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What we were never taught

The missing infrastructure
for human readiness.

Building wiser communities. leaders. support systems. friends. structures. teammates. coaches. families. communities.

Simple tools for complex humans.

The Stakes

"We don't have a mental health system. What we have is a non-system."

Thomas Insel — Former Director, National Institute of Mental Health
80%
of employees say mental health training matters. Only 11% of companies require it. Demand exists.
NAMI Workplace Mental Health Poll, 2025
~1 in 3
Americans lives in a designated mental health professional shortage area. Clinical supply can't scale to meet it.
HRSA Health Workforce, 2024
11 yrs
average delay between symptom onset and any treatment. Crisis becomes the entry point — because nothing else exists.
NAMI, 2024
When someone is struggling, the first line of defense is rarely a professional. It's the people around them — and almost no one has been trained for that role.
The Gap

Physical health built its middle layer.
Behavioral health hasn't started.

Forty years ago, a back injury meant seeing a doctor. Today you have a trainer, a physio, a run club, and a wearable. Behavioral health still runs the way physical health did in 1985. The peer trainer layer has never been built.

Physical Health — The Full Stack
SpecialistsExists
Primary care physiciansExists
Physical therapy & rehabExists
Nutritionists & sub-specialistsExists
Personal trainers & coachesExists
Group classes & communitiesExists
Apps & wearablesExists
Self-guided practiceExists
Behavioral Health — Today
Psychiatrists & psychologistsExists
Therapists & counselorsExists
Recovery & step-down programsGap
Behavioral sub-specialistsGap
Peer support & near-peer mentorsWe Build This
Structured group programsWe Build This
Apps & wearablesExists
Self-guided self-careExists
Why Now

Human readiness is AI readiness.

The skills that determine whether AI is used wisely or carelessly are the same ones behavioral health builds. LinkedIn's 2025 data names conflict mitigation, adaptability, and clear thinking as the top in-demand skills. These aren't separate from behavioral health. They're what it produces.
42%
expect their role to change significantly due to AI within a year. Only 17% use it frequently today.
Bright Horizons / Harris Poll, 2025
77%
of employers committed to reskilling for AI. The human foundation to build on doesn't exist yet.
WEF Future of Jobs Report, 2025
$1.47
return for every $1 spent on wellness. 17-point productivity gain for companies that invest.
NAMI / Zen Workplace Wellness, 2025
The Curriculum

The 10 Pillars of Healing, Growth & High Performance.

A proprietary methodology that distills the most potent tools across behavioral health, peer support, and human development into one accessible curriculum.

Designed to be deeply effective without being clinical or academic. Refined and proven across 25 years of practice.

the 10 pillars of healing, growth & high performance
The Methodology Within
01 — Know Yourself

Inner Mastery

The diagnostic. Self-awareness across all 10 pillars.

02 — Grow Yourself

Skills & Practice

The inner toolkit, built through repetition.

03 — Support Others

Outer Impact

Peer support + structured group programs. One node, many ripples.

The Platform

Meeting people
where they are.

An entry point for everyone — from beginners curious about a single conversation to lifelong practitioners running programs in their community. Three product categories, one unified infrastructure, 25 years of methodology.

Core Certifications
Essential education.

Community Entry Standard

Mental Health & Peer Support 101. The shared baseline.

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The Life Plan™

ACT × DBT × CBT as a personal development roadmap.

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Peer Support Certification

The flagship cert. Non-clinical. Skills-based.

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Mentor Certification

For leaders, coaches, and parents running cohorts.

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Complementary Tools
Consistent reinforcement.

Inspire Cards

Conversation starter cards for teams and families.

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Insight-a-Day Journals

Daily reflection journals as phone alternatives.

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Topic Journals

45-Day Confidence, Resilience, Focus.

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AI Life Plan Facilitator Alpha

Voice AI through the Life Plan, on guardrails.

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Customizable Programs
For organizations bringing this to their community.

Mentorship Cohorts

Mentor matching, curriculum, digital tracking.

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Retreats & Activations

Immersive kickoffs and annual reconnects.

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White-Label Licensing

Full curriculum + LMS under your brand.

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Custom Print Ecosystems

Branded Life Plans, workbooks, and journals.

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Built on →
Proprietary Curriculum + Knowledge Spine
Proprietary LMS + Cohort Management
AI Voice Guide — in development
25 years of proven methodology
Live — in use nowActive cohorts running at app.wisefriend.org
View the Platform →

Intelligence, On Guardrails

AI that makes depth
accessible at scale.

The methodology is the source of truth. AI carries it further — never replacing human judgment, only extending its reach. We're building it deliberately: crawl, walk, run, with safety and quality first.

Crawl — Today

Voice Facilitator + In-Session Intelligence

A voice agent that walks members through the Life Plan, plus AI that synthesizes insights from sessions, runs monitoring and safety checks in real time (in meetings and in-app), and pairs members with the right resource the moment they need it. Some personalization today, with more on the way.

In Alpha · Live
Walk — Next

AI Course Companion + Deeper Personalization

A companion that helps members move through courses — answering questions, surfacing the right tool, and keeping practice on track between sessions. Personalization extends across the pathway, adapting to each member's pillar profile and pace.

In Development
Run — The Horizon

Wise Companion + Curriculum Engine

An always-available wise companion, and eventually a custom curriculum engine that adapts the 10 Pillars to any community — all anchored to the Knowledge Spine. Crawl, walk, run — with safety and quality first at every step.

Under the Works

Safety and quality, first. Every layer is grounded in the proprietary Knowledge Spine and 25 years of methodology. Human judgment stays the source of truth — AI never crosses clinical bounds.

The Vision

The ultimate hub
for human well-being.

Behavioral health today is fragmented and crisis-obsessed. We connect the full continuum — and add the rung the system forgot.

01

Preventative Care

Literacy and tools before anything breaks. The skills no one was taught.

02

Early Intervention

Catching the signal early — peer support and structured group programs.

03

Partnering with Treatment

Working alongside clinical care, never replacing it. The connective layer.

04

Post-Care & Step-Down

Recovery and reintegration support, so progress holds after treatment ends.

05

High Performance

From healing to growing to thriving — the rung behavioral health neglects.New Territory

One central vehicle. One-stop shop.

We deliver this through corporations, sports teams, foundations, and schools — curating the best of the best and training accordingly, inside reinforcing ecosystems instead of one-off interventions.

And we build it like the AA model — simple enough to replicate across our peer support network, so one trained supporter becomes many, and the work reaches millions.

WISE FRIEND Corporations Sports Teams Universities Foundations Schools Nonprofits Healthcare Faith & Recovery

Traction

No marketing.
All inbound.

Every partnership has come to us. Organizations pre-licensed the curriculum before the product was finished.

3
Active Pilot Orgs
$0
Marketing Spend to Date
25+
Years Proven Methodology
Pre-Licensed
Before Product Completion
Strategic Partner — Youth

Inspiring Children Foundation

25 years of transformational youth programming. ICF co-develops curriculum with Wise Friend — community reach meets behavioral health rigor.

Pilot — Professional Sports

INTENNSE Professional Tennis League

Elite athletes are among the most under-served populations in behavioral health. A live proving ground under real competitive pressure.

Pilot — Sports

Big League Whiffle Ball

A grassroots sports league bringing the curriculum to teams, players, and the cultures around them. Sport as the entry point to lifelong skills.

Live Activations Partner

NotAlone Brand

Strategic partnership to program live activations, demos, and experiences at the Summit and corresponding events — turning the curriculum into shared, in-person moments.

Strategic Partner — Foundations

Sobrato Foundation

One of California's leading family foundations. Partnering to extend the curriculum across community networks and mission-aligned grantees.

Coming Fall — Family Foundation

A-List Family Foundation (CA)

A high-profile California family foundation joining as a strategic partner this fall. Details to be announced as the program launches.

"The outcomes have been remarkable, and with the utmost confidence I can recommend their work and the integrity with which they conduct themselves."

Richard Baker, Chairman — Hudson's Bay Company
Signed & Proven

Built on a foundation of proven enterprise work: Zappos, Hudson's Bay, Kroger, Saks Fifth Avenue, iHeartRadio, Montgomery County Schools, and USTA — across 22 cities and 10,000+ youth.

83
NPS — top 10% globally
ICF Corporate Leadership Accelerator
86%
felt more connected to themselves and their community
ICF Corporate Leadership Accelerator
78%
adopted healthier habits following the program
ICF Corporate Leadership Accelerator
71%
industry-high return engagement rate
ICF Corporate Leadership Accelerator
The Impact

Transformations,
with each step.

We measure before and after — not vibes, but what people can actually do, and what they say about it.

Readiness Under Pressure
Before practice
~34%
After practice reps
84.1%

"Players left scenario practice feeling ready to apply what they learned." — 84.1% rated themselves 6 or 7 of 7 on handling a real scenario (avg 6.07 / 7).

INTENNSE Training Survey
Ownership of Culture
Saw it as "someone else's job"
~21%
Feel responsible for it
78.9%

"Participants already see themselves as culture-builders; the training gives that instinct structure." — 78.9% rated 6 or 7 on feeling responsible for team and community culture.

INTENNSE Training Survey
88.6%
walked away with a concrete pressure-management tool
INTENNSE Training Survey
84.1%
gained a clear approach to supporting a teammate
INTENNSE Training Survey
In Their Own Words

The training extremely useful because it transforms "mental toughness" from a vague concept into a mechanical skill.

— INTENNSE participant

The training helped me discover that I was not regulating myself in a productive way in the past 3 months of competition. I was choosing the wrong approach and this gave me clarity on how to improve and practice. I also gained more clarity on how to not overstep when I am concerned about a teammate.

— INTENNSE participant

I struggle with anxiety on court and found very useful tools to help control my inner voice. Likewise, if I'm watching a teammate, I now know tools to better support them as well.

— INTENNSE participant

This training was really helpful. I learned a lot of insight and I really like the way it was interactive. I felt also the situations were real and it is what we think about.

— INTENNSE participant

It helped remind me that I have a lot of control over how I manage myself and my days, and how I respond to challenging events. It also reminded me of the importance of calming down my nervous system when I am feeling heightened — a super important skill at work, but also in life during conflict, for interpersonal reactions, or when feeling frustrated in traffic. I honestly really loved this training.

— ICF Accelerator participant

This training was super useful to me, specifically in establishing routines and how to handle stress.

— INTENNSE participant

This training was very useful to me because these are all things I have struggled with in the past.

— INTENNSE participant
Market

A $10B entry point.
A much larger horizon.

The US corporate behavioral health training market is the most immediate opportunity. The full addressable market spans hospitals, treatment centers, sports, schools, and every individual who was never taught these skills.

TAM
$100B+
SAM
$10B
SOM
$25M
The Demand Signal
80% of employees say mental health training matters. Only 11% of companies require it. The demand exists. The structured supply doesn't.
NAMI Workplace Mental Health Poll, 2025
The AI Convergence
Roles requiring AI skills are twice as likely to also demand resilience and analytical thinking. The behavioral health market and AI readiness market are converging.
Microsoft New Future of Work Report, 2025
The ROI Case
$1.47 return for every $1 spent on wellness. 17-point productivity improvement. The business case writes itself.
NAMI 2023 / Zen Workplace Wellness, 2025

The Team

A life's work.
Not a startup idea.

Found behavioral health not as a market opportunity, but through lived experience — athletics, peer support, corporate leadership, and watching firsthand what happens when people finally have these tools.

NK
Nicole Kalhorn
Co-Founder
Princeton. Former Wellness Director at Hudson's Bay Company — built behavioral health programming inside one of North America's largest retail organizations.
CA
Clayton Alenik
Co-Founder
UNLV Harrah College. Lived experience expert and high-level tennis athlete who discovered firsthand how behavioral health tools transform performance.
DS
Danielle Serie-Stockton
Senior Operator
Former Director of Growth, United Healthcare. Operational expertise and healthcare relationships accelerating institutional partnerships.
JH
Jeff Hollis
Lead Engineer
Senior Engineer at Epic — built infrastructure for healthcare's most trusted records platform. Same rigor applied to Wise Friend's tech stack.
AD
Andrew Diehl
AI Product Manager
Red Ventures. 30+ years combined scientific research and AI/data science. Guardrails-first — human judgment is the source of truth.
CO
Cherrial Odell
Content
Stanford Psychology. Develops the curriculum language that makes Wise Friend's methodology distinctive — accessible, principled, evidence-based.
Advisors
Dr. Tasha Rasolkhani, Former IOP Director, Ft. Carson  ·  Dr. Andrew Freeman, Former DHHS Nevada  ·  Dr. Blaise Aguirre, Harvard McLean Psychiatry  ·  Tim Blenkiron, Pro Tennis Coach  ·  Adam Kelly, Data Scientist, Data Edge  ·  Ryan Wolfington, Inspiring Children Foundation

Join the Work

Three ways to be
part of this.

Behavioral health infrastructure is the defining human opportunity of the AI era. We're looking for people who want to help build it right.

Clinical Partner

Clinical advisors, accreditation bodies, and licensed professionals who can validate and co-develop the curriculum. The partnership we need most right now.

Start a Conversation

Strategic Partner

Organizations and foundations ready to embed this into their culture. You bring the community and the mission. We bring the infrastructure.

Explore Partnership

Movement Builder

Impact-aligned individuals who believe this is the infrastructure play of the decade — and want to bring resources, relationships, or reach.

Let's Talk
The Work

"We're not just building a profitable business — we're crafting a healthier, more advanced society."

The tools exist. The methodology is proven. The urgency has never been higher. The infrastructure for human flourishing has never been built at scale — until now.

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Not Medical or Clinical Advice

Wise Friend's curriculum, peer support certifications, and related products are educational and non-clinical in nature. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical or mental health condition, and are not a substitute for professional clinical care. Anyone experiencing a mental health crisis should contact a licensed professional or emergency services. Wise Friend operates alongside, not in place of, the clinical care system.

Data, Sources & Estimates

Statistics, outcomes data, and survey results referenced herein are drawn from internal program data (including the INTENNSE Training Survey and ICF Corporate Leadership Accelerator) and from third-party sources cited inline. Market sizing figures (TAM, SAM, SOM) are management estimates based on publicly available data and the Company's analysis; they are illustrative and subject to change. Where pre-program baselines are shown as approximate, they reflect contextual estimates rather than matched pre/post measurement.

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