Testimonials

💜 "LAVA has changed my entire life. I am learning to love myself. It’s a slow process, but so worth it. "

💜 "I found LAVA about 9 months into a 12 step program. I was having difficulty getting through the last couple steps. LAVA help me get through the last steps in one month of daily practices and going to meetings. I got reintouch with my HP after being not in touch for over a year. It has helped me through depression. Increase my over all well-being. It works if you work it, so work it, because you are worth it!"

💜 "LAVA has been gentle, nurturing, calming and supportive. To say I love LAVA wouldn’t do it justice. I’ve come to rely on LAVA. It’s helped me to love myself as a very feminine woman. It gives me a feeling of a loving higher power that nothing has ever done so far and I’ve been a massive searcher for my higher power all my life."

💜 "LAVA  was the key to filling the gap. Hard to explain unless it's done....like now I desperately need to connect to myself."

💜 "This wonderful group and its LAVA framework have helped me—probably for the first time in my life—to truly see and understand myself. It has guided me to nurture self-love, practice self-acceptance, and become aware of my basic needs and how to protect and fulfill them."

💜 "Even though I’m still pretty new to this group and the LAVA framework, the impact has already been bigger than I expected. In a short amount of time, I’ve started understanding myself in ways I honestly never had before. It’s helped me become more aware of my needs, my patterns, and the ways I’ve neglected myself over the years. I’m learning how to approach myself with more compassion, practice self-acceptance, and recognize that my needs matter too."

💜 "At 51, I found myself experiencing joy for the first time. In the past I experienced joy and happiness in fleeting moments but those moments were not a free experience. They were clouded over by a dark, heavy veil of pain and negativity created from the trauma of my childhood experiences. In adulthood, I continued to act out in relationships and patterns, trying to find a moment of joy. I confused joy for the elation I felt when I was in my disease getting little bits of excitement from dopamine. When I got into the program, I found out about LAVA by my second day.  I attended meetings, and through the concepts and practices, I was introduced to a new way to allow a connection to a higher power and a way to start letting go of the pain, making room to guide LAVA. For me, LAVA has been a definitive vehicle to fill the void of all that is unhealthy, to a loving, safe, and  serene life."

💜 "Now, when people let me down I can hold myself up instead of getting pulled down with disappointment."

💜 "I joined LAVA and SLAA in 2021. I was broken and lost after leaving an extremely abusive relationship and finding myself fighting the fallout while trying to raise my infant daughter. I somehow landed in a retreat where LAVA was brought up and the message took hold. With the love and assistance of other women, I have developed a love for myself and in turn, have been able to raise my daughter with strength, love and showing her the power in loving herself. I owe my life to this program and the women I’ve relied on."

💜 "I reflect on all the "magical qualities" I gave my flagship qualifier and then I reflect on how I was blinded by our sizzling chemistry and mind blowing sex and how that meant nothing! Absolutely nothing! In the end he was a horrible pathological narcissist who destroyed my life and that of our son.  I just minimized or ignored all those flaming red flags because I did not have any of my own unconditional self-love, authentic attention, meaningful validation or total self-acceptance! I had no idea about the importance and impact of LAVA. I was a total empty well, bone dry of any of my own LAVA. If we don't learn the lesson from the experience we will simply keep re-experiencing the lesson!"

💜 "Since I was a child, perfectionism and shame have been my constant companions. I spent so much of my life terrified of getting things wrong, disappointing people, or not being a “good girl.” LAVA has helped me begin letting go of those patterns and learning how to love myself with more compassion. One of the things I’m most proud of is leaving a toxic marriage with my qualifier. I truly don’t think I would have been able to break that spell without the support and healing I found in LAVA. Through this program, I’m learning that my recovery isn’t about perfection, it’s about deep self love, courage, connection, and learning to trust myself and my Higher Power again."

💜 "I joined SLAA the week I turned 65 in 2022, and I found LAVA in 2024. Giving myself LAVA instead of searching for it from others has turned the tables on my relationship to everyone I know.  I am more discerning and selective with whom I spend my time. I am no longer craving a man in my life. I am no longer lonely, even though I am alone most of the time. I have found my favourite hobbies again! And I continue to polish the diamond that is me. Thank you to all my fellows in SLAA, LAVA, and Alicia A.!"