About

We're not telling you how to get the experiences you need, we're giving you the experiences you need to live healthy and whole in the world today.

"I know a little girl named Vashti." This is what my second-grade teacher told her sister on a phone call in 1972. After our kidnapping from our non-custodial mother, my brother, sister and I had been put on a "prayer chain" and her convicted felon husband. The unusual nature of my name and a second-grade teacher paying attention in a small classroom in a remote part of Hawaii led to our return.

Two things have been constants in my life for the whole time: the complication of my name and my desire for a home.

For many of us, home is evasive. Even after my chaotic childhood and my emergence into adulthood, I continued to feel misplaced, unsettled, lost, and lonely. That didn't change after I got married or even after the birth of my four children. My feelings of hopelessness and defeat actually increased. Normal life circumstances hit hard when you don't have the skills to process, face, and work through them. Which I didn't.

As the kids got older, my interactions with others increased. I continued my career as a treatment provider within the criminal justice system. I realized that many people are just like me. In fact, most people I interacted with daily also struggled with the same obstacles I faced. External obstacles formed from a broken home, emotionally immature parents, as well as internal barriers due to significant developmental delays from childhood trauma and chronic stress made it hard to move forward.

Everything changed when I came upon the revelation that "home"

wasn't an external place I created but the living space inside of me.

When I made a home inside myself, I could take it wherever I went,

and it could never be taken 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.

"Home is a place of Peace, Expectancy and

Belonging, and a sanctuary for growth."

Vashti

VASHTI YOUNG

Founder and Director

Learn more or schedule Vashti for your next community enrichment event.

ARIANA ADAMS

Operations and Customer Care Specialist

She's your in-person contact for anything you need help you with.

CORBAN TOWERS

Administrative support and Product Development

Meet our Authors

GEORGE ESCALANTE MS

Life After Ground Zero

From fleeing political violence in El Salvador as a boy to standing amid the devastation of Ground Zero after 9/11, George Escalante’s life is a powerful story of survival, redemption, and purpose. In Life After Ground Zero, he reveals how trauma shaped him—and how faith, his love of learning, and service transformed his pain into a calling to help others heal.

Get this book to learn how you can rise from your own ground zero and discover that your “new normal” can become even better than what came before.

With George’s warm, engaging style, this interactive book feels like having a friend, coach, and mentor by your side—someone you can carry with you for encouragement and inspiration in every-day life.

GEORGE IS A GIFTED SPEAKER AND EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINER.

LEARN MORE ABOUT SCHEDULING HIM FOR YOUR NEXT COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT EVENT.

LAURIE JACKSON

Pick-Me-Up Pocket Therapy

As a clinician, Laurie knows that the insights and strategies discussed in therapy often need to be revisited again and again. Breaking old patterns of thinking and behaving isn’t easy—even when we have new tools and information.

That’s why she created the Pick-Me-Up Pocket Therapy booklet set: so you can take your therapy with you wherever you go! These three small but powerful books are based on the top three reasons clients come to see her. They’re designed to save you time and help you move toward healing faster. If you want to feel more empowered, replace false beliefs with truth, and learn to make even the hard days work for you, these pocket-sized companions are here to help—with quick reminders and immediate encouragement right at your fingertips.

Laurie’s approach to life change is 20% work and 80% fun. These pocket therapy books are practical, effective, and surprisingly enjoyable to keep with you. They’re also a great resource for clinicians, social workers, and counselors to recommend to clients who need an extra boost between sessions.

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