am inspired to get back up after being knocked down. I am excited for this charge to be expunged by I am equally as excited to have gone through this process.

JP

Overall, I feel like this course has help me put many of the lessons that I have learned from this entire experience into a more positive perspective. The amount of introspection that this course has put me through has allowed me to understand a number of things more completely. Most importantly, I understand now that even though this has been an extremely difficult experience, brought on by my own poor decisions, it has also been a powerful learning experience. I am already trying my best to apply the lessons that I have learned to my life, but this course has certainly helped give me a sense of clarity as to how wide reaching these lessons are and to how many areas of life they truly apply. I appreciate the amount of work that Steve has put into this course and his passion for that work really does show. I'm glad to be finished with the course, but the lessons that I have been able to learn will not soon be forgotten.

AE

I learned a lot about the dangers of alcohol and I also learned a lot about myself while completing this course. This course required a lot of self reflection, which was a very good thing for me. Sometimes I get so caught up in the day to day life, I forget to look at the big picture. Thankfully I feel like I have been on a much better path since getting the mip ticket back in April. I have made several lifestyle changes that improved both my physical health and mental health. This course was great way to reflect on the path that lead to where I am now. I was able to view my failure of getting an Mip ticket and turn it into a productive failure. I also wanted to thank Mr. Sweeney for such a well put together course that challenges the individuals to do some serious soul searching. I also liked how none of the course was meant to drag you down and make you feel bad about yourself. I think the course did a great job of helping me further learn from my mistake and how to turn it into something productive.

I really liked the content of this video, and the outlook you had on failures. I like how you talked about how failures can be approached as productive. And I feel like this very much relates to my scenario with my Mip ticket. I personally feel like I approached my failure of getting a mip ticket as a productive failure. I made some big changes in my life. I stopped hanging out with the wrong crowd who I got the ticket with. And I am in no way blaming them for me getting the ticket. Every decision I made that led me to the ticket was my own and was never forced. I accepted all responsibility of my own actions. I made multiple changes in my life. I stopped drinking, and dedicated this summer to working on myself, in many different ways. One big thing I am proud of is I started focusing on my physical health. I started working out 4 times a week and running 5 times a week. I lost 20 pounds and in some of the best shape of my life. I worked on my relationships with the people that are close to me that want the best for me. I am the happiest I have ever been. But I know there will be many more challenges down the road that I will have to overcome. But I also know I will be able to overcome them and become a better person through the process.

CS

I enjoyed listening to the video. It seems this course has brought more attention to my decision making. Also, can reflect better on how failures and disappointments may have silver linings as you have explained. At 65 years old, my motivations have changed. However, I do want to be a productive citizen and not some retiree that is lazy and has no motivation to be an asset to society. Actually, I am ok with doing volunteer work. FYI, I do think you are the perfect match for the administrator of this course. Believe it will be difficult for someone to fill your shoes someday when you retire.

EA

This has been a very educational and eye opening course. This experience has developed over the course of a few weeks and I have found myself understanding how my poor choices in my past effect every part of my life. Over the course of this educational class and through these videos and assignments, I have seen personal growth in my outlook and attitude. I am grateful for the strength and hope this program has taught me and the positivity that has been shed on the negative experience that had prompted me to enroll in the class. While I cannot go back in time and undo the poor choices that I have made in the past like I wish I could, I can learn from it and create a better future for myself one good choice at a time through reflection, changing my cognitive patterns, and looking at a greater purpose outside of myself. I appreciate everything this course has shown me about myself and I am hopeful for the future of this new person I feel I have become as a result of this process.

LI

This story has resonated with me so highly, and I have found myself comparing my day to day to this imagery in this story. I think it is a beautiful illustration of the metamorphosis that each person completes as many times throughout their life as they see fit. I feel that throughout my life I have constantly been transforming myself in almost every way. These phases have taught me lessons and allowed me the wisdom and knowledge to grow and continue to get closer to a more refined, intelligent, and responsible person. My struggles in my life have worked as excuses for many years as to why I act a certain way or feel a certain way, but with this story I realize that not working through those feelings and giving myself the freedom to face them and use them to my advantage. This has built my confidence and endurance to continue building my story and the character I know that is within me. I appreciate this sentiment because I feel through this program I have seen a lot of true progress in myself and am grateful for this new knowledge. EGA I appreciated how open ended most of these assignments were. We get out what we put in. I also liked how you provided the powerpoint for the exam, not only for test use but also as another reminder and something to hold onto for future reminders. I think this program was able to be completed in a fairly timely manner. I relearned a lot of things and did a lot of good, deep reflections. Thanks.

DR

Really enjoyed this video and agree with the messaging. While tough to realize a difficult experience will transform you as a person if you reflect and make changes in your life. I always tell people that college failure made me the person I was today. Another example is the the difficulty we had with conception. Took 3 long years where it was was h***. All my wife wanted was to be a mother and she felt like a failure. Well eventually we got preganant and you better be d*** sure we treasure every second with our boys, no matter how tired we are or frustrated we are. They are a blessing and I don't think we'd have the same thoughts had we not struggled inititially. All the pictures really resonated in the same way, tough times are temporary and you will grow from them.

GQ

I feel like this course is a different approach into doing a sort of drivers ed class but it is enjoyable. Instead of being scolded for our mistakes we are taught to grow from it and encouraged to do better instead of just telling us how bad we did and how we should feel bad about our actions.

AA

I had a great experience doing this program. I learned a lot and saw many new perspectives. I got new tools to put in my toolbox to use in everyday life. Most importantly I have been able to turn things around and find better coping mechanisms to deal with things.I’ve learned to let go of my past and to keep combatting the present. Honestly there are so many great things I can say from this course that are all valuable for my entire life. Overall though, I’m glad to have gotten the chance to have this experiences even though the circumstances were not optimal. Scything I have learned will be taken in to account to paving a great future for myself, as that is what I want.

KG

This course, while tedious, was ultimately full of lessons I needed to hear. If I had not failed to abide the law and subsequently not been placed into this program, perhaps I would have continued down a dark path. These lessons came into my life at a low point of my mental health, which added to my stress, but more so showed me the light at the end of the tunnel. I am appreciative for the reminders I heard here, especially from the Steve Jobs video, Words video, and Kindness animation. I think this course was meticulously planned out and nothing Steve gave us was a waste. It was all worthwhile to learn about and remind ourselves of. It required some deep introspection, which everyone can use. I am grateful for the lessons I have taken away here. With all due respect, I hope to never have to dedicate this much time to a computer module again, but the lessons were worthwhile and it was time I dedicated to myself, which I have not done in a while.Steve, you are a great mentor and even better person. I admire the way you speak so positively and respectfully to everyone in this program. In my opinion, you are the very best at your job.

GG

This was a wonderful course and I learned a lot from the incident I got in and ways to better myself so that it never happens again. I learned about the harms of alcohol not only at my age, but as I get older and how to make wise decision when deciding to drink. I also learned how to critically think about the experiences life gives our way and take the bumps in the roads as blessings to a smoother road ahead if you keep working to better yourself a little bit every day. I think you, Mr.Sweeney are a great mentor and you have designed a course that is extremely helpful for us to learn our lesson in a valuable way. Thank you for your knowledge.

KD

I feel like I explained a lot on the last assignment about my thoughts and feedback on this course. So everything I said in the previous video is truly what I thought about this course. It was great, I learned a lot especially about cognitive behaviors, struggles, success, learning from mistakes, trying to be the best and come to peace with my mistakes. Everything was very well said and taught. It made me dive deep into my past, present, and future and really put a different perspective on things. All the videos were great! My favorites were the potential/capacity and the butterfly videos. Wouldn’t have been said better. I enjoyed the layout and how you talked about your past a little bit and how you’ve struggled in the past and it’s made you create your own business and practice to help others who have made mistakes in their life. It really helped hearing your words of encouragement about how I am not a bad person or piece of garbage for making a mistake, but how we are still great people and can still do great things. Small bump in the road that comes with consequences but also that it’ll still be okay. Again thank you so much for a great course.

CO

I found this entire experience extremely helpful and interesting, and I learned a lot about myself even outside of the entire reason as to why I am taking the AEP course. Being able to talk about what is going well in my life versus what is not going well in my life, and what traits I typically possess made me realize so much about myself. I realized what my strengths and weaknesses are, and I realized what I need to work on for myself to get to the best possible version. One thing that really stuck out to me was in one of the videos, the speaker was talking about how you should reflect on how you maximize your day. Ever since I heard that, I have been frequently thinking about how I can maximize my day and go to sleep every night as genuinely proud of myself. This course was helpful for me in learning how I want to better myself, and I really do appreciate the effort that was put in to creating this course and the extremely helpful content and assignments provided. Thank you, Mr. Sweeney!

GD

This was the most impactful video of the entire course, and was really helpful. This showed me that nobody is indestructible and that failure is impossible to avoid. I also really appreciate how you added your own personal story, because that further emphasized the idea that nobody is perfect.

SW

Productive Failures aren't bad like you said Steve I'm going to use this situation as fuel and motivation to keep going and doing great things in life. Those quotes are very true and that's how I feel about this whole situation. But the quote i liked the most was "Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit". That quote really touched my soul because I graduated college in a few days and it's like wow I made a mistake in life that I can fix and learn from but I didn't let it put me down or in my feelings I kept going. I always tell others around me to keep going and don't give up one day everything can change in a blank of a eye stay focused on the bigger picture in life. Steve I want to thank you so much for this opportunity to be in this wonderful program where you help others that made a simple mistake to get a chance to take a course here and get it expunge of there record what a blessing. I'm so thankful for the knowledge you shared with me and your story what you been there or going through I'm praying for you wish you the best with everything you do and continue to change and impact lives around you steve thank you so much I'll stay in touch.

MA

This course is not what I expected it to be. I was expecting a belittling course that would lecture me for hours on things that would not make me feel any better about my choices, only worse. I was unexpectedly pleased with this program. The videos were inspirational and educated me on life outside my charges and made me motivated to do even bigger things with my life and raise my expectations of myself. Steve Sweeney made me feel better about myself and my situation instead of lecturing me on how I can do better in a bad way.

AM

I have enjoyed this class. My intention before beginning the class was to start with an open mind and an open heart and use this situation as an opportunity to learn and grow. I committed to reflecting carefully on each section and being honest with myself in answering questions. I feel like I have accomplished that. I took notes and kept a journal so that I can refer back to the information at a future point, particularly the cognitive behaviors. I am now able to recognize some of these behaviors in myself and others too. My biggest takeaways from the class are as follows: <BR> 1. Learning to recognize Cognitive Distortions and being able to reflect on the thoughts and then reassess. I am working on being more intentional with my words and actions, especially knowing my children (and others)are always listening and watching. I do believe that every action begins with a thought, and our thoughts are very powerful in shaping our emotions. I have resolved to no longer allow cognitive errors to persist in my thoughts and help my children recognize these distorted thoughts too. <BR> 2. Acknowledging mistakes and errors as part of the journey to becoming a better person and living a fulfilled life rather than mistakes and errors defining part of life. Accepting responsibility, studying and reflecting on the situation, then learning from it so as to not repeat it and then finally understanding that it does not define you. <BR> 3. The greatest travesties in life are unused talent and wasted potential. I have heard that saying starting from my Dad and then many others throughout life. Living life to my full capacity is important to me. The example of Shaquille O'neal being immensely talented, and successful too, but not living to his full capacity is something that has stuck with me. It's not ok to be complacent. <BR> 4. Releasing some control and allowing life's journey to happen is a lesson I am learning and will continue to work on. Mistakes are lessons and are a part of the process. The story of the butterfly and its transformation was very impactful.

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