Hero Training for Real Life
A kids and family workshop experience for ages 7-11, built around confidence, connection, and character.
Piloted in Los Angeles. Brought to families in Da Nang and Hoi An, Vietnam.
WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING
“After the workshop, I feel closer to my daughter. We started talking more openly, and I can see she understands her emotions better. I was honestly surprised by how deeply she can think. She still uses the materials at home. I would tell other parents: definitely come.”
— Tanja, parent of Yasia, Los Angeles, February 2026
“It was really cool seeing my daughters make their own decisions, whether alongside the other kids or completely their own. Kaileigh said she wanted to be more brave and Kinley said she wanted to work on her focus. They want to come back, so looks like we’re signing up.”
— Joshua, parent of Kaileigh and Kinley, Da Nang, June 2026
“It helped us connect on a deeper level. I can see her using this knowledge in everyday life, especially in how she talks about her feelings and reacts to situations.”
— Daisy, parent of a 9-year-old · Hero Training for Real Life, Hoi An, May 2026
“It’s not very often we get the chance to just sit in a room — no distractions, no phones, no screens — and just spend that one-on-one time with our child.”
— Ben, parent of Arlo · Hero Training for Real Life, Hoi An, May 2026
Hero Training for Real Life
A kids and family workshop experience
For English-speaking expat and international families · Ages 7-11 + one parent · Small group · All materials provided
This isn’t a class. It’s an experience.
In a single hands-on session, kids discover real strengths they already have and leave with the proof, the tools, and something they built themselves. Parents leave with a shared language for what happened in the room and how to keep it going at home.
Hands-on. High-energy. Genuinely fun.
Not therapy. Not arts and crafts. A guided experience families genuinely enjoy together.
Proven in LA. Piloted in Da Nang and Hoi An.
What Happens in a Session
Every Hero Training session is built around the same core arc: trust first, then real self-discovery.
Kids and parents warm up together through movement and play before anything personal is asked. From there, the session moves into games, hands-on creative work, and a parent-child strength spotting moment, the emotional heart of the experience. Every session closes with a badge ceremony that gives kids something tangible to walk away with.
Exact activities and format flex depending on the setting and audience, but the core experience, trust-building, creative expression, and parent-child connection, stays the same every time.
All materials provided. No experience needed. Just show up.
WHAT FAMILIES TAKE HOME
Kids:
A sense of real confidence, not the “good job” kind. The kind that comes from doing something hard and discovering they could.
Practical emotional tools they understand how to use. Not concepts, actual techniques.
A Hero Commitment sheet, where kids sign off on one strength to practice.
A ‘Keep the Mission Going’ poster with three weekly practices to build confidence at home.
Earned strength badges, stickers, and buttons.
A certificate of completion.
Parents:
Real insight into how your child sees themselves and the world.
Language to use at home, specific phrases and approaches that extend what happened in the room.
THE 5 C’S FRAMEWORK
Every workshop is built around CreatableMe’s core framework:
Consciousness · Creativity · Connection · Communication · Character
These aren’t buzzwords. They’re the five areas where kids most need support — and where a single afternoon can shift something real.
WHY THIS WORKS
Kids don’t build confidence by being told they’re great. They build it by doing something that feels hard — and discovering they can handle it.
Every activity in this workshop is designed to create that moment. The comic they make is theirs. The shield they build is theirs. The declaration they make at the end is theirs.
Parents leave with a new lens on their child. Kids leave taller than they walked in.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Brian Castleforte Founder of CreatableMe
Brian spent 30 years creating motion graphics animation, characters and visual stories for Nike, Marvel, Sony, and Nintendo. He’s a published author, a mindfulness practitioner, and the creative mind behind the 5 C’s framework that underpins every CreatableMe experience.
A lifelong creative — professionally, personally, and in every space in between — it’s that combination of decades in creativity and mindfulness practice that makes him uniquely suited for this work. CreatableMe isn’t a pivot. It’s where everything he is finally points in the same direction.
“I’ve created a lot of characters over the years. Now I help kids create the most important character of all — themselves.”
Bringing Hero Training to your community, school, or resort?
Hero Training for Real Life has run in Los Angeles, Da Nang, and Hoi An, with real families, real transformation, and real proof.
If you’re interested in hosting a session or partnering with CreatableMe, reach out – creatableme.com/connect-with-us
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