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My name is Dikaury Polanco, I am 14 years old and I attend Colleyville Heritage High School. Pathways has been and always will be a major part of my life, because I have learned a lot of valuable [...]

Like most little girls, I dreamed of the fairytale life: meeting Prince Charming and living happily ever after. A glimpse into my childhood would reveal promise that it might come true. My father [...]

My home was broken before I even entered the world, as my parents were already separated when I was born in West Texas. My father was an alcoholic and my mother was chaotic. There was always a [...]

Unworthy. Unlovable. Unhinged. Unimportant. Unwanted. My life prior to Pathways was ruled by “un.” My day-to-day was riddled with guilt and shame over things in my past and a lot of [...]

I could sum up my life before Pathways as a portrait – one that contained all of the loves of my life. I was not in the photo – instead I was behind the lens, capturing the picture of those whose [...]

My story can be overwhelming to some people, but it’s a tale of overcoming and resilience and finding your worth despite your circumstances. When I was three years old, my biological mother [...]

I was raised in the Midwest – born in Fort Wayne, Indiana but quickly transplanted to Rockford, Illinois where my father had grown up and I spent my grade school years there. My parents divorced [...]

I was fortunate to grow up in a large, loving, close-knit loving family in North Richland Hills, Texas. I had two brothers who are now deceased and four sisters who are still with me. I was [...]

Adults pictured, left to right: Val Hillman (305), Mike Hillman Jr. (322), Katrina Hillman (330), Alicia Harrison (349), Mike Hillman Sr. (335), Chelsy Hillman (339), Dustin Hillman (324), Teri [...]

Before I attended Pathways you would have found me up against a wall, trying to blend in with the wallpaper so as not to be seen. I was embarrassed, ashamed, lonely, and I was dying inside [...]

Before Pathways I lived in self-condemnation, constant fear, monotony and exhaustion. I had no faith in anything. I tried to control everything. Constantly believing I was never good enough [...]

All I ever wanted in life was for my dad to be proud of me. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out why the one man that was supposed to be wired to love me unconditionally hated me so [...]

I was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in 2002, shortly before I graduated high school. In the 15 years since I was diagnosed I have grown in many ways. Pathways Core Training was and continues [...]

In the late ‘80s a friend of mine approached me about attending a “You Seminar” (the original name of the training that Drs. Phil and Joe McGraw coined, before it was changed to Pathways at a [...]

If we asked you to think of a person who represents the heartbeat of Pathways Core Training, you’d probably instantly think of Craig Kwieran. Craig has been serving the organization in different [...]

Teen Family Camp really changed my life. It helped me find my true identity. At my old school I was bullied and made fun of for who I truly was. When I started my new school, I created this [...]

Teen Family Camp has allowed me to drop into my heart and see the confident and courageous young woman I was created to be. Being vulnerable with myself was the first step. I was able to identify [...]

Tammy describes her service in the Marine Corps as a calling – she wore the uniform proudly and served her country faithfully. Enlisting in 1985, the military fulfilled a deep-seated need [...]

My life before Pathways Core Training was empty and chaotic. I was just a shell of a person, pretending to love herself and those around her. I felt broken and unworthy of being loved and [...]

I joined the Marines in 2000 as a radio operator and was admitted into 3rd Recon Battalion in Okinawa in 2003. Afterwards, I was deployed to the Jolo island chain in the Philippines to perform [...]

If you started your Pathways Core Training journey after 2009, it’s highly likely that Rob Willis, a playful man with a cheeky British accent, was instrumental in your training. Since graduating [...]

In the Pathways Core Training community, there are few sponsors with a “resume” as impressive as Kala DeHaan Hill. She can proudly count 36 individuals whom she has personally sponsored through [...]

“Prior to Pathways, I had given up on the idea of finding love and quit believing that I was even worthy of being loved. A lifetime of over-responsibility had pushed anything resembling fun to [...]

“Pre-Pathways I had loved and lost so much. I was so shut off because I knew if I loved someone and truly let them in, I might lose them and I wasn’t willing to endure that type of pain ever [...]

Before Pathways, Susie Timms took life too seriously, never injecting joy, fun or spontaneity. She knew something was missing from her life.   When her brother and sister-n-law, Wayne and Amy [...]