10 Weeks to a Business Plan is our core offering. It will lead you through developing a mission statement for your business, what need to know to plan and launch, and write all 5 sections of a business plan.

Find balance and joy in your work through collective care practices.

Navigate Social Security Disability Insurance and/or Supplemental Security Income work incentives for starting self-employment.

Get to know how your rhythms and the values of your business can support you managing your time and tasks.

We offer other courses on communication, networking, and working with others.

Get anytime access to our video content library, including personal stories of business owners and recorded live events with experts-by-experience.

Keisha Patterson, a Life Coach and a Group Facilitator of Wellbeing, with 6 years of experience as a peer supporter. Worked as a Moderator for Reclaiming Employment and happy to return as a Coach in this phase of development for those seeking self-employment.  Has a passion for seeing others grow through their challenges to reach their personal goals!

Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s in Conflict Analysis and Resolution Management to build upon the foundation of active listening learned as a peer specialist.

Kila Robinett is the owner of Clarity Coaching and Organizing. She recently completed a bachelor’s degree in Psychology at California State University, Sacramento. Kila relocated from San Diego to San Luis Obispo County in 2019 where she resumed her education. In San Diego she focused on creative entrepreneurial ventures while prioritizing raising her two children.

Lynnae Brown is a consultant and leading expert of peer workforce training, supervision and development in the country. With 10+ years of experience, her work is featured in BRIC TV’s #BHeard Series: Peer To Peer. She has presented keynote speeches, workshops and served as a panelist in numerous conferences across the country in promotion of peer support, employment and supervision. Lynnae has served as consultant with Live & Learn, Inc. since 2020 on various projects and has been fully self-employed since January 2023. Lynnae provides expertise in curriculum development and training to Reclaiming EmploymentTM.

Juan Vélez Court (he/him) is a consultant in mental health and peer recovery services for Puerto Rico’s Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration and non-profit organizations. Drawing from his own lived experience, Juan is dedicated to bridging peer and clinical services, coordinating trainings and workshops, and creating strategic opportunities to integrate peer roles that maintain their integrity and passion. He’s also an eCPR trainer and has extensive experience in systems of care, trauma-informed practices and actively works to empower peer staff to achieve new goals and improve their overall quality of life.

Joana Archangel is a parent, writer, peer supporter, trainer, consultant, and disability rights advocate. She values finding ways to explore and honor neurodiversity, creativity, and resiliency. Her career journey includes previously managing a peer-run respite home in California. Joana co-facilitated the first national peer respite leadership retreat in November 2023. She has also worked within a transitional age youth (TAY) peer program that focused on career & education exploration and financial literacy. She is a Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® Certified Teacher, Master Trainer of the Honest, Open, Proud program, and Master Facilitator of Core Gift Discovery.

Tracy Green is a “person in recovery with lived experience” turned “mental health advocate”! In this role, Tracy is a writer, public speaker, life coach, state trainer for a national non-profit organization, local presenter for an organization in her community, and a former state representative for NAMI Texas’ Peer Leadership Council.

Tracy holds a master’s degree in human services with an emphasis on Life Coaching and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Additionally, she is a certified Mental Health Peer Specialist and is trained and continues her learning in multiple disciplines of mental health initiatives.