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Meet Petra.
A licensed clinician and doctoral student who spent years watching capable people name their values and still feel stuck when it came time to decide. SageGrove is the framework she built to close that gap: a way to see how values actually function, not another list to file away.
Naming a value was never the hard part.
In the room, the exercise always ended the same way. Someone could list what mattered to them, honesty, family, freedom, and then sit in silence when a real decision asked them to choose between two of them.
The list told them who they wanted to be. It never told them which value was load-bearing, which one they were quietly starving, or why a good choice still felt wrong.
Petra kept reaching for a tool that showed values in motion. She could not find one, so she built it.
“I wanted a tool that would help me see myself fully, and then support me in navigating life on my own terms.”
Values behave less like a checklist and more like a living ecosystem.
Map them that way, and the hard decisions finally have somewhere to stand.
Treat values as a list and you stop at who you want to be. Treat them as an ecosystem, and you can finally see how to be.
A framework proven in practice, not just believed.
Two grants totaling $32,000 from the FGCU Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship, awarded through its Veteran Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition.
Master's psychology students taught the framework at Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India.
Graduated from the Syracuse University D'Aniello Institute for Veterans & Military Families (IVMF) virtual training.
Built from years of clinical practice, then tested with real participants across two countries. A framework that stands up in the room, not only on paper.
From a Florida grove to a stage in Bangalore.
Petra has carried the framework across two countries, from private workshops to the university lectern, teaching practitioners to read values the way an ecologist reads a forest.
Presenting the SageGrove framework at Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India.
One value has always led to the next.
The framework did not arrive all at once. It was lived, one decision at a time.
Clarity under pressure
As an Air Traffic Controller, she learned to make calm, values-led decisions when a choice could not wait. The value: service.
Answering a bigger question
After the military she returned to school and earned a triple master's in Religion, Mental Health Counseling, and Marriage & Family Therapy. The value: mastery.
Insight into action
Years in the counseling room, watching capable people name what mattered and still freeze when it came time to choose. The value: purpose.
Teaching the framework abroad
Taught the method to 120 master's psychology students, proving it travels across cultures. The value: learning.
Building the grove
She turned the method into a deck, an app, and a company, then won the FGCU Veteran Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition. The value: achievement.
Leading, teaching, still growing
Facilitating workshops and retreats, completing Syracuse IVMF training, and pursuing a PhD at Barry University. The values: growth and rebellion.
What colleagues and clients say.
“A privilege to work alongside. Petra has a unique gift for helping others navigate meaningful and lasting transformation, a pioneer whose influence extends far beyond the individuals she serves.”
“What Petra has spent years developing is truly, hype-free, life changing for those who work their way through her program. It leaves you with a sequential, learnable, re-usable life tool you can return to whenever you face a genuinely difficult decision.”
“Petra is one of the most compassionate, wise, and intelligent people I’ve met. Her attention to detail, meaningful symbolism, and creativity are unparalleled. It’s an experience I will carry with me for the rest of my life.”
“The approach creates a welcoming environment where we feel heard, respected, and encouraged throughout the journey. It guides you through discovering your values to ultimately make better decisions. I loved the entire experience.”
Shared with permission from LinkedIn recommendations.
