“Many times, my brain would give me negative messages like, ‘I can’t do this,’ or ‘I’m too weak,’ or even, ‘I want to go home—NOW!’ But all those messages I would ignore, or work out in my head. A way to think about it is ‘self psychology.’ I have heard people saying these negative messages out loud, and I have done my absolute best to replace them with positive messages like, ‘I CAN do this!’ This built up pride in me.”

– 2003 Passages graduate

“I think that it’s important to offer scholarships because the two people in my group with scholarships were really cool and helped me make it to the end.”

– 2003 Connecting with Courage graduate

“I learned that being my own person is very important. This course has made me feel like I completed something important for the first time in my life.”

– 2003 Passages graduate