Captain | My Story Matters

WHO IT’S FOR

Designed for moments that matter.

Captain Your Story is for anyone ready to create meaningful change in their life.

You may find yourself at a crossroads—ready for a shift, navigating transition, rebuilding after challenge, or seeking greater clarity about who you are and where you are going. This work is designed to meet people in those pivotal moments and help them move forward with purpose.

Captain Your Story is especially supportive for adults experiencing transition, including those connected to justice-involved and reentry programs, transitional housing, recovery services, workforce readiness, adult education, and community-based support.

The curriculum is inclusive and adaptable, serving people from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and identities.

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WHAT CAPTAIN YOUR STORY IS

The foundation for lasting change.

Captain Your Story (CYS) is the core curriculum for adults ages 18 and older. It is designed for individuals navigating transition—whether reentry, recovery, rebuilding, or redirection—who are ready to take ownership of their narrative and move forward with intention.

Rather than focusing on behavior alone, CYS strengthens the internal foundations required for sustainable change: identity, emotional regulation, clarity of vision, and personal responsibility.

This is where individuals move from reacting to life to consciously directing it.

Take the helm of your story.

Captain Your Story is the foundational adult curriculum from My Story Matters—designed to build vision, emotional regulation, accountability, and long-term stability during life’s most critical transitions.

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WHAT PARTICIPANTS BUILD

From awareness to agency.

Through a structured, step-by-step curriculum, participants develop the skills needed to create stability and direction in their lives.

Participants learn to:

Clarify personal vision and long-term direction
Strengthen emotional regulation and reduce reactive behavior
Shift from a victim mindset to a creator mindset
Take responsibility for choices and outcomes
Release harmful habits, patterns, and relationships
Build healthy community and support systems
Increase readiness for services, employment, and next steps

Captain Your Story equips individuals not just to understand their story—but to lead it.

WHY IT WORKS

Built for the edge.

Captain Your Story is grounded in an evidence-informed, trauma-aware framework that recognizes a simple truth:

lasting change happens at the edge—where the past meets possibility.

By providing structure, language, and tools at these moments of transition, the curriculum helps individuals integrate where they’ve been with where they’re going—without being defined by either.

You don’t have to erase the past to move forward.
You just need the tools to lead what comes next.

Captain Your Story provides that foundation.

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CAPTAIN YOUR STORY

The gateway to application.

Captain Your Story (CYS) serves as the required foundation for all Navigate Your Story extension curricula.

Before participants move into targeted application areas—such as financial capability, parenting, trauma understanding, or career exploration—they must first establish the internal clarity and regulation developed through CYS.

This sequencing ensures that growth is not rushed, fragmented, or superficial—but sustainable.

HOW IT’S DELIVERED

Structured, flexible, and scalable.

Captain Your Story is designed for implementation across a wide range of adult-serving environments.

The curriculum can be delivered:

In person
Online
In blended or hybrid formats

Programs may be structured as:

Cohort-based experiences
Short-term intensives
Or longer-term engagements integrated into existing services