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Life is Lived One Choice at a Time
Why Do I Do What I Don't Want To Do?
The barriers in front of you often have roots beneath you.
Lasting change comes from understanding why you make the choices you do.
Meet
Regina Sarmento
For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by one question:
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WHAT SEPARATES THOSE WHO THRIVE
FROM THOSE WHO REMAIN STUCK?​
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That question didn't begin in a classroom, a boardroom, or a professional setting. It began in my own life. I grew up watching people make choices that led them in very different directions. Some built healthy, meaningful lives. Others remained trapped in cycles that seemed to repeat generation after generation. I saw opportunities embraced and opportunities wasted. I watched people overcome obstacles that appeared impossible, while others surrendered to challenges that seemed far smaller. I wanted to understand why.
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Why did some people move forward while others stayed stuck?
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Why did some heal while others continued to struggle?
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Why did some build lives filled with purpose while others repeated the same painful patterns?
Over the years, patterns began to emerge. The people who experienced lasting transformation were not simply receiving help. They were learning how life worked. They put to practice the relationship between their beliefs, choices, values, character, identity, relationships, and direction. They developed healthy daily patterns. They learned practical skills. They became students of their own lives.
Long before I had language for it, I was paying attention. I learned to move toward what worked and away from what didn't. Discernment became a guide. Observation became a habit. Over time, that curiosity became a lifelong pursuit.
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That pursuit followed me into every role I held. Whether working with homeless women and children, behavioral health programs, correctional environments, churches, recovery programs, or community organizations, I became fiercely committed to measurable outcomes.
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I watched millions of dollars invested into programs where people continued cycling through the same systems year after year. Agencies reported success because clients were housed, employed, or sober. Those milestones matter. They are important. Yet I knew from my own family that a person can meet every one of those measures and still live with unhealthy relationships, destructive patterns, unresolved pain, and a life far from flourishing.
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When I launched Acres of Hope, I set a bold goal: To be the last program a client would ever need. That goal changed everything.
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It challenged me to look beyond compliance and focus on transformation. It required me to fight for what was best for clients, even when it was difficult. It required me to help people believe they were worth fighting for and to equip them to continue the work long after they left our program.
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Participation wasn't enough.
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Attendance wasn't enough.
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Good intentions weren't enough.
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I wanted to know whether lives were actually changing.
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Over the years, patterns began to emerge. The people who experienced lasting transformation were not simply receiving help. They were learning how life worked. They understood the relationship between their beliefs, choices, values, character, identity, relationships, and direction. They developed healthy daily patterns. They learned practical skills. They became students of their own lives.
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​What I discovered was both simple and profound:
People move forward when they understand what is driving their choices. Most approaches focus on teaching people what choice to make or how to make it. I became interested in understanding what choices are made of. Every choice has a very predictable anatomy.
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Like a mechanic who understands how an engine works, people gain confidence when they understand how they are wired. They learn to identify what is functioning well, what needs attention, and what keeps breaking down. They stop relying solely on others to diagnose every problem and begin partnering with God in the ongoing work of renewal and transformation. That realization became the foundation of Next Wise Choice.
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My goal has never been to tell people what to think. My goal has always been to help people understand how their lives work so they can make wiser choices with confidence, consistency, and purpose.
When people understand the patterns, principles, and life skills that shape their decisions, they gain something far more valuable than a temporary solution. They gain a framework for life. And when that framework is embraced and consistently applied, lives move toward greater health, stronger relationships, deeper purpose, and the abundant life God intended from the beginning.
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​Whether you're pursuing transformation in your own life or helping others move toward lasting change, I would be honored to partner with you on the journey.
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Let's connect!
I wanted to know whether lives were
actually changing.
"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John 10:10
VISION
To see all people living an abundant life, to the fullest, as God intended.
VISIONS EXIST because we are reaching for something greater than our current reality. They call us forward, challenge what is broken, and inspire us to build what could be.
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GOD'S VISION for humanity was never survival. It was abundance. Jesus said He came so that we may have life to the full, a life marked by purpose, peace, joy, healthy relationships, and an overflowing sense of His goodness. (John 10:10)
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YET SCRIPTURE ALSO REMINDS US that there is an enemy who seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. Every loss of hope, fractured relationship, destructive habit, fear, distraction, or misplaced priority pulls us away from the life God designed. (John 10:10)
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TAKE A MOMENT to consider your own life. Where are you experiencing abundance? Where do you sense something is missing? What areas of your life are waiting to be restored, strengthened, or brought back into alignment with God's vision for you?
THE THIEF COMES TO STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY. I CAME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY. JOHN 10:10
Mission
Equipping people for transformation using universal and timeless principles that are the anatomy of every choice.
Jesus looked upon the crowds and was moved with compassion because they were weary, scattered, and lost, like sheep without a shepherd (Matthew 9:36).
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We feel this struggle personally. Paul described it in Romans 7 when he wrestled with making choices he did not want to make, repeating patterns he longed to escape. (Romans 7:15-20)
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God cares deeply about how healing takes place. Through Jeremiah, He rebuked leaders who treated deep wounds lightly (Jeremiah 6:14). Surface solutions were never His design. (Jeremiah 6:14)
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God's path to lasting transformation is clear: the renewing of the mind. Real change reaches beneath behaviors to the beliefs, patterns, and influences that shape our lives. (Romans 12:2)
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Our mission is to help people discover those deeper influences and partner with God in the process of genuine transformation.
HELPING PEOPLE DISCOVER THE PATH BETWEEN WHERE THEY ARE AND THE LIFE GOD CREATED THEM TO LIVE.
OUR RESPONSE TO THE VJSION
The world is searching. We respond with truth, compassion, and practical guidance.
Services
We provide assessments, coaching, workshops, and resources that help people understand themselves, strengthen relationships, make wise choices, and create meaningful growth in every area of life.
Assessments & Discovery
Find Your Starting Point
Coaching & Growth
Move Forward with Confidence
Resources & Studies
Grow at Your Own Pace