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The Hoffman Institute Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, delivers the Hoffman Process, a week long residential course of personal discovery and development. The Hoffman Process allows you to examine and better understand your life and reveals why you behave the way you do. Published scientific research demonstrates the long-term positive effects that the Hoffman Process has had on relieving depre

ssion and anxiety. To date, more than 80,000 people around the world have used the tried and tested Hoffman techniques to improve their quality of life and restore their relationships with friends and family.

06/12/2025

Season 10 Episode 17 Clip 1: Helen Valleau - This Essence of Eternal Love Within⁠
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Meet today's guest, Helen Valleau, beloved Hoffman teacher and coach. Helen completed the Hoffman Process in March 1992 and began teaching the Process in November 1995. Now, three decades later, Helen sits down with Drew for a beautiful conversation about how the Process changed both her and the trajectory of her life.⁠
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Growing up in Edmonton, Alberta, Helen's childhood was very different from the other kids she knew. Her parents were corporate bush pilots who flew in the Arctic. Helen's mother loved to fly, daring to dream and follow her passion. She was the first woman inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame and was a recipient of the Amelia Earhart award. When Helen was 13, her mother was diagnosed with cancer and started on a long healing journey. Eventually, Helen lost her mother when Helen was nearing her 20th birthday. She shares what an incredible experience it was to witness her mother's fierce determination and strength, but also how hard it was to miss out on a softer, warmer experience of her mother.⁠
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Her mother's imprinting left her with a lot of pain and confusion, as well as the determination to emulate her mother. But as we know from doing the Process, that doesn't work. When Helen came to the Process at 32, she was "ready to lay it all out and be done with it." She knew she was messing up her life because of her patterns. At the Process, Helen realized she had "this Essence of eternal love and grace and wisdom and peace within her." She knew, beyond a doubt, that the trajectory of her life had changed.⁠
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Helen is a light-filled force of nature full of inspiration, positivity, and profound wisdom. We hope you enjoy this rich, vibrant, and tender conversation with Helen and Drew.⁠
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https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e17-helen-valleau/

06/10/2025

Season 10 Episode 16 Clip 3: Corey Campbell - I Am Enough Just as I Am⁠
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Beloved Hoffman teacher and coach Corey Campbell had no thought of becoming a Hoffman teacher when he arrived for his week at the Process. Rather, he came because he was exhausted and didn't know why. He hoped to find something that would help him change his approach to life.⁠
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Often, people believe that if they have good parents and/or a happy childhood, there is nothing to be gained from looking at their parents' or caregivers' behaviors. But Corey's story is a beautiful example of that not being true. When he came, Corey was sure most of the patterns he needed to release didn't come from his mother. It turns out that the exhaustion he was experiencing from serving others could be directly traced to his mother's patterns. Often, even 'good' behavior is driven by unconscious needs not being met. What matters is what's driving the behavior. When driven by patterns, we will attempt to meet that need in a way that doesn't work.⁠
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At the Process, Corey saw through the patterns and opened to deep Presence. Lying in the cold creek water at WSS, staring up at the sunlight through the trees, he had a moment of realization. Corey realized that he is enough just as he is. This pure clarity has changed his approach to life. He now understands that loving and caring for his wife and son, Cayden, is enough. If he does other things in his life, great. But he no longer lets his patterns convince him he needs to be more because he is enough.⁠
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We hope you enjoy this insightful and loving conversation with Corey and Sadie.⁠
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Content warning: This conversation references grief and loss.⁠
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Follow Corey:⁠
Instagram: ⁠
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-campbell-95b35323/

https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e16-corey-campbell/

06/08/2025

Season 10 Episode 16 Clip 2: Corey Campbell - I Am Enough Just as I Am⁠
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More about Corey Campbell:⁠
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Corey Campbell is a Hoffman Process Teacher & Coach. He is also the CEO and Founder of Akamai Training & Consulting, where he serves as a nationally recognized executive coach and leadership consultant. Through Akamai, Corey builds high-performance cultures rooted in mindset, emotional intelligence, and authentic leadership. His coaching and training programs challenge people to be open, real, and courageous. They learn to embrace the tough conversations that foster genuine trust, alignment, and unity. ⁠
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Corey brings a personalized, insight-driven approach to every engagement. He is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and a certified practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®), the iEQ9 Integrative Enneagram, and Tracom’s Social Styles & Versatility. He has over 20 years of experience transforming people and teams across hospitality, healthcare, finance, and government.⁠
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Corey resides in Honolulu with his wife, Cherise, their son Cayden, and their dog, Scooby. He enjoys being outdoors, hiking, traveling, and reading. Corey has a special affinity for Japanese culture after spending three years teaching English there after college. He wakes up every day fueled by his purpose: to help others live a more energized, engaged, and inspired life.⁠
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“I came to Hoffman totally burnt out on life – exhausted from trying to make everyone else around me happy while feeling empty inside and trying to mask it. During my Process, I realized how deeply set and unconscious my childhood patterns were around playing the role of helper and, ultimately, people pleaser. The Process allowed me to get in touch with my authentic self, for perhaps the first time ever, and to start to love myself simply for who I am, not for what I do. It’s a gift that keeps on giving. Teaching Hoffman now is an honor to walk alongside others as they discover or reconnect to their own light and sense of self-love.”⁠
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Content warning: This conversation references grief and loss.⁠
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Follow Corey:⁠
Instagram: ⁠
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-campbell-95b35323/

https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e16-corey-campbell/

06/05/2025

Season 10 Episode 16 Clip 1: Corey Campbell - I Am Enough Just as I Am⁠
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Beloved Hoffman teacher and coach Corey Campbell had no thought of becoming a Hoffman teacher when he arrived for his week at the Process. Rather, he came because he was exhausted and didn't know why. He hoped to find something that would help him change his approach to life.⁠
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Often, people believe that if they have good parents and/or a happy childhood, there is nothing to be gained from looking at their parents' or caregivers' behaviors. But Corey's story is a beautiful example of that not being true. When he came, Corey was sure most of the patterns he needed to release didn't come from his mother. It turns out that the exhaustion he was experiencing from serving others could be directly traced to his mother's patterns. Often, even 'good' behavior is driven by unconscious needs not being met. What matters is what's driving the behavior. When driven by patterns, we will attempt to meet that need in a way that doesn't work.⁠
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At the Process, Corey saw through the patterns and opened to deep Presence. Lying in the cold creek water at WSS, staring up at the sunlight through the trees, he had a moment of realization. Corey realized that he is enough just as he is. This pure clarity has changed his approach to life. He now understands that loving and caring for his wife and son, Cayden, is enough. If he does other things in his life, great. But he no longer lets his patterns convince him he needs to be more because he is enough.⁠
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We hope you enjoy this insightful and loving conversation with Corey and Sadie.⁠
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Content warning: This conversation references grief and loss.⁠
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Follow Corey:⁠
Instagram: ⁠
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-campbell-95b35323/

https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e16-corey-campbell/

06/03/2025

Season 10 Episode 15 Clip 3: Ade & Claudette Faison - Unlocking Futures⁠
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More about Ade:⁠
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For more than half a century, Ade has functioned as a highly skilled facilitator in Human Development. His work extends globally, including the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, and South America. He works with youth from 8 years old to senior adults. In the first 25 years, he became a featured performer and leader of transformational workshops at the National Black Theatre in Harlem. This was followed by 35 years at Youth At Risk, Inc., aka Unlocking Futures, Inc. ⁠
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Ade earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Howard University, a Certificate of Completion from the Institute for Not-For-Profit Management from Columbia University‘s Graduate Business School, a Master of Arts from Teachers College, Columbia University, and membership in Kappa Delta Pi, the International Honor Society in Education.⁠
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Ade's non-traditional studies began with Dr. Barbara Ann Teer, founder of the National Black Theatre. He credits his competence to participation with Landmark Education, Practices in Siddha Yoga and Vipassana Meditation, Courses in Ontological Design, the Hoffman Quadrinity Process, courses from the Hoffman Institute, and 21 years of global travel with Circles of Light Ministries. Ade' acknowledges his 42-year marriage with Claudette C. Faison as the continuing catalyst that ignites his vision, work ethic, and stand for excellence and equanimity.

Follow on IG: .futures
Follow on FB: https://www.facebook.com/claudette.cfaison; https://www.facebook.com/unlockingfuturesinc

https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e15-ade-and-claudette-faison/

06/01/2025

Season 10 Episode 15 Clip 2: Ade & Claudette Faison - Unlocking Futures⁠
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More about Claudette:⁠
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Hailing from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Claudette Anita C’Faison is a master at delivering transformational and spiritual programs. With a mission to bring healing to generational trauma and poverty, she leaves people empowered to create and be accountable for their reality and the lives they have made for themselves.⁠
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For more than 40 years, Claudette has made a difference for over 15,000 marginalized families and children on every continent except Antarctica. In partnerships with family court, juvenile and adult justice programs, she creates and produces programs for inmates, returning citizens, and children of incarcerated parents. Claudette has been doing this work alongside her husband for 41 years.⁠
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Claudette has been educated both traditionally and non-traditionally. She completed the traditional path in the seminary. She was initiated into the non-traditional path in Ghana, Nigeria, Egypt, and Peru. Claudette's journey continues as she fulfills her life’s purpose, making a difference that makes the difference.⁠
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Follow on IG: .futures
Follow on FB: https://www.facebook.com/claudette.cfaison; https://www.facebook.com/unlockingfuturesinc

https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e15-ade-and-claudette-faison/

05/29/2025

Season 10 Episode 15 Clip 1: Ade & Claudette Faison - Unlocking Futures⁠
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Ade and Claudette Faison have worked in the field of human development for more than 50 years and 40 years, respectively. Together, that's more than 90 combined years working to support others in transformation and lives of possibility. It's no surprise, then, that they both came to do the Hoffman Process along the way.⁠
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Yet, it's all still fresh in their minds. They remember specific instances from their Process. Claudette shares her experience at the Process when she was having a conversation - a quad talk - with her intellect and Spiritual Self. She was asking her Spiritual Self, "Are you Buddha, are you God?" And then she began to laugh and laugh. She says it was like finally solving a mystery.⁠
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For Ade, he remembers coming home having just completed the Process. He walked into a party that Claudette was hosting for her friends. Usually, Ade would hold back, waiting for an opening to join a party like that. But fresh out of the Process, he jumped right into the mix without hesitation. He had changed at the Process, and it was noticeable to everyone.⁠
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Through Unlocking Futures, Ade and Claudette's company, they work with people on the margins of life. The work they do supports people in unlocking a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities. In the past, Ade and Claudette, and Unlocking Futures, partnered with the Hoffman Institute to create an advanced course called "The Quantum Leap Process." Drew taught alongside Ade in one of these courses.⁠
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Listen in as Ade and Claudette share powerful stories of the work they do to unlock futures for many. We hope you enjoy this lively conversation with Ade, Claudette, and Drew.⁠
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Follow on IG: .futures
Follow on FB: https://www.facebook.com/claudette.cfaison; https://www.facebook.com/unlockingfuturesinc

https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e15-ade-and-claudette-faison/

05/27/2025

Season 10 Episode 14 Clip 3: Diana C. Toman - A Heart-Driven Badass⁠
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Diana C. Toman is a global legal and strategy consultant. She's also a heart-driven badass - the mantra she coined during her week at the Hoffman Process.⁠
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For much of Diana's career, she had to hide her softness and kindness, fearing she'd be seen as weak. She would hide her generous heart at work, fearing she would be seen as soft in her role at work. But because she is generous and caring, she would continue to act on her generosity outside of work as long as the recipients kept it quiet.⁠
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Misalignment causes tension and takes its toll. This is why Diana came to the Process. During her week there, Diana was able to claim her softness and marry it with her badass business acumen. What a powerful combination!⁠
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The Process, though, brought more healing into Diana's life. Her husband has done the Process, and together they've completed the Hoffman Couples Retreat. Through this work and using the tools regularly, they've come through a rough time and out the other side of a rough time, closer and happier than before.⁠
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We hope you enjoy this powerful episode with Diana and Sadie.⁠
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Follow Diana on LinkedIn and Instagram.⁠
Diana C Toman:⁠
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kcdiana/ ⁠
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianactoman/

https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e14-diana-c-toman/

05/25/2025

Season 10 Episode 14 Clip 2: Diana C. Toman - A Heart-Driven Badass⁠
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More about Diana C. Toman:⁠
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Diana Toman is a seasoned global legal and strategy consultant, founder of Toman Advisory Group, LLC, and a former Fortune 500 Chief Legal Officer. As a trusted advisor to boards of directors, C-suite executives, and functional teams, Diana guides clients through a myriad of global business, legal, and governance issues while also leading their organic and acquisitive growth. She is an influential, solutions-oriented leader who actively partners with clients to achieve their corporate objectives and reduce risks. Leveraging years of experience building high-achieving teams and inspiring the best in people through a foundation of integrity, trust, communication, and purpose, Diana serves as an executive coach to accomplished leaders and board of directors.⁠
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Married and a mother of two, Diana is a Hoffman graduate and resides in Overland Park, Kansas. She is deeply committed to community service and has served on various boards of directors. She volunteers with numerous nonprofit organizations focused on education, human needs, and art. A commitment to empowering individuals and organizations, while balancing strategic insights with a dedication to ethical leadership, guides Diana’s professional and volunteer work. While at Hoffman, Diana coined the mantra, "Heart Driven Badass." At the Process, she aligned her heart and intellect. That balance has been instrumental in her personal growth journey.⁠
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Follow Diana on LinkedIn and Instagram.⁠
Diana C Toman:⁠
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kcdiana/ ⁠
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianactoman/

https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e14-diana-c-toman/

05/22/2025

Season 10 Episode 14 Clip 1: Diana C. Toman - A Heart-Driven Badass⁠
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Diana C. Toman is a global legal and strategy consultant. She's also a heart-driven badass - the mantra she coined during her week at the Hoffman Process.⁠
⁠
For much of Diana's career, she had to hide her softness and kindness, fearing she'd be seen as weak. She would hide her generous heart at work, fearing she would be seen as soft in her role at work. But because she is generous and caring, she would continue to act on her generosity outside of work as long as the recipients kept it quiet.⁠
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Misalignment causes tension and takes its toll. This is why Diana came to the Process. During her week there, Diana was able to claim her softness and marry it with her badass business acumen. What a powerful combination!⁠
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The Process, though, brought more healing into Diana's life. Her husband has done the Process, and together they've completed the Hoffman Couples Retreat. Through this work and using the tools regularly, they've come through a rough time and out the other side of a rough time, closer and happier than before.⁠
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We hope you enjoy this powerful episode with Diana and Sadie.⁠
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Follow Diana on LinkedIn and Instagram. ⁠
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Diana C Toman:⁠
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kcdiana/ ⁠
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianactoman/

https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e14-diana-c-toman/

05/20/2025

Season 10 Episode 13 Clip 3: Lee Klinger Lesser - What Does This Moment Ask of Me?⁠
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Lee's work and the Climate Crisis:⁠
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Over the past six years, Lee has been helping to develop programs for Wildland firefighters on the front lines of the Climate Crisis. These firefighters are seeking support to meet the overwhelming challenges they are facing.⁠
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Whether we realize it or not, we are all on the frontlines of the Climate Crisis. This has led Lee to develop programs to integrate the practice of Sensory Awareness with responding to the Climate Crisis. She is dedicated to bringing forward the core lesson she has learned from her years of practice: “There is no place to run, there is no escape from being with what is.” This is especially poignant and true as we realize that this Earth is the only home we have. We cannot run from what is happening. There is no escape from what is happening. So, it is up to each of us to find how to contribute to healing and caring for this precious home.

https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e13-lee-klinger-lesser/

05/18/2025

Season 10 Episode 13 Clip 3: Lee Klinger Lesser - What Does This Moment Ask of Me?⁠
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More about Lee Klinger Lesser::⁠
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Lee studied Sensory Awareness for 33 years in the United States with Charlotte Selver, the founder of this practice. Through Return to Our Senses, she's been leading workshops since 1976, in English and Spanish. Lee sees over and over again the gift that this practice brings into the lives of so many people and into our world, which is in such great need of people living with awareness, resilience, and presence. She has reached into communities facing significant challenges to offer the resource and refuge of this practice.⁠
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Lee led and co-founded a non-profit organization to work with military veterans: Veteran’s PATH —Peace, Acceptance, Transformation, Honor. She led this work for 12 years, stepping away from a formal role in the organization in Fall 2019. Under new leadership, the organization dissolved in 2023. Lee still facilitates programs for veterans and honors this work as some of the most meaningful and life-changing work she has had the privilege to do. She witnessed veterans open to devastating experiences, face, and transform pain into new possibilities. Lee continues to be inspired by the profound commitment to service and the loving dedication to community that she experienced in her work with veterans.⁠

https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/podcast/s10e13-lee-klinger-lesser/

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