Changing the Game

Holistic Well-Being for Peak Performance

Proud Partners

Proud Partners

“From the first time I met Karli and heard about the Dream Project, I was convinced she would have a positive impact on our student-athletes and staff. Her energy and passion are infectious. She will be a great voice in helping our people chart their course.”

Matt Larsen | Director of Athletics

North Dakota State University

“Since meeting with Karli my life has been improved greatly.  She helped me out of a rough mental state where I was anxious, lacked confidence on and off the court and felt stuck. She challenges me to keep finding meaning in things outside of basketball so that when the ball stops bouncing I won’t feel like I lost my identity.”

Rethinking College Athletics

With the ever-evolving dynamics of college athletics, it's time to start thinking differently about how we recruit, retain, and develop our athletes.

In today's competitive landscape, college athletics requires a fresh approach to ensure the holistic development of our athletes.

The Dream Project is designed to enhance the well-being and performance of student-athletes by aligning their personal aspirations with their athletic and academic goals.

How does it work?

We do this through our innovative approach of combining Learning and Development strategies with our proven personalized 12-month 1:1 coaching program, employing the visionary Dream Manager© curriculum.

This program is dedicated to the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual well-being of the athlete and the dreams they want to accomplish both on and off the court or field.

The Results?

Creating an environment that supports the athlete in chasing their personal and growth-oriented dreams is where magic happens. It's like adding rocket fuel to a team's productivity and morale.

When people are encouraged to pursue their dreams—whether mastering a skill they're passionate about or aiming for a leadership role they've always envisioned—they bring that energy, passion, and drive into their efforts. It becomes less about going through the motions and more about showing up with purpose and enthusiasm, leaving them feeling valued and supported.

The Dream Manager Content Overview

  • In this introductory session, participants learn about the structure of The Program and discuss their specific hopes and expectations. To provide the foundation for The Program, the participants are invited to expand their list of dreams and review the various learning opportunities that are used throughout The Program. The Dream Manager provides each participant with a Program workbook containing sessions 1-12, copy of The Rhythm of Life, and a dream journal. The participant and Dream Manager discuss how to make the most of The Program and affirm the confidentiality pledge that is part of their relationship.

  • Participants learn how to develop a specific and measurable action plans to achieve their dreams in this session. The Dream Manager equips each participant with a framework to achieve dreams on their dream list.

    This session sets the stage for the course of the following 10 months where the Dream Manager provides regular accountability throughout each session.

  • Because each dream has a financial component and because so many participants select target dreams from the financial area, session three begins a two-part look at the financial area and each participant’s financial habits.

    This session explores the genesis of each participant’s feelings toward money and provides a quick diagnostic look at the participant’s financial reality as well as take home activities to help refine their personal budget.

  • Continuing the focus on the financial area from Session 3, this session stretches participants to consider what it would take for them to secure financial freedom and challenges them to consider how much things really cost - in terms of both dollars and time in their life.

    Continued take home activities are provided for participants to complete.

  • Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® as a discussion tool, participants identify their personality type and explore how their type impacts their work, relationships, and energy.

    Participants review the report overview for their unique type and to look for ways in which their strengths and areas of opportunity emerge in their life.

  • The session provides participants with an opportunity to look at how they spend their time and how they manage their energy. By completing exercises, participants can better identify how they spend their time and look for activities to eliminate, reduce, or replace in effort to increase their energy.

    Discussion also challenges participants to identify the people, places, and activities that flood or drain their life with energy.

  • An exploration of diet, sleep, and exercise habits helps each participant identify ways in which they can become the-best-version-of-themselves in this session. Participants identify at least one new habit that relates to the physical area and are encouraged to focus on that habit as a take-home activity.

    Regular accountability is provided in this area each session.

  • Tailoring Matthew Kelly’s framework from The Seven Levels of Intimacy to the goals of The Dream Manager Program, this session helps individuals improve their relationships. The Dream Manager and participant examine The Seven Levels of Intimacy model and discuss connections to actual relationships in each level.

    Regular accountability is provided in this area each session.

  • While some people do not feel that they are intellectual, questions are provided to help participants explore other ways to learn and grow beyond just traditional education.

    This session highlights the Program’s goal of helping each person become a life-long learner.

    Regular accountability is provided in this area each session.

  • This session explores how participants can nurture and grow in spirituality—whatever that might look like for each participant. Specifically, this session focuses on ways that we can better understand who we are and what our connection to the larger world is.

    For some participants, a particular faith practice is shared as a way in which they explore this area. For other participants, these pursuits are not mentioned or brought up.

    In keeping with the participant-focused approach of the Program, The Dream ManagerTM follows the direction that the participant sets in this session.

    After exploring spiritual dreams for each participant, and how to grow in spirituality, the session concludes with a look at how spiritual disciplines can help create self-assurance and ultimately, freedom.

    Regular accountability is provided in this area each session.

  • Connecting the role that the professional area plays in our overall pursuit to become the-best-version-of-ourselves, participants explore professional dreams for their past, present, and future in this session.

    The Dream ManagerTM helps participants develop specific and measurable action plans to achieve certain target dreams that are important to their professional growth and satisfaction.

  • As a way to identify growth from participating in the Program, session 12 begins with an inventory of ways in which each participant’s life is different in comparison to when they started with the Program.

    With the understanding that virtue is the ultimate organizing principle for us as humans, the Dream Manager and participant explore the role that virtue plays in their life. Participants look for ways to grow in virtue and develop their character.

    This session concludes with a look ahead to year two of the Program and the specific areas that the participant would like to focus on for the next 12 months.