Renovate your life & build the future you’ve dreamed of…

We were raised in two radically different ways— but found ourselves in the same place.

Shannon frequently moved from home to home, couch-surfed and lived in and abandoned building through several of her high school years, and dropped-out before she began her senior year when she found out she was pregnant.

She lived in a camping tent through much of the pregnancy, pushed harder into her addictions after birthing her son, and did several stints in rehabs and in jail.

Rob grew up “in the church.” His dad prayed hard and his mom used to invite homeless hoboes onto their front porch so she could talk to them about Jesus while she fed them.

His parents never divorced, and he knew what it was like to grow up with a stable family— one where he never guessed where the next meal was coming from or if there would be roof over his head.

But he still found himself strung out, in trouble with the law, and consistently exchanged meaningful progress for bad habits.

We met when a mutual friend suggested, “You need to meet. You’ll either save each other or, at least, neither one of my friends will die alone.”

The friend was right.

On both counts, almost.

When we met, we continued— full speed— into the destructive patterns we had picked up on our own. Yet now, we did it all together.

Together, we lived in borrowed apartments, the Target parking lot, and pay-by-the-week hotels. Sometimes, we even slept in different cells of nearby jails.

It was a long road— and a lot of ups and downs— but life changed. Slowly, but surely, things transformed… so much so that— when we look back— there’s no indication from the “former life” that it could ever become the life we now live.

We believe the same can be true for you, too— regardless of where you are on your journey to navigate towards—

⚜️ the life you’ve dreamed of

⚜️ the life God designed you to live

⚜️ the life you and your family deserve

The RISE UP resources are designed to provide you with some of the tools that helped us in our journey— as well as some of the tools we wish we had.

🧠 Mindsets to see things differently— to see opportunities and open doors where you’ve seen obstacles and brick walls

🧭 Maps— to give you a practical roadmap to make meaningful progress in your finances, your career, your faith, your family, your friendships, and more

⚙️ Motivation— to inspire you keep going (because most progress doesn’t come in “giant leaps” it arrives in small steps, consistently done well over time)

We've outlined a 7-part path to navigate from where you are to where you're designed to be.

1. Start with YOU.

Most people just look at externals & circumstances when it comes time to change.

Think about it: people, places, and plans are all temporary. But you are the common factor in every experience you’ve ever had.

2. Look back AND live forward.

If you don’t heal the hurts of the past, you’ll continue living “out of” those hurts. Heal them, so you can live unhindered.

We say it like this: “Excuses ≠ Explanations. Your past doesn’t excuse you, but it does explain some things that can be helpful for you to know.

3. Link arms with the right people.

Healthy relationships with whole people are like rocket fuel!

You’ll get farther faster if you get the wrong people out of your inner circle and some of the right people in.

4. Learn from the leaders.

Proactively look for people who have ALREADY made it to where you want to be (never take advice from or emulate someone you wouldn’t “trade places” with in any given situation).

5. Do the work...

... because implementation is greater than information.

Or, to say it another way, “It’s not what you know… it’s what you DO with what you know that makes the biggest difference.”

6. Navigate, re-calibrate, keep going...

If you travel in the correct direction long enough, you’ll eventually arrive where you want to go. The trouble comes when we disconnect our “future self” from the actions our “current self” takes each day— and when we grow discouraged when progress seems slow.

7. Never quit. 

Run through the finish line.

Objects at rest tend to “wind down” and decline. So, when you achieve a dream, dare to dream again and rise even higher.

Affirm that you’ve “arrived” (you ARE ENOUGH) and, at the same time, you’re always arriving (there’s more great stuff to experience).