Building wiser teammates.leaders.teachers.parents.coaches.mentors.communities.teammates.
Everyday mental and emotional fitness tools & systems for athletes, families, schools, organizations and communities.
Online or in person.
Proud partner of Inspiring Children Foundation Proceeds support access in underserved communities.
Most of us learned geometry and grammar, but not how our brains are wired, how long an emotion lasts, or that mental fitness can be trained like physical fitness.
So when support finally arrives, it’s usually in a crisis. Wise Friend starts earlier, with a toolkit for everyday life: proven tools that work together, made simple, accessible and effective. Not every problem needs the same tool. The goal is resilience strong enough that far fewer people ever need crisis care.
Life still has dips. Everyday tools make them shallower and the climb back quicker, so fewer people ever reach crisis.
U.S. adults experience a mental health condition1
managers are trained to talk about mental health2
Our mission is to make behavioral health tools easy to understand and widely accessible, while empowering people to be a wise friend for others in their community.
Our 10 Pillars of Healing, Growth, and Flourishing™ were developed with human development and lived-experience experts, and refined over 27 years.
We use AI to personalize how people learn, while the curriculum stays rooted in what has worked for 27 years.
Built in partnership with the Inspiring Children Foundation. Two of our founders are alumni of the program.
years of work with young people through the Inspiring Children Foundation
people use ICF’s Not Alone online tools
of participant ratings improved, in just 8 weeks
grew more confident supporting a teammate emotionally
It starts with one person. Then it spreads.
They learn to notice stress early and reset under pressure.
The skills show up in meetings, classrooms and locker rooms.
They check in on each other, know when to bring in help, and inspire others to start learning.
And the cycle starts again.
We curate an ecosystem of tools into easy-to-deploy offerings, designed to strengthen your community’s mental and emotional fitness.
Start with what your people need and go as deep as you want. Each level builds on the last, so the training never leaves people on their own.
The shared language and everyday tools.
Take a closer look ↓For leaders, managers and coaches who support teams.
Trained to lead it and train others.
One-to-one and group mentorship.
Any combination of levels, built around your people and the outcomes you want to see.
A shared baseline of language, tools and foundations.
The first step. A short baseline assessment tailors the program to what your people need, with brief pulse checks to measure progress.
Self-paced and digital, 60–75 minutes. A foundational overview of emotional fitness and peer support, with an assessment at the end to set a high-trust, safe community standard.
Digital and print. A business plan for your life, built together: where am I now, where do I want to go, and how do I get there?
Virtual or in person. Experiences with the tools, reinforced in group protocols, made simple with Inspire Cards™, with AI-powered role-play for extra reps.
Short lessons, then real reps. It complements care and never replaces it.
AI-enabled, real-time monitoring flags anything that needs escalating, and everyone knows when to bring in a professional.
Proceeds support access in underserved communities.
Universal tools tailored to your needs, from the board room to professional sports to underserved youth.
and more.
The training transforms mental toughness from a vague concept into a mechanical skill.
Lived experience, paired with clinical advisors. The human side of behavioral health that AI still misses.
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