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This book guides you from understanding what shaped you, to reclaiming your agency, to turning your story into meaningful work that serves others. Join the waitlist for updates.Â
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If this story and mission resonate with you, youâre welcome to support the creation of the book and community with a donation of any amount.
Where Your Support Goes:
- Dedicated writing time, as I intentionally step back from client delivery to complete the book with the depth and care it deserves.
- Professional editing, design, and publishing, ensuring the book is effective and built to last
- Marketing, distribution, and paid outreach, so the book reaches survivors, leaders, and builders who would not otherwise find it
- The infrastructure of the Creators for Change community, a space for people translating lived experience into real-world leadership, service, and sustainable work
More About Ari
Over the past few years, I built what looked like success on the outside. I interned for TEDx, became Indiana Universityâs first woman Marine Biology graduate, attended Tony Robbins Business Mastery, and grew a successful YouTube advertising business. I partnered with big brands like Kajabi, moved to Southern California, launched a social enterprise, and gave back to others in ways I once only imagined.
But internally, I always knew there was a part of my story I wasnât sharing and that the work I was doing wasnât fully aligned with why I started this path in the first place.
Before any of those successes, I silently navigated ongoing sexual abuse and adversity for the first 18 years of my life. That didnât erase any of the love, opportunity, and effort that still existed. But my nervous system became so overwhelmed trying to survive and make sense of everything, and I reached a point where I no longer wanted to be here.
Long before I had language for trauma or healing, I relied heavily on creativity, courage, and curiosity to give me a sense of purpose and fulfillment. I would build, draw, read, ask questions, and do whatever I could to understand what I couldnât yet explain.
What changed wasnât my circumstances, but rather my willingness to take responsibility for what shaped me and to use it, rather than let it use me. That decision became the foundation for everything Iâve built since: my university degree, business, platform, and my work meant to serve others, not just myself.
Now, Iâm intentionally stepping back from a large portion of my for-profit business to write the From Ashes We Rise book and to build and lead the Creators For Change free community. These resources are for survivors and leaders whoâve lived through adversity or witnessed injustice and are choosing to actually create something meaningful because of it.Â
If youâre here in 2026, it means youâre part of this next chapter. Supporting this work â whether through the book, the community, or sharing it forward â helps protect the time and focus required to do it with depth and integrity.
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