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Our Story

Family Support Resources is an organization helping transform the lives of all people suffering from family estrangement. We are continually exploring, collaborating, and growing so we can bring positive solutions to people searching for guidance and understanding.

We’re creating a voice for family estrangement so that no one is left alone, and no family is undervalued. You are not broken. You can change your situation, and we’re here to help supply you with the right tools so you can achieve effective and worthwhile results as you work toward the most important goal of all: reclaiming yourself and your spirit.

We want to be with you for every step of your journey as you heal from family estrangement challenges. Helping you achieve a life of joy and purpose, with personal growth and strength: this is our vision.

Yasmin Kerkez

Co-Founder of Family Support Resources

I’m a life coach and speaker focusing on family relationships and estrangement, and I’m passionate about becoming a beacon of light for those who are struggling with these issues.

My own journey from family estrangement to resolution to healing has taught me to overcome grief, accept and embrace my circumstances, and reclaim my life. Along the way I’ve learned that it’s possible for all of us to heal even after years of suffering. We can all develop the self-love and self-worth we need to begin to thrive again.

How I arrived here

Driven by my own experiences and an empathy for others, I’ve spent the past fifteen years researching relationships and working on methods of healing and overcoming all forms of family estrangement.

We created Family Support Resources as a central location where people can discover open discussion about family relationships as well as tools and support to overcome their grief.

Ultimately, our platform is a healing refuge where people can find the strength and wellbeing to move beyond their suffering.

My Background

We’re all complex humans with unique stories.

Beyond my research on relationships, life coaching work, and personal journey, I’ve earned two degrees — one in Microbiology and Human Physiology, and one in Philosophy and Politics. I leverage my knowledge in these fields to better understand and explain the intersection between our mental health and our physical health.

Before becoming a life coach and co-founding Family Support Resources, I co-founded and managed a global women and children’s company headquartered in both Australia and the US. While there I led workshops and events for women in motivation, confidence, self-love and holistic success.

That’s where my passion for coaching, motivating, holding space and inspiring really took hold, leading me to where we are today.

Now it’s my turn to offer light to those in darkness, and help people receive the things they deserve in life — love, safety, and joy.

Michael Stevenson

Co-Founder of Family Support Resources

Michael has been designing, engineering and involved in family building projects all his life. In 1971, at the age of six, he became one of America’s youngest authors listed with the Library of Congress for his book, The Buffy Porson—A Car You Can Build and Drive. Stevenson attended both the University of California at San Diego and the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he majored in Environmental and International Studies.

The involvement in his business, Stevenson Projects, a company that has been designing hands-on family-oriented DIY projects for over 50 years, has developed a strong belief in him of the importance of the nurturing and bonding that happens when families build projects together.

He is a gifted teacher and his engineering and design skills have led him down many educational paths, among them the collaboration with Harvard University where he helped a group of physics students to build boats as a learning experience about the dynamics and the importance of hands-on project building.

These life-long skills, coupled with his passion for social design and education reform, have contributed greatly to the creation of the overarching goals of Family Support Resources. It is through FSR, and its affiliated non-profit organization, The Center For Family Understanding, that he plans to organize research studies into the positive benefits of hands-on project building in order to prevent  future family estrangement episodes, and as a healing process for people suffering from behavioral health disorders such as PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury.

Learn with a Supportive Community

Family Support Resources is building a supportive community where you can feel at home, as well as an online learning center and information resource all in one. We give you the tools and skills you need and the care you deserve to move past trauma and start living again with confidence, love and hope. 

Our Mission

Family Support Resources is dedicated to bringing together the healing tools, resources, and community needed for all people facing family and relationship struggles.

Our Vision

We long to see a society where estrangement is talked about without shame, and families
have the tools they need to heal their grief from painful relational trauma, resolve conflict, make healthy decisions. This is a place where people can reclaim their joy.

Our Goals

Our future vision also includes preventative work and research into all areas of family struggle and conflict. Family Support Resources is committed to building stronger support to protect children from the effects of family struggles.

The Things We Value Most

Support

No person should be forced to navigate family struggles and estrangement alone. We’re committed to supporting you through our resources, membership community, courses, ongoing events, and more. 

Community

Community and kinship are cornerstones of our platform. These are essential in the all-too-often lonely journey towards healing from family estrangement.
 

Joy

Family Support Resources believes in joy and passion. It’s our ultimate goal in undertaking this calling. We believe that everyone can, and should, have a life where they can experience true joy, no matter what they’ve come through.
 

Get in touch with us.

If there’s anything you’d like to know more about, just reach out. We’re listening. 

It’s time to heal — and start living again!

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