Who the Center Serves

McGrane Self-Esteem Center partners with social service agencies, law enforcement and governmental agencies, businesses, schools, churches, faith-based organizations, and other non-profits to identify those who would benefit most from this life-changing experience.

Through the Center, we reach people in pain who need a new beginning and just don’t know how to get there. Typically, the lives of these individuals have been derailed because of abuse, poverty and despair – some have even been in prison.

Sponsorships are awarded to adolescents and adults who have the potential to lead happy, productive lives and who are unable to afford the seminar tuition. Scholarships are also awarded to those who serve others – leaders, teachers, social workers, counselors, and others professionals who impact the lives of many – the "wounded healer."

Our goal is to provide scholarships to those ready to grow and move forward.

Those served include addicts already in recovery, adolescents and adults in emotional pain, including sexually abused children and their families, adults molested as children, those who’ve been raped, victims of domestic violence and abuse, adolescents in foster care programs and childrens’ homes, and generally, those identified as in need.

A Safe, Intimate Setting for Learning and Insight

The McGrane Self-Esteem Center’s interactive seminars provide tools which help individuals gain knowledge and insight. Groups are restricted to small sizes, resulting in an intimate environment to facilitate emotional healing of body, mind and spirit.

Programs are presented in a flexible environment of total unconditional acceptance. A sense of safety is created, allowing participants to delve into the source of their emotional pain, taking time to unravel the layers, leading to release and healing. Through this release, participants gain the ability to live and love more fully.

Brenda Byes and Georgia Macon, of Oakland, California, are counselors who assist the unemployed in developing skills and finding work. They have found the content of the McGrane seminars "exactly what the world needs. Now we have the tools to get people on their feet – permanently."

Creating an Affirming, Responsible Life Style

Participants will experience either the two-day seminar, "Making It Happen," or all five days of "Move Into Your Greatness."

The two-day, "Making It Happen" seminar provides in-depth skills, information, life models and maps, as well as creative exercises that assist individuals in understanding themselves: their values, needs, and wants; how they make decisions; what motivates them; why they do the things they do and feel the way they feel. This greater understanding leads to unconditional acceptance of self as well as others and personal power.

The five-day seminar, "Move Into Your Greatness" completes the McGrane experience by providing more in-depth tools, personal profiles, and models for understanding oneself.

In addition, the seminar focuses attention outward with emphasis on how we can better accept, understand and "read" others.

An intensely focused, guided one-on-one exercise leads each participant to discover their life purpose, which has created life-changing results for graduates’ life paths.