By Katie Carmichael Please, everyone, meet my friend Phillip. Phillip is an SLS client in the Far North Region. He is smart, funny, and determined. Phillip is a laid-back guy who goes with the flow. Ever since I met Phil, he has been nothing but sweet and a pleasure to get to know. As I…
By Sadie Hess What brings you life? What brings joy? People ask these questions as if the answer should be on the tip of my lips and something I inherently know and feel. But I struggle to articulate what lights me up from within because I think of everything besides work. You aren’t supposed to…
By: Anna Levine-Beard 5+ years ago my health was not doing so great, so I had to make major changes. I have struggled with my weight my entire adulthood. I decided to try keto. Eliminating wheat and sugar made a huge difference in my health issues, I cured my high blood pressure, high cholesterol, fatty liver…
By Vanessa H. Undiagnosed or poor mental health is a serious threat to society and an individual’s daily life often leading to a seemingly unbroken cycle of fear, erratic behavior, law enforcement involvement and often tragically even death. Syvahanna is no stranger to the reality of this she was in a terrible cycle of 911…
By Sadie Hess, Founder, and CEO Empty Tank The tank is empty. In more ways than one, or two, even five. We are tired, we have less to show for our hard work, and if we are honest with ourselves, we are a little more cynical about our world. We have had more disappointments than…
By Sadie Hess, Founder and CEO 25 Year Milestone As many of you know, I started this company when I was 23 years old, so it seems impossible to believe that Compass has reached the 25-year milestone! Many years ago, when Joanne and I started Compass, we never could imagine that 2 companies would emerge,…
My parents are developmentally disabled. They have been that way since birth. My mom was diagnosed with a learning disability, but that was before autism existed. I believe she has autism. Her mentality is very similar to a young girl about six years old. My dad was born with hydrocephalus, which caused an intellectual disability….
By Sadie Hess Twenty Five Years Ago… Today I sit here in awe I have been leading here for exactly 25 years. Today is August 19th, 2021. Twenty-five years ago, I had been through a vast myriad of rapid roller coaster emotions: highs and lows that put your stomach in knots. Only sixty days prior,…
Small Town I grew up and still live in a town that has more cows than people. If the elevation surpasses the population, that is the town for me. In Rural communities, you know your neighbor’s favorite cookie and take it to them every second Sunday in May because they lost their mom ten years…
By Sadie Hess, Founder and CEO Something BIg We are in the process of doing something big! (Something we haven’t done in about 15 years here at Compass.) We are going to open a new department at Compass! Not another office, as we have been doing. This will be a department that supports the whole…