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The Story Behind Vashti’s House

“I know a little girl named Vashti.”

That is what my second-grade teacher told her sister during a phone call in 1972. My brother, sister, and I had been kidnapped by our non-custodial mother and her convicted felon husband. Because of the unusual nature of my name, and because one teacher in a small classroom in a remote part of Hawaii was paying attention, we were eventually found and returned home.

Two things have remained constant in my life ever since: the complication of my name and my deep desire for home.

For many of us, home feels evasive. Even after surviving a chaotic childhood and emerging into adulthood, I continued to feel misplaced, unsettled, lost, and lonely. Marriage did not fix it. Motherhood did not fix it. In fact, the normal pressures of life often made my feelings of hopelessness and defeat even stronger.

When you do not have the skills to process, face, and work through life’s challenges, even ordinary circumstances can feel overwhelming.

As my children grew older and my world expanded, I continued working as a treatment provider within the criminal justice system. There, I began to recognize something important: many people were just like me.

So many were struggling with obstacles formed by broken homes, emotionally immature parents, childhood trauma, chronic stress, and the developmental delays that come from growing up without safety, stability, and support.

Everything changed when I realized that home was not only an external place I needed to create. Home was also the living space inside of me.

When I began to build a home within myself, I discovered something powerful:

I could take it with me wherever I went.
And no one could ever take it from me.

**VASHTI'S HOUSE** is the FIRST OF IT'S KIND.

One thing became clear to me- both as a mother and throughout my career as a treatment provider in adult and juvenile corrections. I have a unique gift for taking abstract concepts like mental health, character development, and personal growth and transforming them into concrete, visual, and practical tools that are easy to understand and apply. Through creativity and lived experience, I’ve learned how to turn deep, often complex ideas into relatable, everyday actions that inspire lasting change.

Now, I’m bringing that same gift to Vashti’s House—the first-of-its-kind publishing house dedicated to creating printed products and interactive resources designed to give you the foundational experiences needed for inner wholeness and wellness.

We specialize in products and services focused on healing, recovery, mental health, inner growth, and personal development. Our mission is to remove barriers to learning and personal transformation by using easily visualized analogies and imagery that make change feel possible and accessible. Through our books, workbooks, journals, and other resources, we deliver impactful, experiential tools that bring immediate personal improvement.

And we make it memorable. Coaches Ruby and Ranger are here to support you. Lenny the Chicken offers insights on uncovering your hidden superpower. “Mama’s Hands” invites you to reflect on what could have been and what is now. “Baby Brother” walks beside you on your journey, and our professional development trainings connect you with real-life mentors who walk the talk.

Everything we create at Vashti’s House comes from lived practice—we’ve used these tools ourselves and seen them change lives. In fact, my own children and many of the young men I once worked with—even those who were incarcerated—still reach out years later to tell me how much these methods helped them heal, grow, and build a better future.

At Vashti’s House, we don’t just give you resources—we give you experiences you won’t forget. Experiences that empower, inspire, and equip you for your daily journey of becoming whole. Learn more about Vashti and be inspired by her journey.

The foundational experiences we need to develop into mature adulthood include positive connections, a strong sense of identity, and internal skills. We're creating these experiences in print!

Mission: Create accessible experiences through printed material which will foster inner growth and personal development to make it possible for everyone to make a home inside themselves and live in Peace, Expectancy, and Belonging, no matter what.

Vision: Give people all over the world access to better ways of living internally so the difficulties of life are building blocks for the future instead of stumbling stones.

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Values: Creating products and services that utilize evidence based, data supported and vetted methodologies in ways that are fun, engaging, immediately impactful, desirable, and provide positive connecting points.