Therapy Works Best When You Feel Connected to Yourself

Join the Avive la Vie Connection-Based Tools Membership — a weekly space for therapists and coaches to deepen their mastery of connection, stay grounded, and bring more ease and authenticity into every session.

Join the Therapist Membership – $35/mo

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When Connection Slips, the Work Gets Heavy

Therapists and coaches hold space for the most tender parts of the human experience — grief, fear, stuckness, and longing.
But even the most skilled professionals can feel something shift over time.

Clients begin running in circles.
Insights land but don’t take root.
Weeks pass with little movement.
And the responsibility to “make progress” begins to fall squarely on the therapist’s shoulders.

The effort ramps up — new skills, new angles, new strategies — yet the sessions still stall.
Exhaustion builds, not from a lack of expertise, but from carrying the emotional struggle alone.

Slowly, the joy of the work fades.
Presence becomes effortful.
What once felt meaningful starts feeling heavy.

This isn’t burnout.
It’s the natural result of working without true relational connection — the kind that regulates both nervous systems in the room and makes change possible.

Connection-Based Tools restores what gets lost:

1. Movement when clients are stuck

Instead of looping stories, clients drop into real experience — the place where clarity, emotion, and transformation live.

2. Relief from carrying all the responsibility

The work stops being about solving or performing. Attunement creates the conditions for change, so the therapist doesn’t have to push for it.

3. A regulated nervous system — for the therapist, coach, and the client

When connection is present, the emotional load doesn’t get absorbed. The nervous system stays steady, grounded, and available.

4. The return of joy, presence, and aliveness in the work

Sessions feel meaningful again. There is resonance instead of strain, movement instead of stagnation, and a deeper sense of why you began this work in the first place.

Connection-Based Tools bring therapists and coaches back to the foundation that heals: grounded presence, emotional attunement, and real-time connection.
When connection leads, everything else follows — clarity, momentum, and the lightness of doing the work you were trained for.

Connection Grows Where We Practice It

The challenges so many therapists and coaches face aren’t signs of personal failure — they’re the natural result of working in isolation.
Even the most grounded practitioners can start to feel the cumulative strain when there’s no consistent space to reconnect, to be real, and to be witnessed by peers who understand the depth of this work.

It’s not burnout from too little self-care.
It’s what happens when connection isn’t regularly renewed — when there’s no reliable structure to release what’s been held and to return, together, to presence.

The Avive la Vie Connection-Based Tools Membership was created to fill that gap: a weekly, experiential space to strengthen presence, deepen mastery, and stay resourced in the very work that heals others.

Step Into Connection-Based Practice – $35/mo

What If the Work Felt Lighter — Because Connection Led the Way

The challenge isn’t about skill, effort, or compassion.
It often stems from a quiet, well-intentioned belief shared by many clinicians:

“If my client is stuck, I must be doing something wrong.”

Left unexamined, that belief keeps even seasoned practitioners over-responsible and emotionally fatigued — holding too much, too often, alone.

There is another way.

Imagine a professional space grounded in the same attunement offered to clients — where presence replaces pressure, and connection becomes the foundation for every interaction.
A place where anxiety and uncertainty aren’t hidden but held, and where skill is developed through embodied practice, not performance.

In that space, sessions shift:

Sessions gain depth and direction without effort.
Boundaries feel kind and clear rather than protective.
Clients begin to regulate and take ownership naturally.
Practitioners leave sessions centered, not depleted.

This is the essence of Connection-Based Tools — moving from fixing to connecting, from doing to being with.
And it’s exactly what this membership was designed to nurture every week.

Join a Community That Supports You – $35/mo

This Isn’t About Doing More — It’s About Working from Connection

An ongoing, guided community for therapists and coaches to embody Connection-Based Tools — practicing presence, regulation, and authentic attunement each week.

A Space to Deepen, Embody, and Sustain Connection-Based Tools

The Avive la Vie Membership is not about working harder — it’s about working from connection.
This is a live, guided practice space for therapists and coaches who want to bring the principles of Connection-Based Tools fully into their professional and personal lives.

Rather than another theory-based training, this membership offers the structure and community to keep deepening what you’ve already begun to feel — the calm, clarity, and real-time attunement that changes sessions from the inside out.

When practiced consistently, Connection-Based Tools helps therapists and coaches:

Facilitate deeper client transformation. Sessions move past looping stories into genuine emotional awareness and progress.
Feel lighter and more centered. Nervous systems stay regulated, even after emotionally charged sessions.
Strengthen therapeutic boundaries. Limits feel clear and kind, enhancing trust instead of creating distance.
Model emotional safety. Clients mirror your grounded presence, learning to regulate through connection instead of control.
Experience genuine fulfillment. The work stops feeling like a drain and starts feeling like alignment again.

Each week, members gather for 90-minute Connection Labs — experiential sessions designed for direct application.
These labs provide guided practice, live feedback, and embodied exploration of techniques that integrate effortlessly into any therapeutic modality.

Inside these sessions, participants learn how to:

Open sessions with emotional attunement, so clients connect quickly to their inner experience.
Guide beyond analysis into presence, using inquiry rooted in connection rather than problem-solving.
Close the day grounded and clear, so the mind and body fully release the work.

No perfection. No over-preparing. Just steady, supported practice that keeps Connection-Based Tools alive in your work — and in you.

Say Yes to Connection-Based Living – $35/mo

Accessible Support for the Work That Supports Everyone Else

In most professions, ongoing connection and support are built in.
But for therapists and coaches, staying resourced often means paying hundreds of dollars for supervision, consultations, or CE courses that teach theory without offering space to feel and practice what truly sustains the work.

Let’s put it in perspective:

Private coaching: $150–$250 per session
Monthly therapist support groups: $300–$600+
CE lecture libraries: $129–$299/year — with no live, embodied practice
Supervision: valuable, but rarely designed to hold the therapist emotionally

The Avive la Vie Connection-Based Tools Membership offers something different:
Weekly live practice, real-time feedback, and a caring room that helps connection become second nature — all for a fraction of the usual cost.

Your investment:
$35/month — or $350/year (2 months free)

Enter the Therapist and Coaches Community – $35/mo

“My weekly live labs are normally $97/month. For this founding cohort, you’ll receive the full membership — live practice, replays, scripts, and peer support — for just $35/month.”

No contracts. Cancel anytime.
And if within 30 days it doesn’t feel genuinely valuable, your payment will be refunded — kindly and promptly.

This is the simplest, most supported way to bring Connection-Based Tools to life — without burnout, performance pressure, or carrying your clients’ stories home.

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“It was truly a pleasure to be part of your Avive la Vie therapist support group. I appreciated how JF modeled reaching deep emotions and making connections. I have given 7 Avive la Vie books to various clients and initiated connection-based work through the individuals featured in the book. I would highly recommend clinicians to work with JF in a support group, as it has enhanced my work supporting my clients.”

— Emi Jean Sakamoto Sanderson, Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC

Avive la Vie - An Adventure in Belonging

“As a therapist, I loved how simply and engagingly JF talks about the false stories we tell ourselves about the things we need to do to earn love and belonging. The stories are so relatable, and the integration of both resonating examples and what you can actually do about it are very helpful! I would recommend this to anyone who struggles to feel enough and helpful on how to move forward.”

— Tyana Tavakol, Licensed Therapist

Avive la Vie - An Adventure in Belonging

“Lessons were profound and easily utilized and explained for myself as well as for clients. I loved how Benoist explained the concepts he wanted to convey by storytelling and through the people's stories.”

— Brian Imperial, Licensed Therapist

Ready to Take Connection-Based Tools to the Next Level?

This isn’t about doing more — it’s about refining how connection transforms your sessions.
You’ve seen how quickly clients shift when they feel safe, seen, and attuned to.
Now it’s time to keep building that skill — to make those moments of real change predictable, repeatable, and natural.

The Avive la Vie Connection-Based Tools Membership is where therapists and coaches come to master this approach together.
Each week brings fresh, live practice and guidance that deepen emotional attunement, strengthen boundaries, and help connection become the steady foundation of your work.

As Connection-Based Tools become second nature, sessions start to flow with greater depth and ease:

Clients access core emotion faster and stay with it longer.
Your interventions land with clarity and authenticity.
You feel the spark of meaning return — that “this is why I became a therapist” feeling.

If you’re ready to keep growing, learning, and refining your ability to guide transformation through connection, this is your space to do it.

Join the Avive la Vie Membership Today:
✔ $35/month or $350/year (limited founding rate)
✔ Weekly live Connection Labs, replays, scripts, and community
✔ Cancel anytime — 30-day risk-free guarantee
✔ Founding rate locked as long as membership remains active

Get Weekly Live Support – $35/mo

Risk-Free for 30 Days
Experience the Difference Connection Makes

The work you do asks for presence, care, and courage every day.
So joining this membership should feel just as safe and supported.

Join today. Attend a live Connection Lab or watch a replay. Try one of the tools in a session or in your own reflective practice.
If after 30 days you don’t feel genuine value — more clarity, ease, or inspiration in your work — simply email us for a full refund. No pressure, no hoops.

✔ Keep the Starter Script Pack, even if you decide not to stay.
✔ Cancel anytime — no questions asked.
✔ Your founding rate remains locked as long as your membership is active.
✔ Need a breather? Pause for up to 60 days without losing your rate.

This space was built with therapists and coaches in mind — steady, flexible, and human.
It’s the same principle that guides Connection-Based Tools itself: safety first, exploration second.

Join, explore, and experience it for yourself.

Join Risk-Free — Access Weekly Experiential Training – $35/mo

Bonuses That Make Connection Easier to Practice — and Easier to Keep Alive

The biggest barriers to change aren’t lack of skill — they’re time, overwhelm, and the fear of trying something new.
That’s why your membership includes these Connection-Based Tools resources — each one designed to make your first steps lighter, clearer, and fully supported.

Live Onboarding Circle

A small, welcoming session in Week 1 where members gently explore the Three Doors Process and other cornerstone tools of Connection-Based Tools.
No pressure, no performance — just real practice in a safe, attuned environment.
→ Perfect for easing into the method through embodied experience rather than theory.

Starter Script Pack + Session Arc One-Pager

Plain-language templates built around the structure of a connection-based session.
Learn to open with attunement, redirect with safety, and close with grounding — even when emotions run high.
→ Ideal for bringing Connection-Based Tools language into the room right away.

Boundaries-as-Care Language Library

Connection doesn’t mean over-accommodation — it means clarity with compassion.
This searchable set of phrases shows how to hold firm boundaries as acts of care, helping both therapists and coaches and client stay safe and connected.
→ Strengthen boundaries that deepen trust instead of creating distance.

“See Through Resistance” Prompt Cards

Quick-reflection tools to help reframe “resistance” as unprocessed anxiety or fear.
By slowing the pace and reconnecting to safety, sessions move past defense into discovery.
→ A powerful way to practice the connection-first mindset in real time.

Audio-Only Replays (Private Feed)

Revisit main-room teachings while walking, driving, or decompressing — wherever presence feels possible.
→ Stay connected to the rhythm of the work, without screen fatigue.

Peer Pod Match + 30-Minute Flow

Be paired with 2–4 peers for short midweek connection practices — brief check-ins designed for shared regulation and real integration.
→ Light accountability that keeps the principles alive between weekly labs.

Monthly Integration Labs

A dedicated live session each month to refine your language, practice micro-skills, and explore hot-seat examples of Connection-Based Tools in action.
→ Turn concepts into embodied, repeatable results with supportive feedback.

Private App with Real-Time Support

Access an interactive group inside Kajabi to share insights, questions, and reflections.
You’ll receive grounded guidance from facilitators and peers who understand connection as the method, not the outcome.
→ Ongoing community that helps connection stay alive in daily practice.

These aren’t extras — they’re the supports that make Connection-Based Tools stick.
Clear words. Gentle rhythms. A professional community that helps you embody connection while you grow.

Join the Therapist and Coach Path – $35/mo

FAQs

What if I can’t attend every week?

I’ve done trainings before and nothing stuck. How is this different?

What if I don’t feel comfortable sharing personal material?

Is this clinical supervision or therapy?

What if I already have supervision or a consult group?

What if I’m already feeling overwhelmed?

Is this really worth $35/month?

Is my participation confidential?

What if I join and it’s not a fit?

I’m not sure I’m “ready.” Should I wait?

Step Into a Lighter, More Connected Way to Work

You can keep working the way most do — managing outcomes, holding everything together, and wondering when the work will feel alive again.

Or you can step into a professional space built for growth through connection — where presence matters more than perfection, and where the skills you practice each week make every session lighter, clearer, and more effective.

Here, the goal isn’t to carry less by caring less.
It’s to care differently — through Connection-Based Tools, where real change happens in real time, for both you and your clients.

Your Ongoing Practice Space for Connection-Based Tools

Avive la Vie is a weekly, experiential home for therapists and coaches who are ready to:

Practice Connection-Based Tools in real time with live guidance
Be witnessed and supported by peers who understand the depth of this work
Use clear, repeatable tools that bring sessions to life
Leave each day grounded, lighter, and reconnected to why this work matters

Membership details:
💫 $35/month — cancel anytime
💫 30-day risk-free guarantee
💫 Founding rate locked while active

You bring your presence and curiosity.
We’ll bring the safe room, the steady rhythm, and the words that help connection become your most powerful professional tool.

Begin Skill-Building Weekly – $35/mo

When the work feels alive again, everything changes — sessions flow, clients open, and presence becomes effortless.
Connection-Based Tools offer that path forward: grounded, real, and deeply human.

If that feels like the next step in your growth, there’s a place for you here.

Claim Your Spot Inside Avive la Vie

One small shift this week could change everything about how you show up next.

Join the Therapist and Coach Membership – $35/mo