This Is Where Healing Begins
You’ve been through enough. You deserve more than just survival, you deserve restoration, truth, and a space built just for you.
Welcome to Safe Haven Phoenix Center, a powerful collection inside A Contagious Smile Academy, created by Victoria Cuore, a survivor, special needs mom, award-winning author, global podcast host, and someone who knows exactly what it’s like to claw your way back from pain that tried to silence you.
These aren’t cookie-cutter courses.
They’re real. Raw. Radical in their compassion. And they were created for you, the warrior still finding their way home.
Here, you’ll find:
- Trauma-informed, survivor-created lessons
- Guidance rooted in lived experience, not theory
- Activities that heal, empower, and rebuild
- A community that refuses to let you walk alone
No matter what you’ve endured, abuse, manipulation, betrayal, grief, you are seen, heard, and safe here.
You don’t have to explain yourself.
You don’t have to be “ready.”
You just have to show up. And we’ll meet you right where you are.
This isn’t just a place to learn.
It’s a place to rise.
So, take that next brave step.
We’ll be right here, walking with you every single one after that.
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"I never thought an online course could change my life. But Safe Haven made me feel like someone finally understood me."
– Jenna, Survivor & Mom of 2
“For the first time in years, I didn’t feel broken when I showed up to something. I felt seen. I cried during the first lesson — not because it hurt, but because I finally felt safe enough to feel again.”
— A.S., Survivor & Course Participant
“I didn’t build this place from a textbook. I built it from the pieces of my own healing, from the days I couldn’t breathe, and the nights I thought I’d never be okay again. If you’re here, I want you to know there is life after trauma. And it begins right here, with people who truly understand.”
— Victoria Cuore, Founder of A Contagious Smile
“These Aren’t Just Courses, They’re lifelines”
Every course you see here was created with love, by someone who’s lived the pain, felt the silence, and chose to turn it into purpose. Whether you’re just beginning to pick up the pieces or searching for something to help you through another hard day, you’ll find understanding here, not judgment. Compassion, not pressure. And the best part? We’re always adding new courses each week, so there’s always something new to support you, no matter where you are in your healing.
You don’t have to have it all figured out. Just start where you are.
We’ll meet you there, every time.