https://katiesearle.com/streetcred daily 0.75 2026-01-21 https://katiesearle.com/about daily 0.75 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb737c66d69f33f387c9584/a607dbbb-20ab-4f1b-b9b9-7be3e9384c2d/katie%26vi_77.jpg About - Learn more about my work. https://katiesearle.com/connect daily 0.75 2020-06-02 https://katiesearle.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb737c66d69f33f387c9584/ec7dfc8a-33b0-4d8a-909d-d04acd039709/katie%26vi_73.jpg Home - My own intimacy with grief, conflict, and resilience has shaped my commitment to helping others navigate life’s hardest transitions & conversations. I create environments, events, and resources of support for individuals and families experiencing loss, and relational and spiritual shifts, by offering tools for stress mitigation, mindfulness, self-compassion, boundaries, expressing needs, conflict resolution, and healing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb737c66d69f33f387c9584/7388d581-8f80-40fb-856c-a4986f65280b/katie%26vi_46.jpg Home Learning to live with grief & relational tension in a culture that is pain-adverse can feel impossible and incredibly lonely, but there are ways to rebuild, repair, and reclaim joy. I know this, because I’ve lived it time and time again—and so can you. https://katiesearle.com/my-work-grief daily 0.75 2025-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb737c66d69f33f387c9584/1590441661636-NSGC9YKQ7R7NJFX4GB0S/visheep.jpg My Work - Our society is grief, loss and death-averse—understandably so. For every human being on the planet, life guarantees that we will bump up against pain and grief in some form, at some point. Despite its unrelenting ubiquity, so few of us are equipped to navigate grief when we are pitted against it ourselves, or to support others in their healing when they are wading through the inevitable darkness. From an early age in school, children learn math, spelling, history. There’s physical education, even sex education (albeit lacking), yet no foundational curriculum aimed to educate and support children in developing the critical social-emotional life skills to weather the stresses and traumas that they will most certainly encounter in their lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb737c66d69f33f387c9584/1590450158402-98A4Y9QTG3ZTVQZ0LA94/leo.jpg My Work - I never sought to be an expert in grief and loss, but that’s where my life journey has taken me. My own intimacy with grief and resiliency has inspired me to develop a trauma-informed elementary school integrated curriculum focused on stress mitigation, mindfulness, self-love, boundaries, expressing needs, conflict resolution, grief, and loss. The goal of this curriculum is to age-appropriately empower children to build personal resilience strategies and a strong foundation that equips them with the critical skills needed to cope with stress and heal from traumatic experiences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb737c66d69f33f387c9584/1590441968647-I62MPE4WK6GYGC5IV2ED/virun.jpg My Work - Equipped for life. By receiving the life skills and tools they need at an early age—flexible thinking, social and emotional regulating, patience, resilience, anger-management, and empathy—children are better prepared for academic achievement, better prepared to face life’s challenges head on, and better supported in navigating their paths to becoming engaged adults, global citizens, and community leaders. Although in the early development stages, I am excited to share my progress and toss around ideas. To learn more about the curriculum, and to stay up-to-date on announcements and rollout, sign up to my newsletter. For comments, questions and collaboration inquiries, please contact me here. https://katiesearle.com/terms-and-services daily 0.75 2020-06-04 https://katiesearle.com/consulting daily 0.75 2025-11-17 https://katiesearle.com/my-work daily 0.75 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb737c66d69f33f387c9584/21284d0a-dda5-436a-b17b-fffee650a3fd/WAYMAKERS+%281%29.png My Conflict Resolution Work - Waymakers is an initiative engaging faith communities, leaders, and individuals to help heal divides, build peace, and cultivate connection. Who we are: Chad Ford, co-founder & Co-Director of Waymakers, is an internationally recognized conflict mediator, peacebuilder, and educator. After directing the David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding at BYU–Hawaii for nearly two decades, he joined the faculty at Utah State University in 2024. Chad now holds a joint appointment in the Religious Studies Department and the Heravi Peace Institute, where he teaches courses in Religion, Violence and Peace; Bridging Religious Differences; Introduction to Peacebuilding; and Transformative Mediation. His global conflict transformation work, along with his books Dangerous Love and 70×7, reflect his commitment to helping individuals and communities cultivate courage, compassion, and repair. Patrick Mason, co-founder & Co-Director of Waymakers, is the Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture and Dean of Arts and Humanities at Utah State University. A leading scholar in American religious history, Patrick focuses on how faith, doubt, and belonging shape individuals and societies. His work brings clarity and nuance to the complexities of religious identity and transition, grounding difficult conversations in data, history, and deep empathy. Patrick’s research, writing, and public scholarship consistently help communities find steadier footing amid change. Katie Searle, Assistant Director of Waymakers, is devoted to creating spaces of repair, connection, and courageous conversation. Her work spans grant writing and event planning for nonprofits, community organizations, and interfaith initiatives. Drawing from personal experience and professional mediation training, Katie brings a steady, compassionate presence to some of the most tender human moments, helping people gather together to gain tools for repair, and to rediscover courage, clarity, and connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb737c66d69f33f387c9584/96513ecc-b1b1-4942-b9b6-fa576639e714/fulllogo_transparent.png My Conflict Resolution Work - Waymakers helps those struggling to make a way out of no way, and helps those in conflict find their way back home. Waymakers’ Core Values We believe constructive conflict is sacred transformation. Conflict is a sacred space—dynamic, relational, and full of possibility. In that space, there is no “me” or “them,” only “we.” Nonviolence is our foundation. We practice nonviolence not just as a strategy, but as a way of being—centered in dignity, discipline, and the belief that every person has inherent worth, even in the midst of disagreement. Reconciliation requires both inner change and practical skill. It calls for honest reflection, deep listening, and the skillful tools to navigate conflict with clarity and care. Peacemaking begins in everyday life. We empower individuals to be peacemakers in their homes, workplaces, congregations, communities, and civic life. Waymakers training and repair tools are rooted in the legacy of courageous peacemakers. We draw inspiration from Jesus and other spiritual traditions and movements that teach us to meet conflict with compassion, truth, and moral courage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb737c66d69f33f387c9584/e162587f-89f3-41a4-825e-140559867d4b/Repair-HR.png My Conflict Resolution Work - Repair 2025 REPAIR brought together world-class peacemakers from across the globe—raising the bar for relational skill-development. Our inaugural event was October 23-25, 2025 in Provo, Utah and featured incredible peacemakers including Jim Ferrell, Jennifer Finlayson-Fife, Thomas McConkie, Jennifer Walker Thomas, Emma Addams, Patrick Mason, Chad Ford, Desmond Lomax, LaShawn Williams and more. I had the honor of helping put on the Waymakers’ inaugural REPAIR event. There’s a special kind of satisfaction that comes from seeing something move from an idea on a Zoom call to a living, breathing experience—culminating in a reverent gratitude that comes with being behind-the-scenes, having the full, sweeping view of every single person who quietly makes it happen. Here’s what I saw, from behind-the-scenes.