THE HEART WARRIORS
A 12-Month Heart-Centered Healing & Community Program for Veterans and First Responders
Connection. Growth. Purpose. Belonging.
You dedicated years to serving others.
Now it’s time to invest in yourself, reconnect with what matters most, yourself, your purpose, and a community that understands you.
For many veterans and First Responders, the hardest part isn’t always the service itself — it’s what comes after or even what contin ues during years of service. The weight of responsibility. The loss of camaraderie. Feeling disconnected from purpose, community and even yourself.
The Heart Warriors was created to provide a place where those who have dedicated their lives to serving others can continue growing, strengenthing, and moving forward together.
This is more than coaching.
It is More than a retreat.
The Heart Warriors is a year-long transformational community built on trust, accountability, meaningful relationships, shared experiences and designed for veterans and first responders who are seeking deeper connection, personal growth, healing, purpose, and authentic community
This intimate 12-month experience combines powerful group conversations, guided personal development, and immersive retreat experiences in a safe and supportive environment with other veterans who are committed to growth.
This is not therapy.
This is not surface-level talk.
This is real connection, real support, and real transformation.
WHY THE HEART WARRIORS EXISTS
Many veterans and first responders:
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Miss camaraderie and shared understanding.
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Carry emotional burdens they rarely talk about.
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Feel isolated, even while surrounded by people.
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Want stronger relationships with their spouse, family, friends, and coworkers.
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Know they’re capable of more — but don’t know what the next chapter looks like.
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Want a place where they can be themselves without having to explain their experiences.
The Heart Warriors exists because no one should have to navigate life's next chapter alone.
The Heart Warriors Journey
Transformation doesn't happen in a weekend.
It happens through consistent practice, meaningful relationships, honest conversations, and intentional experiences over time.
Throughout this 12-month journey, you'll move through three phases:
Reconnect
Reconnect with yourself beyond your titles, rank, unmiform, or profession.
Build trust with a community that understands your experiences and supports your continued growth.
Reflect
Through guided conversations, experiential exercises, Heart Ceremonies, and immersive retreats, you'll explore the beliefs, experiences, emotions and patterns that continue to influence your life, relationships, and leadership.
Renew
Develop greater emotional resilience, stronger relationships, renewed purpose, and the confidence to intentionally create your next chapter.
What Makes The Heart Warriors Different
The Heart Warriors isn't a support group.
It isn't traditional coaching.
It isn't therapy,
It is a year-long transformational community that combines guided personal development, experiential learning, Heart Ceremonies, meaningful conversations, and immersive retreat experiences.
This is a place where participants don't simply talk about change.
They experience it.
Through intentional experiences, trusted relationships, and consistent support, participants develop greater confidence, emotional resilience, stronger relationships, renewed purpose, and a deeper connection to themselves and others.
What You Will Experience
Emotional Strength & Heart-Centered Growth
Develop greater emotional awareness and resilience while learning to navigate life's challenges with confidence, courage, and authenticity.
You will gain practical tools to understand emotional patterns, respond intentionally rather than react automatically, and lead your life with both strength and heart.
Connection & Belonging
Experience authentic community with veterans and first responders who understand your experience without needing an explanation.
You'll build relationships rooted in trust, respect, accountability, and shared experience.
Purpose Beyond Service
Service may have shaped your life, but it doesn't have to define your future.
Reconnect with your values, discover what matters most, and intentionally create your next mission - personally, professionally, and within your family and community.
Relationships & Communication
Strengthen your ability to communicate, lead, and show up more fully with your spouse, children, family, friends, coworkers, and those you care about most.
Growth isn't just about you.
It's about how your growth positively impacts the people around you.
Heart Ceremonies
Heart Ceremonies are one of the signature experiences within Heart Warriors.
These intentionally facilitated experiences create space to slow down, reflect, reconnect, and honor your journey.
Through carefully guided exercises, participants have opportunities to:
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Release emotional burdens
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Honor significant life experiences
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Practice forgiveness
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Cultivate gratitude
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Strengthen trust
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Reconnect with themselves
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Clarify what truly matters
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Move forward with renewed purpose
Every Heart Ceremony is thoughtfully designed to create meaningful moments of insight, connection, and lasting transformation.
Presence & Integration
Real transformation isn't measured by what happens at a retreat.
It's measured by how you show up when you return home.
Throughout the year you'll learn to integrate what you discover into everyday life, becoming more grounded, intentional, emotionally present, and aligned with the person you want to become.
Community Structure
Two live online gatherings each month (60–90 minutes)
The Heart Warriors Gatherings are the heartbeat of our community.
These live Zoom gatherings provide a confidential, supportive environment where veterans and first responders come together to connect, learn, reflect and grow.
Each gathering may include:
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Personal growth teaching
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Guided experiential exercises
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Reflection and discussion
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Leadership and life topics
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Accountability and encouragement
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Meaningful conversations
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Community support
Private Onboarding Coaching Session
Every participant begins their journey with a private one-on-one coaching session.
Together we'll:
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Clarify your goals
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Identify areas of growth
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Establish intentions for the year
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Create a personalized roadmap for your journey
Three immersive 3-Day / 2-Night retreats are included throughout the year.
These retreats are intentionally designed to help participants slow down, reconnect with themselves, strengthen relationships, and experience meaningful transformation in a supportive community.
Throughout the year, participants experience:
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Guided experiential exercises
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Purpose and identity exploration
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Personal reflection and integration
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Leadership development
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Nature-based experiences
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Meaningful conversations
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Community building
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Opportunities to strengthen trust and lifelong friendships
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Signature Heart Ceremonies
These weekends are more than retreats.
They are opportunities to reconnect with yourself, strengthen your heart, deepen relationships, and move forward with greater clarity, purpose, and confidence.
Meals, lodging, and retreat materials are included.
Weekend Retreat Dates:
Oct 23rd -25th
Feb 5th - 7th
June 11th - 13th
Travel is not included.
The Heart Warriors Retreats
WHO THIS COMMUNITY IS FOR
The Heart Warriors is for veterans and first responders who:
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Want authentic connection and meaningful community.
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Miss the camaraderie that comes from serving alongside others.
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Are ready to grow instead of simply getting through life.
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Want to strengthen relationships at home and at work.
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Desire greater purpose and fulfillment.
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Value integrity, trust, accountability, and shared experience.
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Are willing to invest in themselves and show up for others.
No rank. No ego. No judgment.
Just people committed to becoming stronger together.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE (12 MONTHS)
Monthly Online Group Calls
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2 x per month (60 - 90 minutes)
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Facilitated group sessions
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Safe, confidential space for connection, reflection, and growth
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Tuesday nights 6:00 pm MT
In-Person Retreats Included
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3 heart-centered weekend retreats per year
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Deep connection, reflection, and integration
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All retreats included in program cost (travel not included)
- Weekend Retreat Dates:
- Oct 23rd -25th
- Feb 5th - 7th
- June 11th - 13th
Program Commitment
The Heart Warriors is a 12-month commitment because meaningful transformation takes time.
Growth isn't created through a single conversation or weekend.
It is built through consistency, participation, accountability, community, and intentional practice over time.
Investment
To reserve your place in the Founding Cohort:
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$500 Commitment Deposit
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11 Monthly Payments of $500
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Total Program Investment: $6,000
Because of the depth and intimacy of this experience, space is limited.
Your investment includes:
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24 Heart Warrior Online Gatherings
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One Private Onboarding Coaching Session
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Three Heart Warrior Retreats
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Signature Heart Ceremonies
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Meals, lodging, and retreat materials
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Ongoing community throughout the year
Because of the depth and intimacy of this experience, participation is intentionally limited.
Meet Your Facilitator & Host
Cris Redford
The Heart Warriors is guided and facilitated by Cris Redford, a transformational coach, speaker, and community builder with deep, lived experience in the military community.
Cris is a former military spouse of 20 years and has been part of the military community for over 26 years, including long-term life in Coronado, California. Her family continues to serve, with active-duty military members, keeping her closely connected to the realities of military life today.
This work is not theoretical for Cris — it’s personal.
A Deep Understanding of Military Life and the pressures of the first responders
For decades, Cris has walked alongside service members and their families through:
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Deployments and reintegration
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Transitions between duty stations and civilian life
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The unspoken emotional toll of service
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The strength, resilience, and loyalty that define military culture
She understands the language, values, and lived realities of the military world — and the gap many veterans and first responders experience when they step into civilian life.
Training & Work with Veterans and First Responders
Cris has worked directly with veterans and First Responders in heart-centered, transformational settings, supporting:
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Emotional awareness and regulation
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Identity shifts after service
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Reconnection to purpose and meaning
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Strengthening relationships and presence
Her approach is grounded, respectful, and non-clinical — creating spaces where veterans feel safe, seen, and understood without being analyzed or fixed.
Her Role in The Heart Warriors
Cris does not position herself as “above” the community.
She serves as:
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Facilitator — holding the container with integrity and clarity
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Host — creating a space of trust, respect, and belonging
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Guide — supporting veterans as they reconnect to themselves and each other
She leads with presence, not ego — honoring the warrior spirit while supporting heart-centered healing and connection.
Why The Heart Warriors Matters to Her
After decades in the military community, Cris saw a consistent pattern:
Veterans and first responders are strong, capable, and resilient — yet often disconnected, isolated, or unsupported after service.
The Heart Warriors was created to offer what many veterans and first responders lose: community, camaraderie, and a place to belong again.
A Note from Cris
“This work is about honoring the warrior — It’s about creating space for connection, healing, and moving forward together.”
Sponsor A Heart Warrior
Your sponsorship helps ensure a veteran or first responder has access to healing, connection, and community through The Heart Warriors program.
Sponsorships directly support program participation and are allocated with care and integrity.
Options:
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Sponsor 1 Month ($500)
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Sponsor 3 Months ($1,500)
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Sponsor 6 Months ($3,000)
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Sponsor a Full Year ($6,000)
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Sponsor any amount (greatly appreciated)