We had the good fortune of connecting with Drew Yacu and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Drew, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
Suffering, as is most often the experience that moves me into growth. I’m apparently thick headed enough that the Universe has to knock me on the head to get my attention. My life wasn’t working and I realized the common theme was me.

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
I teach relationship maturity, I had no intention of going into the teacher/coaching space, I was in technology management before my crisis-awakening.

After spending 3 years learning more about healing, trauma, I discovered a modality called Internal Family Systems (IFS). I studied under the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine and read every book on the topic. I studied under a psychologist who had developed an online curriculum to teach the mechanics of the IFS therapeutic model – I was hooked. I loved speaking about the work so much I decided to create a beta class to teach friends and family. and see if I could support those in my world to develop a healing practice.

Most of the information out there was designed for other therapists, not for non-professionals. So I build a program that simplified the concepts that didn’t require an advanced degree to understand.

That gave birth to The Healing Program in May 2023. It’s focusses on healing oneself on the inside to create healthier romantic relationships on the outside..

As it was a crisis of relationship that started my journey, I set off to ‘crack the code.’

Since then, an Engineer mind with a Psychologists heart, I’ve created original works I continue to publish. .

The Nine Pillars – a blueprint for healthy relationships
Relationship Maturity – The path to deepening a loving bond
Invisible Attraction Patterns – A behavioral understanding of how the unconscious minds drives relationship attraction.

All in all, it’s been an exciting 18 months getting the foundation of the business up and running.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
Arite Wu, I am a student of his. My crisis was unfolding in 2019 where I realized all my relationships were struggling. Conflict was everywhere and the romantic relationship that I had envisioned by this time had not materialized. So I turned inward to meditation, and after 6 months of practice, I was guided to rendezvous with Artie’s work.

I saw him on a show called Transcendence, and his words hit me hard. After a quick search, I discovered he had a course called “7-Day Healing” so in Sept 2020 I took a week off work and dove in.

Website: https://thehealingprogram.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewyacu/

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