Getting Out by Going In

Simplified decision-making tools created by individuals who needed them the most.

What are the GOGI Life Tools?

GOGI Life Tools were developed collaboratively by incarcerated individuals, volunteers, educators, and communities seeking real transformation and a new culture. Anyone can learn the GOGI Life Tools. Anyone can teach GOGI Life Tools. Anyone can use GOGI Life Tools to create positive change.

GOGI Life Tools

There are twelve GOGI Life Tools. Each Tool has a practical application to let the user make the most positive decisions possible.

The GOGI Life Tools were developed, designed, explored, practiced, and then perfected over a period of ten years by tens of thousands of individuals in prisons/jails. The GOGI Life Tools represent the collaboration representing most human lifestyles, and widely diverse life experiences.

The GOGI Life Tools were developed consistent with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Positive Psychology modalities.

The GOGI TOOLS OF THE BODY empower you to take control of how you act and react to life’s inevitable challenges and opportunities using: BOSS OF MY BRAIN, BELLY BREATHING, FIVE SECOND LIGHTSWITCH.

The GOGI TOOLS OF CHOICE put you in control of your thoughts, your words, and your actions with a simple filter you can use to create opportunities and avoid obstacles: POSITIVE THOUGHTS, POSITIVE WORDS, POSITIVE ACTIONS.

The GOGI TOOLS OF MOVING FORWARD let you move beyond your past as you turn your challenges into your opportunities: CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY, LET GO, FOR-GIVE.

The GOGI TOOLS OF CREATION permit you to design your life in a way that brings you lasting joy, contentment, meaning, and purpose: WHAT IF, REALITY CHECK, ULTIMATE FREEDOM.

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"True freedom begins inside."

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The Impact in Numbers

At GOGI, our work creates the new culture.

Our Life Tools are transforming lives every day.

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