The Work Worth Wellness Framework
Career design, vocational wellness for communities where lived experience is the curriculum
Career
Design
Survival
Intelligence
Vocational
Wellness
Trauma-Informed
Strategy
Emotional
Resillience
You can’t build futures on burnout.
We don’t teach performative professionalism.
We build capacity - with care, clarity, and consistency.
Less Hustle. More Equity.
Work Worth Wellness is a culturally responsive, trauma‑informed approach to career development that helps students connect:
- what they do (Work)
- what they believe about themselves (Worth)
- how they care for their minds and bodies (Wellness)
It’s a practical framework for schools and organizations that want real growth: stronger agency, employable skills, and healthier learning environments.
Work Worth Wellness centers three pathways, each with four dimensions.
Pathway to Work
Career Design & Employability
This pathway helps students see work as more than just a job – it’s about designing a future that feels possible and personal.
By connecting strengths, lived experience, and skill-building opportunities, students learn to tell their story, practice in real settings, and map clear next steps toward post-secondary pathways.
- Exploration: strengths, interests, language assets, and lived experience as skills
- Story & Assets: resumes, portfolios, certifications, and evidence of learning
- Practice: workplace expectations, projects, internships, service
- Pathways: post‑secondary options, stackable credentials, entrepreneurship
Pathway to Worth
Identity, Belonging & Confidence
Worth is about more than self-esteem – it’s the foundation for how students show up in school, work, and life.
This pathway equips them to understand who they are, claim their voice, set boundaries, and ground themselves in values that carry them forward with integrity.
- Identity & Self-Concept: reframing survival intelligence as strengths
- Voice & Presence: communication, storytelling, and self-advocacy
- Boundaries & Capacity: emotional regulation, bandwidth, and safety
- Mindsets & Beliefs: motivation, values, and purpose with integrity
Pathway to Wellness
Safety, Habits & Sustainability
Wellness makes the other two pathways sustainable. Students learn that caring for their bodies, energy, and support systems is not extra – it’s essential for persistence.
This pathway builds rhythms and routines that help them regulate, focus, and sustain progress over time.
- Nervous System Care: routines, regulation, and recovery
- Energy & Focus: sleep, movement, nutrition basics, and tech hygiene
- Support Systems: mentors, peer circles, and referrals
- Sustainable Rhythm: planning, reflection, and realistic goal-setting
Work Worth Wellness
Equity Over Hustle
We reject grind culture and performance pressure. Students deserve systems that honor their humanity without erasing identity.
Survival Intelligence as Strength
What students carry from their lived experiences isn’t a deficit – it’s capacity. We name it, reframe it, and connect it to career pathways.
Belonging Before Performance
Emotional safety isn’t optional. When students feel seen and supported, they can take risks, explore, and persist.
Cultural Responsiveness
Language, heritage, and identity are assets. We integrate them into career design so you can have both connection and opportunity.
Capacity, Not Compliance
We teach skills and rhythms that build confidence and sustainability. Compliance gets short‑term results; capacity creates lifelong growth.