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Healing Trauma | Building Communities
At The Elephant and Willow Project...
At The Elephant and Willow Project...
We believe true healing begins before crisis - yet prevention is often missing. We help schools, leaders, and organizations build cultures of wellbeing where communities can thrive.
We believe true healing begins before crisis - yet prevention is often missing. We help schools, leaders, and organizations build cultures of wellbeing where communities can thrive.
The Problem
Prevention is Missing
The Problem
Prevention is Missing
Most organizations try to manage crisis after it happens. This means the damage is already done. In schools, this shows up as teacher burnout and escalating behaviors; in workplaces, it looks like high turnover, disengagement, and toxic cultures. Without prevention-first strategies, leaders are stuck in a costly cycle of reacting (and modeling a reactive environment). Instead, we focus on creating environments where people can truly thrive.
Our Solution
Prevention-First Approach
Our Solution
Prevention-First Approach
At The Elephant & Willow Project, we believe in a prevention-first approach. By focusing on relational health as the foundation of wellbeing, we help schools, leaders, and organizations shift from reacting to problems to creating environments where people can thrive. Through simple, practical tools like our AWARE framework, we teach human-centered leadership skills that strengthen trust, reduce burnout, and build communities where healing happens naturally.
Our Services | Human-Centered Leadership
Our Services | Human-Centered Leadership
Our AWARE Training is our signature approach to addressing the prevention gap. It's a high-impact workshop that introduces leaders, educators, and teams to the foundations of relational wellbeing and human-centered leadership.
We also offer several other trainings - How Words Work™, the NeuroEnlighten Method™, The Patterns We Carry™, and Interrupt the Story™, to address the related and adjacent challenges.
Who We Work With
Who We Work With
School Districts | Superintendents, Principals, Student Services Directors, Professional Development
Healthcare Systems | HR Directors, Chief Nursing Officers, Physician Leadership, Talent Development Managers
Corporations & HR / Leadership Teams | HR Executives, DEI Officers, Leadership Development Coordinators
Nonprofit & Community Leaders | Executive Directors, Program Managers, Board Chairs
Entry Level | AWARE Framework
Entry Level | AWARE Framework
AWARE Framework Training Outcomes
Reduce burnout & stress by practicing practical relational tools.
Increase trust and engagement across teams, classrooms, or departments.
Prevent conflict escalation by using early intervention language.
Build a foundation for long-term wellbeing that makes your culture more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable.
Growth Path | Intensive Trainings
Growth Path | Intensive Trainings
AWARE Training Outcomes
Prevention-first We don’t wait for crisis, we teach how to stop trauma from building in the first place.
Relational focus We center human connection as the foundation for wellbeing.
Scalable impact AWARE is just the beginning, organizations can expand into deeper training packages and long-term culture development.
Why It Works
Why It Works
Employee/Staff Retention & Reduced Turnover Rates
Improved Engagement & Wellbeing-Focused Communication
Conflict Resolution | Building Healthy Cultures
About Us
About Us
At The Elephant and Willow Project....
At The Elephant and Willow Project....
We believe true healing begins before crisis. And currently, prevention is missing. Most wellbeing resources focus on treatment after crisis; very few address trauma before it becomes a legacy. Our work focuses on a prevention-first approach, disrupting the very patterns that hold it all in place so that children, families, and communities can thrive.
We combine the wisdom and strength of the elephant with the resilience and flexibility of the willow, creating programs that are both strong and gentle, rooted and adaptive.
Healing Trauma
Healing Trauma
Early awareness programs for youth, parents, coaches and educators.
Whole-person healing workshops that address patterns beneath behavior.
Trauma-informed training for educators, coaches, and caregivers that leads with a systemic, prevention-first approach.
Building Communities
Building Communities
Connection circles that reduce isolation and foster belonging.
Community-based healing that strengthen schools, teams, and families.
Building intentional connections because healing happens in community, not isolation.
Our Mission
Our Mission
To interrupt generational and systemic trauma by making trauma-healing and mental wellness accessible, equitable, and systemic. We empower individuals and communities through early intervention, whole-person healing, and systemic awareness, ensuring that affordability never precludes transformation and healing.
Our Vision
Our Vision
A world where every person, regardless of circumstance, has access to the tools, knowledge, and community support to heal, grow, and thrive. By addressing trauma at its roots, we create empowered individuals, resilient systems, and help develop equitable pathways to wellness across generations.
How You Can Help
How You Can Help
Your support makes it possible for us to:
• Provide free and low-cost programs to families who otherwise cannot access healing.
• Teach parents, educators & coaches how to recognize trauma and respond with compassion.
• Build equitable systems where healing is the norm, not the exception.
Together, we can do more.
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