Guidance from Brett Cotter.
Support that meets you with care, not judgment.
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit · Founded 2014
Healing starts when you’re not carrying it alone.
Heart-centered retreats, coaching, and daily practices for veterans, first responders, trauma survivors, and the families who stand beside them.
Thousands reached with care
1 year of ongoing wellness access
A message from the community
See the heart of the work in motion.
This original Stress Is Gone story offers a closer look at the care, connection, and possibility behind the programs.
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Why we’re here
From the inside out, peace becomes possible.
Stress Is Gone was founded to help people who have experienced life’s hardest moments reconnect with resilience, self-trust, and one another.
We offer practical, compassionate ways forward — from immersive retreats to coaching, breathwork, movement, and tools that can help in the moment.
Discover support for you- 01RetreatsSpace to reset
- 02CoachingHuman support
- 03Daily toolsPractice anywhere
Begin where you are
Different stories.
A shared need for care.
Choose the path that feels closest to your experience. You do not need to have it all figured out before reaching out.
01
Veterans
Retreats, recovery tools, and a community that understands service and transition.
02First responders
Space to reset, practice resilience, and reclaim life beyond the call.
03Trauma survivors
Gentle, accessible practices for meeting stress, grief, and painful memories with support.
04Families & caregivers
Resources for supporting a loved one while staying grounded in your own wellbeing.
What support can look like
Care you can feel in real life.
Our programs pair heart-centered healing with tools that are practical, accessible, and designed to stay with you.
Transformational retreats
Safe, supportive experiences blending individual and group coaching, movement, music, meditation, creative expression, and time in nature.
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Personalized coaching
Compassionate individual and group support from trauma-certified coaches who meet people with care.
Explore coachingOnline wellness sessions
Live meditation, movement, and coaching sessions that make a steady practice feel possible at home.
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04 · Use today
Books & mobile tools
Practical guides, stress-relief toolkits, and mobile resources for moments when you need support now.
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A decade of showing up
This is what healing looks like when people have room to be human.
Since 2014, Stress Is Gone has brought retreats, coaching, books, wellness tools, and peer-support training to people and communities navigating trauma.
Read participant voices
- Thousands
- reached through programs and resources
- Hundreds
- of veterans served through retreats and programs
- 1 year
- of wellness membership included for retreat participants
- Vet-to-Vet
- peer-support teams trained in prevention protocol
Veterans in their own words
Healing sounds different
in every voice.
Published reflections from veterans who shared their experience with Stress Is Gone retreats, workshops, and follow-up support.
“This is one of the most helpful experiences I’ve had in managing my post-traumatic stress.”
“Brett taught me to connect with the power I have inside myself and guided me to a place of true healing and inner peace.”
“Within 24-hours of Brett helping me release the tension, sadness, and anxiety, I was happy to be alive again and felt a sense of peace.”
A next step can be small
Find a little more room to breathe today.
Need immediate help? If you or someone else may be in immediate danger, contact local emergency services or a local crisis resource.
Directly fund veteran recovery
Your generosity gives a veteran a safe place to land.
Gifts help make retreats, coaching, books, and wellness programs more available to veterans and families who need support.
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501(c)(3)
Nonprofit organization
Transparent support. Human-first care.