SOMETIMES THE WILLINGNESS IS THERE. THE MONEY ISN’T.
Sometimes people are ready to make changes in their lives, but they can’t afford the support that would help them begin—or keep going.
Human Resilience helps Veterans, First Responders, educators, healthcare workers, survivors, seniors, and people facing financial hardship access SimplyAware wellness and resilience training.
Human Resilience helps fund access. SimplyAware provides the services. SimplyAware reduces its rates, participants contribute what they can and Human Resilience helps cover the remaining cost.
SimplyAware has always tried to make room for people who could not afford the full cost. But continually donating time and services is not sustainable. Human Resilience allows charitable funding—not SimplyAware alone—to help carry that cost.
WHY SUSTAINED ACCESS MATTERS
Erik’s story shows why having the opportunity to continue matters.
For roughly 12 years after returning from Afghanistan, Erik described himself as “very angry.” When situations felt out of his control, his reactions could become intense. He scared his family. Sometimes he scared himself. He would withdraw. Even with people he loved, he could find himself scanning for threats and exits instead of being fully present.
Within his first two sessions at SimplyAware, a single question sparked an epiphany that changed his thought process. He became curious about the meaning of life, began challenging beliefs he had carried for years, and opened himself to new possibilities.
The shift in perspective happened quickly. Integrating it into his life took time.
Shifting from reflexive anger to more thoughtful responses took awareness and practice. Erik learned to communicate differently, consider other perspectives, identify what mattered to him, and trust himself more. After many sessions, he said, “It’s the most I’ve ever looked forward to the future.” He also shared that his wife noticed his anger was “starting to melt away.”
Years later, Erik told us, “I’ve never stopped using the stuff that we did.”
Eventually, he began mentoring other veterans and found a simple metaphor for what he wanted to do with what he had learned:
“I’m the dandelion. And I want to plant seeds in other people.”
Insight can happen in a moment. Integration takes practice and time.
Want to meet more of the people behind this work? Visit our Stories tab to read Lauren, Dexter, and Jamie’s stories.
MAKING ACCESS POSSIBLE
2025: 36 people received 229 sponsored services
January–June 2026: 23 people received 157 sponsored services
At this pace, Human Resilience is on track to provide more than 300 sponsored services in 2026. With no paid staff and a volunteer Board, donor support can go further.
WHY HUMAN RESILIENCE EXISTS
Human Resilience grew out of work Fayne and Chris Bouguyon, co-founders of SimplyAware, began with veterans through the VA North Texas Health Care System in 2012. When that work ended in 2016, so did the veterans’ access to it.
Fayne and Chris promised they would find a way to make this kind of support available again. In 2019, they created Human Resilience to help keep that promise.
MEET OUR SERVICE PROVIDER
SimplyAware has provided wellness and resilience training for more than 20 years. Fayne is President of Human Resilience and a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach; Chris is a Navy veteran and Medical Qigong Therapist. Together, they developed Training Mindfully with Qigong Principles (TMQP), first introduced through their work with veterans at VA North Texas.
HELP US KEEP THE PROMISE
Our 2026 North Texas Giving Day goal is $20,000.
Your gift helps:
Money should not be the only thing standing in the way of someone’s opportunity to change, grow, heal, and build a life they want to live.
Human Resilience exists to build stronger communities by making mindfulness and resilience training more accessible to those who serve, those who are underserved, and those who may not otherwise have access.
We serve Military, Veterans, First Responders, educators, healthcare workers, survivors, seniors, and people facing financial hardship.
We believe financial circumstances should not determine whether someone has the opportunity to grow, heal, and create meaningful change in their life. When people develop greater awareness, agency, resilience, and connection, that growth can extend beyond the individual into families, relationships, workplaces, and communities.
Our current funding priorities are helping people continue to access SimplyAware services through our sliding-scale program, sustaining our free weekly SMART Recovery meeting for Military, Veterans & First Responders, and launching a 26-session Training Mindfully with Qigong Principles (TMQP) cohort in 2027.
Each addresses a different need, but they share something important: meaningful change often takes time.
A single class, conversation, or insight can matter. People also need opportunities to return, practice, reflect, adjust, and integrate what they are learning into everyday life. Human Resilience helps make that continued access possible when finances might otherwise bring the work to an end.
Our North Texas Giving Day goal is $20,000. Every gift helps create more access, more continuity, and more opportunity for people to keep doing the work.
We believe meaningful support should not be reserved for people who can afford the full cost.
For Human Resilience, equity means recognizing that people do not all begin with the same resources, circumstances, or ability to pay. Meaningful access may require different levels of support.
Equity is not about giving everyone exactly the same thing. It is about adjusting support so more people have a meaningful opportunity to discover their own agency, grow in resilience, and create a life they want to live.
Organization name
Human Resilience
Tax id (EIN)
84-3379218
Causes
Mental and Behavioral Health, Veterans, Public Safety
Operating Budget
Less than $100,000
Counties Served
Dallas, Collin, Denton, Rockwall, Tarrant, Cooke, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Montague, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Wise
BIPOC Leadership
Neither/None
Address
1719 ANALOG DR STE A