Our Methodology

Our framework brings together multiple disciplines, each revealing a different part of how systems break—and how they can heal. Together, they form a coherent, human-centered method for repair and transformation.

Restorative Practice
Rooted in Indigenous peacemaking, restorative practice centers dignity, relationship, and accountability. It teaches that justice is not punishment—it’s the repair of relationship. Circles, affective language, and shared agreements help teams hold both structure and care.

Systems Thinking
Healing requires seeing the invisible forces that shape behavior. Building on The Waters of Systems Change (FSG), we help partners see how policies, practices, resource flows, relationships, and power dynamics interact. This reveals where harm begins—and where healing can flow.

Liberatory Design
Without liberation, design becomes decoration. Through participatory facilitation and co-design, we ensure those most affected by harm help shape the solutions. This turns learning into an act of shared power and design into a practice of care.

Adult Learning
People change when they are met, not managed. We build environments where reflection, relevance, and relationship drive growth. Every session is designed for engagement, clarity, and real-world application.

Holding Space for Harm + Healing
Systems move fast; healing moves at the speed of relationship. We teach a four-part practice—Pause & Notice, Name Gently, Listen Deeply, Move Toward Repair—to help people stay present in the tension between truth and care.

Liberatory Capacity Sharing
Expertise without relationship reinforces hierarchy. Through coaching, consulting, facilitation, and training, we practice capacity sharing rather than capacity building. Every community holds wisdom—our role is to surface, strengthen, and connect it.

Relational Infrastructure
No policy or program can create belonging without relational design. We help organizations build the scaffolding that sustains trust: shared purpose, clear roles, reflection rhythms, and feedback pathways that make accountability feel safe.

HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences)
Repair is not only the absence of harm—it’s the presence of protective, positive experiences. We help leaders strengthen what already creates belonging, trust, and wellbeing in their systems.

Motivational Interviewing
People change when they are invited, not compelled. We use autonomy, collaboration, and evocation to help leaders and teams find their own reasons for change. This supports agency and alignment in every step of repair.

Design for Emergence
Healing is dynamic. Systems are living. We build feedback and reflection loops that allow growth to unfold in real time. Rather than controlling change, we design for alignment—trusting that emergence reveals what’s ready to heal.

Each discipline contributes language, structure, and imagination for how healing happens—within people, between people, and across systems. Together, they form the foundation for how we teach, design, and sustain cultures of repair.