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FACILITATION
Jesse Harless offers powerful, trauma-informed facilitation and experiential trainings designed to foster deep connection, nervous system regulation, and lasting transformation. Blending somatic practices, HeartMath® tools, and XCHANGE facilitation methods, Jesse creates safe, empowering spaces for individuals and groups to access their inner wisdom, build resilience, and awaken their purpose. Whether guiding recovery communities, leadership teams, or wellness retreats, his sessions are highly interactive, heart-centered, and rooted in years of lived experience and professional training.
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I Help Individuals and Companies:
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Honor The Diversity of All Voices Being Heard
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Build Connection, Bonding, and a Sense of Community
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Immediately Implement The Activities and Learnings
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Unlock The Collective Wisdom of The Group
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“Jesse, thanks for your presence and all you do to add heart and light to our world.”
-Dr. Rollin McCraty, director of research at the HeartMath Institute
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jesse Harless delivers transformational keynote talks that inspire audiences to break through adversity, reclaim their purpose, and lead from the heart. Drawing from his lived experience in recovery and years of trauma-informed facilitation, Jesse empowers individuals, teams, and organizations with tools for resilience, nervous system regulation, and authentic leadership. His talks are engaging, experiential, and rooted in the message that it’s never too late to rise, heal, and create meaningful change.
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MY TRAININGS AND FACILITATION
Client Testimonial:
As a treatment court, we had transitioned to a mostly virtual programming schedule during the pandemic, and were aware that the lack of in-person connection had impacted our team members and our participants. We were also working with peer mentors for the first time and eager to maximize their impact
Since working with Jesse, we have been able not only to understand but also embrace Appreciative Inquiry. I believe we are well on the way to a recovery-supportive workplace and program. The cohesiveness and comradery of the team members have increased immensely. We are already seeing the impact of the psychological safety and resilience we have been able to build.
We were surprised at how easily and quickly Jesse was able to engage the team as a whole and bring us together to work on solutions as a team. Jesse has a unique style and approach that is like no other training or workshop you have experienced. Jesse tailored the training to our needs and ambitions. There was nothing cookie-cutter about his approach.
John Collins - Director of the Fulton County Drug Court
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ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS
Resilience Training
This event focuses on the power of resilience. We start with a story of overcoming adversity. Participants use their stories to uncover the individual and collective strengths of the group. Next, groups work together to co-create an empowering statement of resilience. The group is led into a self-regulation technique before creating an action plan incorporating their resilience and strengths.
Elevate Your Life Experience
This event focuses on co-creating a success toolkit. We study moments of achievement and crowdsource the collective resources of the group. Next is a guided future vision activity to uncover new possibilities for a greater future. This event concludes with the participants creating an action plan to implement their vision.
Focus On Your Purpose Experience
This event focuses on building a support team. High point stories are shared of when the participant was a positive influence in another person’s life. Next, we uncover the success factors that enabled this story to happen. This is followed by a group activity to co-shape and design their ideal support team. Each participant creates a plan of action at the end.
Appreciate Your Life Experience
This event focuses on care and appreciation. Participants uncover moments of care and appreciation they've experienced or witnessed. The group works together to crowdsource moments of appreciation and share their top 2-3 findings. Participants are invited to create an action plan to commit to doing more of the things they love and appreciate.
Self-Care Experience
This event focuses on building an ideal self-care routine. The group works together to uncover moments of health and wellness. This is followed by writing down self-care actions relating to the mind, body, and spirit. Next, groups are assigned to crowdsource what an ideal self-care routine would look like. The participants then create their own self-care routine.
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“The exercises were excellent and engaging! The resilience mantras developed by all were awesome! Connecting with others was excellent! The energy was quite positive. Thank you, Jesse!”
-Dr. Monica McCall, President & CEO of Creative Options
“Recently, I was fortunate to be able to participate in a virtual session delivered to our Direct Support Professionals by Jesse Harless on Practicing Self-Care. Jesse was so very effective at teaching and providing us simple ways to take care of ourselves and create positive energy during the day, something so vital for people who spend their lives taking care of others. Thank you Jesse, you were incredible.”
- Paul Schiavone, CHRO Penn-Mar Human Services.
Training and Workshop participants
“I had not even realized how disconnected I had been feeling from other people. I have had super low energy, but this sparked energy in my mind and body. It felt so supportive, and I cannot believe I got the sense of connection that I did from a virtual meeting.”
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“Connecting in breakout rooms – hearing other's stories and seeing the strengths in each of us and tapping into those within myself. Thank you so much for reminding and connecting us!”
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“Today’s training was by far the best virtual session I have ever experienced. I appreciate the learning, connecting, and breathing.”
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“It’s encouraging and hopeful looking back to a point in our lives that was good. It helps me realize some of the positive qualities we have that we might have forgotten through our use. This experience also helps us build goals to create the future we want.”
