Adulting IRL

At Adulting IRL, we don’t ask you to be perfect. We don’t expect you to have it all figured out. Whether you’re carrying trauma, wrestling with your identity, or just trying to keep your head above water, you deserve a space that meets you where you’re at. This is that space.

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We exist for youth who live at the intersections of survival, identity, and healing. Black, Brown, queer, disabled, neurodivergent, system-involved. Youth who have lost people. Youth who have had to grow up too fast. Youth who know how to show up for others, but rarely get that same care in return. We see you. We’ve been you. And we built this for you.

 

At Adulting IRL, we focus on what it means to care for yourself and your community in ways that are intentional, culturally grounded, and real. We offer:

• #YouGoodFam?, a first-aid suicide intervention training where middle and high school students learn how to recognize warning signs, hold space in the moment, and connect peers to trusted support.

• #NoApologies, a self-love workshop that teaches youth how to care for themselves with intention while also learning how to support others in doing the same.

• #ISeeYou, a Youth Peer Support Certification Training with two tracks—one for young people stepping into peer roles, and one for adults entering the professional peer support workforce.

• #Amplify&Thrive, a paid internship that gives youth real-world experience in peer support, leadership, and community care.

 

Our team brings lived experience and professional training into every room we enter. We don’t do this work from the outside, we carry our own stories and scars, and we’ve put in the work to turn that pain into purpose. You don’t need to earn belonging here; you already do.

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To those who have faced the storm and thought they wouldn’t make it through, this is for you.
You are not the storm. You are the peace within it and the light beyond it. May you always remember that no matter how strong the winds howl or how heavy the rain falls, you are more than what has tried to break you.

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For every fighter, every survivor, every thriver, and those still finding their way #WeSeeYou.