Our Mission
SOLE Effects empowers youth to become confident, purpose-driven leaders by cultivating supportive connections.
The SOLEFX Journey
The Journey, a leadership and wellness program, emerged from our 8 years of successful in-person high school mentoring with college-age leaders. Our team of exceptional education and healthcare professionals worked together researching best practices, while intensely working with these college leaders through these years piloting innovative practices. SOLEFX Journey’s nine lessons are engaging, impactful, and relevant. Designed for all students, the program is easily adapted to personal teaching styles and most any learning environment.
The SOLEFX Journey
program has been a wonderful experience for my students. The conversations that have come about have been awesome. SOLE Effects also has helped students connect with one another by discovering that they deal with the same adversities in their lives. I am so thankful that my students had this opportunity!- Randall Crim,
High School AVID Teacher
The Journey program has helped me to enact positive changes in my life, the most prominent one being the fact that I am now more aware of my screen time usage, and how I can reduce it.
- 9th Grade Student
It made me look at my actions and see if it was a good choice or a bad choice. Kindness is a big part of my mindset. Now I want to be a better person to my friends and family.
- 9th Grade Student
Why SOLE Effects?
Experts use the terms “epidemic” and “crisis” to characterize the health challenges currently facing American high school and college students. The profound effects of social media, life disruptions, and stressors threaten our youth’s future successes, families, careers, and communities.
Research shows an urgent need for effective social/ emotional wellness programs for adolescents and young adults. SOLE Effects answers this need.
We build...
Healthy lifestyles
Leadership skills
Career readiness
We teach youth how to effectively deal with…
Stress management.
Staying calm under pressure and reducing anxiety.
Peer and societal pressure.
Making healthy decisions, speaking up courageously.
Emotions.
Navigating through challenges, negative thoughts, and loneliness.
Screen-time management.
Building healthy responsible media habits.
Relationships.
Courageously setting personal boundaries and developing healthy connections.
We instill youth with skills in…
Professionalism.
Demonstrating integrity, dependability, inclusivity, teamwork, and problem solving.
Communication.
Demonstrating integrity, dependability, inclusivity, teamwork, and problem solving.
Emotional intelligence.
Managing emotions maturely and relating empathetically.
Academics and attendance.
Showing up, participating actively, and developing grit.
Passion and purpose.
Investing in an interest or cause, positively influencing others.
How We’re Different
SOLE Effects leadership programs are unlike any others, as they were created with the guidance and direction of educators. These programs were developed alongside college leaders and high school students with their input and in-depth piloting, making them highly impactful. Extensive research and piloting has gone into each component of our programs.
