PATH FORWARD CURRICULUM
The Freedom Heart Foundation provides training, empowerment workshops, resilience talks, and inspirational conversations under our curriculum PATH FORWARD catered to helping domestic violence survivors gain the strength within to move toward a path forward with success.
This educational resource has been designed to help domestic violence survivors achieve resilience, self-confidence, life skilles, and financial independence and rebuild their lives. The curriculum covers a variety of important topics including career training, communications skills and presence, parenting workshops, budgeting, managing debt and improving credit which have been proven to help survivors move from short-term safety to long-term security. The curriculum is available to be taught in modules as well as available in short form online and for download below in English, Spanish and Creole.
PATH FORWARD EXPERIENCE
I survived. Now what?” and the answer is rebuilding a life that feels like yours again.
THE PATH FORWARD™ A Life Rebuilding & Survivor Empowerment Experience. You survived. Now it's time to discover what comes next. Leaving an abusive relationship is an incredible act of courage. But leaving is not the end of the journey.
For many women, the questions begin afterward: Who am I now? How do I rebuild my confidence? How do I trust myself again? What do I want my life to look like? Can I really begin again? The answer is yes.
-
You can begin again.
-
You can rediscover yourself.
-
You can dream again.
-
You can build a life not defined by what happened to you, but shaped by where you choose to go next.
That is The Path Forward™. MORE THAN SURVIVAL. THIS IS ABOUT REBUILDING YOUR LIFE.
The Path Forward™ is a survivor empowerment and life-rebuilding experience created for women who are moving beyond domestic violence and are ready to begin creating their next chapter. It is a space to pause, reflect, reconnect with yourself, and begin thinking intentionally about the woman and the life you want to become. This experience is centered around you—not your abuser, not your past, and not what happened to you.
Your voice. Your confidence. Your dreams. Your future. Your path forward.
START WITH AN AWAKENING SESSION
Complimentary 15-Minute Awakening Session
Sometimes the first step is simply realizing that there can be a next step.
The Awakening Session is a complimentary 15-minute introductory conversation for women who are beginning to think about life beyond domestic violence and want a safe, supportive place to explore what comes next.
This is an opportunity to pause and ask:
-
Where am I now?
-
What do I need?
-
What am I ready for?
-
What could my next chapter look like?
During our conversation, we'll begin identifying where you are in your journey and what moving forward might mean for you.
There is no pressure. There is no expectation that you have everything figured out. Just a conversation about possibility.
15 minutes • Complimentary • Confidential
The Path Forward™ is a survivor empowerment and life-rebuilding coaching experience. It is not psychotherapy, crisis intervention, legal advice, financial advice, or a substitute for professional mental health or domestic violence services. If you are currently in danger or experiencing an emergency, please contact 911 or the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).below in English, Spanish and Creole.