Our Team
A Letter from Our Founder
When I began building A Beautiful You, I wasn’t trying to create another program. I was trying to build the space I once needed.
Like many who arrive here, I have navigated housing instability, recovery systems, and environments that often felt more focused on compliance than wholeness. I experienced firsthand how easily people can be reduced to diagnoses, behaviors, or checklists — and how rarely they are met as full human beings.
A Beautiful You was created as a response to that gap. We are not a treatment center. We are not a replacement for clinical care. And we are not a space built around shame, surveillance, or forced transformation. We are a sanctuary for growth.
Our work is grounded in trauma-informed care, harm reduction, and deep respect for personal sovereignty. We believe healing happens most sustainably when people feel safe, seen, and trusted. We believe that dignity is not earned — it is inherent. And we believe that lasting change emerges from connection, creativity, and clarity, not coercion.
Here, participants are not defined by what they are overcoming. They are supported in discovering who they are becoming.
For families and partners exploring our work: you can expect thoughtful structure, ethical boundaries, and a model built from both lived experience and professional training. We hold compassion and accountability in equal measure.
For those considering joining us: you do not need to be perfect. You do not need to have everything figured out. You only need a willingness to show up honestly.
A Beautiful You exists to remind people of their wholeness — especially when the world has told them otherwise.
Thank you for taking the time to learn about our community. I hope you feel the care that has gone into building it.
Daniel Shad, MPA
Founder & Executive Director
Ryan Borland, LMFT
Board Secretary
Jordan King
Board Treasurer
Daniel Shad, MPA
Board Chair

