“You can stay uncomfortable where you are or get uncomfortable where you are going - but only one of those gets you closer to where you want to be.”
— Teri Hofford
Author
Healer
Speaker
Creative
Teacher
Author Healer Speaker Creative Teacher
Hiya! I’m Teri
and I’m ready to guide you through your next evolution.
Whether you’re a creative, a leader, or simply someone moving through a transition, this work is for people who have outgrown what once fit and are learning how to move forward without abandoning themselves.
You’ve outgrown who you were
and you’re ready to step into your becoming.
I’m Teri Hofford. I teach mindset, body image, and identity through structured practices & experiences designed to support people during periods of change. The work here focuses on dismantling inherited beliefs, building self-led capacity, and developing a steadier internal relationship, especially in moments where old strategies no longer work.
All education offered here is grounded in the
4 Path Framework, a model that reflects how people move through transition over and over again:
Descent · Valley · Climb · Summit
How we do it:
Each stage of the 4 Path Framework goes through 3 main components to not just learn, but to also ensure integration and activation are taking place.
We go beneath the surface to uncover who you’ve been, who you are, and who you’re becoming.
IDENTITY WORK
INNER AUTHORITY
You learn to trust yourself again:
your voice, your instincts, your desires.
EXPANSION
This isn’t about improving the old version of you.
It’s about expanding into the next one.
SIGNATURE FRAMEWORKS
A transformative, psychology-backed framework designed to move you from stuck and stagnant to self-led and sovereign through Awareness, Curiosity, and Empowered Action.
A groundbreaking framework used worldwide in retreat settings to dismantle body-based beliefs and rewrite the internal narratives that shape how we show up, lead, and live.
Based on Teri's TEDx Talk 5 Reasons You Look Bad In Photos, From Cringe to Compassion is a transformative self-perception framework designed to help you understand why you feel uncomfortable in photos and how that discomfort reveals deeper beliefs about identity, worthiness, and visibility.
The Geode Theory: Chipping Away at Body Image was Teri’s first self-development book focused on chipping away at the distraction of body image insecurity to reveal your authentic & sparkly inner light. Every year we run 2 co-horts to move through the book and corresponding questions with each other.
Extra, Extra!
Read all about it!
See what we’re exploring & musing about on the blog!
How to work with me
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For identity evolution, inner authority, and personal expansion. The ACE Method Lab is our monthly subscription & library.
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For dismantling body-related beliefs and liberating your self-worth. Join me on location and get certified to teach the content in your own community!
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For people wanting to soften how they see themselves in photos and in life. This 6 week online course will give you direct access to me, easy DIY homework assignments to make sure the teachings stick, and an incredibly different, more compassionate perspective at the end of the course.
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This is a monthly container to foster community, creativity, curiosity, and compassion. Here is where I share my personal experiences, writings, and introduce new projects I’m working on!
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Transformational talks and immersive experiences for communities, organizations, and creative leaders. Bring me on retreat or have me ZOOM in, throw me into your online community or invite me to be a refreshing voice as part of a panel!
YOUR EVOLUTION AWAITS
The next version of you is not something you create,
it’s something you uncover.
If you’re ready to step into your next evolution with clarity, courage, and personal authority, you’re in the right place.
5 REASONS YOU LOOK BAD IN PHOTOS : THE TEDX TALK
From the Blog
When I got to the end of my photography career in the traditional way that I was running it, I didn’t know what I wanted, I just knew it wasn’t that (see previous post) and to be honest, I was a little naive in the process of transitioning out of that career into a new identity as educator, speaker, author, creative, and coach. After I went through the initial grieving process in the first year of being away from a career that fully sustained me financially, emotionally, creatively and dare I say, spiritually, I thought I’d have my shit figured out by then, but it turns out…that’s not the lesson I was to learn. Instead, I feel that for most people the lesson we learn in our later years is that BUILDING something takes longer than FOLLOWING something. When I drive through the mountains, I just imagine the first people who came and carved “roads” to travel on and how difficult and hard it must have been, and now road construction takes a season and we move on with our lives. Writing our life script is going to take longer than following someone else’s, but if we use the ACE Method it will give us the framework to start the process.