Franklin, Kentucky

From Hurt
to Healing

Guided writing, creative expression, peer support, and community connection for adults and young people moving toward healing.

Created by Bonnie Lee King, Certified Peer Support Specialist

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Bonnie Lee King, creator of Riding Solo No More
Two programs. One goal: help people move forward.
Life SkillsHealingConnection

Join the mission

Seeking people who care about people.

Riding Solo No More is looking for like-minded people who believe our community can be more connected, more practical, and more compassionate. If you have lived experience, a skill to share, a heart to volunteer, a resource connection, or simply want to help—there is a place for you here.

How you can be part of it Join a focus group · Volunteer · Share a skill · Refer someone · Partner · Support the mission Raise Your Hand ↗

Why this work exists

Healing should not have to happen alone.

From Hurt to Healing is a volunteer-led, trauma-informed community education and peer-support project for adults and young adults who may feel isolated, emotionally overwhelmed, disconnected from traditional support, or ready to rebuild confidence.

Through honest reflection and practical activities, participants can express themselves without being pressured to disclose more than feels safe. The workshop creates a responsible first step toward stronger coping, supportive relationships, qualified resources, and personal agency.

“Hurt can ripple outward. Healing can ripple outward too.”

Community-shaped Life Ready program

Practical preparation built around real local needs.

For ages 16+ and teen parents

Life Ready helps young people and adults build the skills real life expects but does not always teach. The program connects practical learning with local resources, personal planning, and one realistic next step at a time.

It is designed for people navigating school re-entry, employment, parenting, housing instability, recovery, system involvement, or the simple reality of having to figure out adulthood without enough support.

Built with the community—not just for the community.

Life Ready begins by listening. Community members help identify the real barriers, choose the top four priorities, and shape the first pilot.

How Life Ready will take shape

1

Connect to Resources

Start with a clear guide to local services so people know where help already exists and how to reach it.

2

Listen

Use a short entry survey and honest community conversations to learn what people need most right now.

3

Choose the Top Four

Community members and a small focus group identify the four priorities that should guide the first pilot.

4

Build, Try & Improve

Create practical sessions around those priorities, gather feedback, and keep improving the program together.

Franklin & Simpson County Community Resources

Start here when you need practical help. Call first when possible because services, eligibility, and hours can change.

Simpson County Community Services

Community Action assistance and referrals for local individuals and families. 727 N. Main St., Suite 2, Franklin.

270-586-3238 · Website ↗

LifeSkills — Simpson County

Outpatient mental-health, substance-use, case-management, and peer-support services. 1031 Brookhaven Road, Franklin.

270-586-8826 · Crisis: 800-223-8913

South Central Literacy Council

Adult literacy learning, practical education, and support building reading, workplace, and digital skills.

270-222-3999 · Website ↗

Goodnight Memorial Public Library

Books, computers, internet access, programs, and community learning resources. 203 S. Main St., Franklin.

270-586-8397 · Website ↗

Kentucky Career Center

Job-search, training, unemployment, and workforce information for Kentucky residents.

Employment help ↗

BRASS Domestic Violence Support

Confidential 24-hour crisis support, emergency shelter, advocacy, and housing help for survivors and their children.

800-928-1183 · Website ↗

Immediate Crisis Support

Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If someone is in immediate danger or needs emergency help, call 911.

Call or text 988 · Call 911

Important: Riding Solo No More shares these contacts as a starting point and does not control outside services, eligibility, availability, or response times.

Help shape Life Ready—or share this with someone who could benefit.
Take the community interest survey, volunteer for a small focus group, refer someone, or tell us how you would like to support the mission.

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Selected Life Ready education support

Working with the South Central Literacy Council

The South Central Literacy Council can support selected literacy and education pieces of Life Ready—such as understanding forms, financial literacy, digital skills, and connections to learning. Riding Solo No More remains community-led, and the partnership does not cover every program or Hurt to Healing.

For participants

Practical learning, trusted referrals, and help using real-world information with more confidence.

For the Literacy Council

Community outreach, learner connections, and clearer information about locally identified needs.

For Riding Solo No More

Peer-led community support, practical guidance, and a stronger referral pathway for participants.

From Hurt to Healing workshop

Feel seen. Practice something useful. Leave with a next step.

01

Arrive as You Are

Enter a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where participation is always a choice and nobody is pressured to share more than feels safe.

02

Explore & Practice

Use guided writing, creative expression, peer conversation, and practical coping or communication activities to better understand what you need.

03

Move Forward

Leave with a useful strategy, a supportive person or resource to contact, and one realistic next step you choose for yourself.

What you can take with you

Small steps that can keep working after the session ends.

Understanding

Recognize a pattern, feeling, or need with more compassion and less judgment.

Practical Tools

Practice a healthy coping, grounding, boundary, or communication strategy you can use in real life.

Connection

Identify a supportive person, community resource, or next conversation that could help.

Your Next Step

Choose one realistic action that respects your pace, safety, and personal goals.

About the creator

Lived experience meets responsible peer support.

Bonnie Lee King is a Franklin, Kentucky community advocate, mother, Certified Peer Support Specialist, and survivor of trauma and addiction. She created From Hurt to Healing from lived experience and direct community involvement with people facing isolation, interrupted education, recovery challenges, caregiving pressure, and barriers to support.

What the program is

A welcoming, nonjudgmental space for guided writing, storytelling, reflection, creative expression, peer encouragement, and connection to community resources.

What the program is not

It is not therapy, diagnosis, medical advice, or crisis treatment. Clear boundaries protect participants and strengthen the project.

Community voices

What does literacy mean to you?

Literacy is more than reading a book. It can mean independence, confidence, understanding a form, helping a child, applying for work, or finally feeling like the world makes sense. Share what literacy means in your life.

Share Your Answer ↗ QR code for the What Does Literacy Mean to You form Scan to answer

Outside resources

Starpath

Explore a guided self-discovery resource for reflection, insight, and personal growth.

Starpath is an independent outside resource. It is not affiliated with Riding Solo No More and does not replace professional, medical, mental-health, legal, or crisis care.

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Emergency Alerts & Preparedness

View emergency information and choose whether to sign up for alerts from an independent third-party service.

This outside resource is not affiliated with Riding Solo Community or From Hurt to Healing. It does not replace 911, emergency services, or crisis care.

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Connect

Learn, partner, volunteer, or help someone connect.

For information about Life Ready, From Hurt to Healing, community partnerships, volunteer support, or future workshops, contact Bonnie Lee King.

Join, Volunteer, Partner or Get Updates Contribute ridingsolo0143@gmail.com 270-253-2726

From Hurt to Healing provides peer-led community education and support. It does not replace therapy, clinical treatment, emergency services, or qualified professional care.