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You don’t know what you don’t know: The unspoken cues and habits of a group—the rules that break relationships at work
Hidden rules, as defined by author and speaker Ruby Payne, are the unspoken rules of a group. Once you know what a hidden rule is, you see t [...]
Restoring stability: Lessons from Getting Ahead
The following is from Kathleen Webb, executive director of Children 1st in Wichita, Kansas. Ron was introduced to Children 1st by his close [...]
Training, spreading, and embedding Bridges in Wichita, Kansas
BridgesICT has held its first public workshop in Wichita, Kansas. Others will follow in 2024. Three Bridges Out of Poverty certified traine [...]
Paycheck to paycheck: Strategies for businesses, solutions for low-wage employees
That employee working the front line at $15 an hour…the employee who asks for a cash advance…the employee who sits in the break room during [...]
Something bigger than self is happening in Burlington, Iowa
The following is a transcript of an interview between Lynn Jackson, Bridges engagement manager for aha! Process, and Mona Ash, program di [...]
Stepping outside her comfort zone—coaching helps knock down barriers to self-sufficiency
The following is from Stephanie Romero, Getting Ahead coordinator at Community Progress Council in York, Pennsylvania. Christine considers [...]
Gossip in the workplace is a safety and belonging issue
One of the persistent issues in almost any workplace with more than a few employees is that of office chatter, which is a nice way of sayin [...]
Post-pandemic organizational recovery using the Bridges Lens
Health and human services is a rewarding yet sometimes challenging career, particularly as we try to recover from a three-year global pandem [...]
The 2024 aha! Process catalog offers resources to change community outcomes
The aha! Process 2024 catalog features the company’s latest offerings, which include books, e-books, workshops, certifications, on-demand r [...]
Getting Ahead graduate reports (data provided by CharityTracker)
CharityTracker provides regular reports on Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World outcomes that are related to improvements in stability, [...]
New York woman shares how Getting Ahead has impacted her life
The following is a transcript of the above video, which features a Getting Ahead participant from Lewis County, New York. I am 75 years o [...]
Creating upward mobility means investing in your entire community
Throughout the Bridges Out of Poverty trainings and workshops, we learn how under-resourced individuals fall into the tyranny of the moment. [...]
Personal stories show how Burlington Building Bridges is improving lives
The following is from Mona Ash, program director of Burlington Building Bridges in Burlington, Iowa. As I reflect back on 2023 and all the a [...]
When punishment never ends
The following is from Carrie Montgomery, Tomás Vargas, and Dan Jennings, experts on the subject of the formerly incarcerated returning to so [...]
Getting Ahead changed my life
The following is from Delan Fulgham, until recently a financial/life navigator at Community Credit Union in Lewiston, Maine. This is the fir [...]
What is happening in policy that is impacting quality education?
Years ago, a student walked into Miss Nelson’s classroom and behaved because if she didn’t, she would receive “the look,” parents would get [...]
Main Street Ministries in Houston helps people obtain official identification
The following is from Barbara Allen, executive director of Main Street Ministries in Houston, Texas. As a client once shared, not having go [...]
Bridges ICT kicks off in Wichita, Kansas
Bridges ICT in Wichita, Kansas, held its kickoff event on November 2 and 3, 2023. After months of meetings, discussions, and inviting, th [...]
What a Getting Ahead facilitator learns
The following is from Lena Stoots, a Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World facilitator with Main Street Ministries in Houston, Texas. At [...]
For Ruby Payne, Thanksgiving spurs gratefulness for the seasons of life
Ruby Payne, founder and CEO of aha! Process, expresses the gratitude she feels by the changing of the seasons, by both good and bad exper [...]
Getting Ahead is changing lives in Maryland
The following is from Stacy Gardner, an educator in Caroline County, Maryland. There are wonderful things happening in Caroline County, Mary [...]
A classic Puerto Rican recipe for Thanksgiving
We can improve our brain health by expressing gratitude for the blessings we have been given. I am grateful for my family and friends. I am [...]
In thanksgiving—Creole seafood stuffing
I’m grateful for family—by blood, by choice, and by chance. And especially for the gift of motherhood. I hope that everyone can find a slic [...]
Navigating Emotional Realities with Adults: conflict and resolution styles, the Karpman triangle
This is the third blog based on questions I have received after a day of training on Navigating Emotional Realities with Adult workshops. Th [...]
I have a lot to be grateful for
It wasn’t until I was working in the addiction/recovery field that I came to value gratitude lists. My teachers were recovering people who h [...]