About LIV
People adapt. Lives expand.
LIV believes health is more than treatment. LIV exists to help connect healthcare and rehabilitation with the rest of life.
Our philosophy
Health includes the whole of life.
- Movement
- Participation
- Connection
- Identity
- Independence
- Purpose
- Community
- Recreation
- Relationships
- Possibility
The long-term vision is an interdisciplinary adaptive-health center connecting healthcare, behavioral health, movement, adaptive sport, equipment, recreation and community participation — rooted in Michigan and the Great Lakes.
About the founder
Kirsten Alburg, M.S.
Founder & Director
Kirsten holds a Master of Science in Instructional Design & Technology and brings more than 20 years in education, program development, learning design, grant-funded programs and community initiative development.
Her adaptive-sport experience includes work with organizations such as Challenge Alaska and the National Sports Center for the Disabled. That work showed her what can change when someone gets out on the snow, the water or a trail — not only in fitness, but in confidence, connection and their sense of what's possible.
It also showed her a gap. Healthcare and rehabilitation do vital work, yet people often leave without a clear way into sport, outdoor life and community. Kirsten founded LIV to build that bridge — rooted in Michigan, where the lakes, trails and winters invite everyone outside.
Kirsten leads LIV's programs, partnerships and resource development. She is not a licensed healthcare provider, and LIV does not provide clinical care.
Current LIV services
Nonclinical professional services.
Selective, mission-aligned engagements for organizations building adaptive-health, sport and community initiatives.
Adaptive-health program development
Designing new adaptive-health, movement and participation programs from concept to launch.
Program & project management
Fractional leadership to keep initiatives organized, on schedule and accountable.
Learning design
Training, curricula and educational experiences built on instructional-design practice.
Health education resource development
Plain-language, accessible resources, developed with appropriate professional review.
Partnership development
Connecting healthcare, adaptive sport, recreation and community partners around shared goals.
Adaptive-sport & community initiative development
Helping organizations start or grow adaptive-sport and community participation efforts.
Implementation planning
Turning a strong idea into a realistic, staged plan with clear responsibilities.
Program evaluation
Practical evaluation that shows what is working and what to improve.
Special projects
Selective, mission-aligned engagements that fit LIV's expertise.
Trust
Building LIV with the right voices.
LIV is developing its professional and lived-experience advisory structure as the network grows. Healthcare professionals, adaptive-sport leaders, people with disabilities and other lived-experience voices should help shape LIV's standards, resources and direction.
We only name people once they've genuinely agreed to serve.
Interested in contributing to LIV?
Advisors, professional reviewers and lived-experience voices are welcome to start a conversation.
Get in touch