Our Name
Jordan, our founder, has been passionate about the outdoors, preparedness, and mental health for many years. He long dreamed of combining those passions in a way that he could support his family. In March of 2020, as the COVID-19 Pandemic was kicking off, people were beginning to quarantine, and the stores began to be empty of many items, Utah got hit with an earthquake. It was during this time that the name Prepared Acceptance came to Jordan. He was in the last semester of his Master’s of Social Work program and was using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in his internship. He loved the concept of acceptance: the willingness to experience whatever life has to offer and continue towards what is important to us. He was then thinking about his training in emergency preparedness and disaster response and wondered the connection between preparedness and acceptance. Often it is easier to accept what life has to offer if we have a baseline of preparedness, and so the combination of passions of preparedness and mental health became Prepared Acceptance.
These two concepts of preparedness and mental health are so closely connected. As we learn skills and become more prepared for the challenges of life we can better work with our mental health, and as we work on our mental health we are better able to prepare for and face those challenges. So let’s go prepare for and accept the ups and downs of life!
Our Mission
Our mission is to help you become the guide of your own life’s journey by combining outdoor education and mental health therapy to help you live your best life. We accomplish this through outdoor education, emergency preparedness education, mental health education, and mental health therapy.
Our Staff
Jordan Dye, LCSW, EMT, CNP | Owner
Jordan is a “go get ’em” kind of guy. Since a young age, he has loved the outdoors. He grew up in a small farming community in the Central Valley of California. His parents and 4 brothers would often be in the outdoors hiking, backpacking, or exploring for their family activities. He loved to spend the summers in Yosemite and enjoy the beauty there. Thanks to his parents he was involved in service in the community. At age 16 he was asked to be a youth representative on the board of directors for a local human service nonprofit. He had no idea what he was getting into when he said yes, and those 2 years were the start of his many years of human service and nonprofit work. For most of his life, he has had a stutter and he practiced long and hard to try and hide it. In his junior year of high school, the stutter became all-consuming and overwhelming. He finally agreed to get professional help and started meeting with a fluency specialist (speech therapist) at a nearby university. This was when he was first introduced to the concept of acceptance of our challenges. The therapist told him that in order to make any progress he had to “stutter his brains out.” Although this perspective took lots of practice, it ultimately changed his life.
After serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints he attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He majored in Psychology and minored in Nonprofit Management, earning the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. While in school he worked in the mental health field at a teen crisis center and a residential treatment center. During the summers he worked at summer camps where he met his wife who was a fellow staffer. During this time he completed his EMT and worked as a medic at a summer camp. After graduation, he worked at a care center for people with intellectual disabilities, as a case manager and the Program Services Director. In 2018 he joined the Utah Army National Guard and enlisted as a truck driver. Shortly after returning from Army training, he began his Master’s of Social Work at Utah State University graduating in 2020.
Jordan is a certified instructor through the Emergency Care and Safety Institute for CPR, First Aid, and Wilderness First Aid. He currently volunteers with the Timpanogos Emergency Response Team as an EMT and an amateur radio operator. He is also a certified firearms instructor. He currently works as a crisis worker in the Emergency Department and as an outpatient mental health therapist. Jordan has found that his professional mission statement is to help others prepare for, respond to, and learn from the most challenging experiences of their lives. Therapeutically he connects deeply with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Gottman Couples Therapy, and Solution Focused Therapy. Through these approaches, he will help you learn more about your challenges, and ways to work with them to live your best life.
Jordan is married and currently lives in Lehi, Utah with his wife. While he is not at work or in National Guard training he loves to be in the outdoors. He enjoys hiking, backpacking, biking, climbing, kayaking, fishing, and target shooting (just to name a few). He especially enjoys doing these activities alongside his wife. He and his wife also enjoy reading together from authors such as Nicole Van, Sarah Eden, and Brandon Sanderson.
