A Shared Vision for Children

AUNUA × HERO INTELLIGENCE

Two storytellers. One shared vision for children.

AUNUA and Hero Intelligence come together through a shared belief in helping children recognise their potential, understand themselves and believe in what is possible.

At the heart of the collaboration are Karina Murray and Tammy Vallieres. What began as a friendship across two countries grew into a creative partnership bringing together education, imagination and storytelling.

From that shared vision came

The Hero Within.

Karina Murray and Tammy Vallieres — **Karina Murray** AUNUA

**Tammy Vallieres** Hero Intelligence

Where the Two Worlds Meet

Two worlds. One shared purpose.

AUNUA and Hero Intelligence approach a child’s inner world in different ways, but they share something important: a belief that every child deserves the opportunity to understand themselves, recognise their strengths and discover what is possible.

AUNUA

Discovering your ROAR.

ROAR gives children a simple pathway for understanding themselves, recognising their strengths and connecting more confidently with the world around them.

Recognition

Recognising who you are, your feelings, strengths, gifts and unique potential.

Openness

Opening yourself to new ideas, experiences, possibilities and different ways of seeing.

Acceptance

Learning to accept yourself and others with greater understanding, kindness and compassion.

Reconnecting

Reconnecting with yourself, with others and with the world around you.

HERO INTELLIGENCE

Meeting the hero within.

Through Harmony Hare and storytelling, Hero Intelligence gives children an imaginative way to explore what is happening within them and discover the strength of their own inner voice.

Inner Awareness

Learning to notice feelings, thoughts and the different voices that can influence how we see ourselves.

Conscious Choice

Understanding that we can listen, reflect and choose how we respond to the world around us.

The Hero Within

Discovering the courage, kindness and possibility already living within every child.

The Connection

When these two worlds meet, learning becomes a story.

A story children can see, feel and remember. One that gives courage, self-awareness, friendship and possibility a world of its own.

Meet Harmony Hare

Harmony Hare and Her Three Voices.

After ROAR and Hero Intelligence meet in purpose, Harmony Hare brings the idea into story. Through her three inner voices, children are invited to explore thoughts, feelings and choices in a way that feels gentle, imaginative and easy to understand.

Watch

Harmony Hare and Her Three Voices

From Story to Real Life

When the story meets the child.

The ideas behind ROAR and Harmony Hare are not only something children can watch or read about. Through play, conversation and shared experiences, they can become something children begin to explore for themselves.

AUNUA and Hero Intelligence engaging with children through play and storytelling

In the Real World

Learning begins with connection.

When Tammy and Karina spend time with young children, the story moves beyond characters and frameworks. It becomes conversation, imagination, play and the opportunity for children to express what is happening in their own world.

Emotional Awareness

Helping children begin to notice and talk about feelings, thoughts and the different voices they experience within.

Self-Expression

Giving children an approachable way to share ideas and feelings through stories, characters, conversation and play.

Confidence & Voice

Encouraging children to recognise that their thoughts matter and that they can make choices with greater confidence.

Connection

Creating shared moments where children can listen, participate, connect with others and feel part of the experience.

Learning Through Experience

Small moments can open big conversations.

For young children, understanding themselves does not need to begin with complicated language. A character, a question, a story or a moment of play can create a natural starting point.

These interactions bring the ideas behind The Hero Within closer to children's everyday lives, giving them space to explore, imagine, speak and be heard.

Children taking part in an AUNUA and Hero Intelligence activity

Why It Matters

Not telling children who to become. Helping them discover who they already are.

At the heart of the experience is a simple belief: every child has strengths, ideas and a voice worth discovering. Sometimes they simply need the right story, the right space and someone willing to listen.

Watch & Listen

Experience The Hero Within.

Begin with the song, then step into the short film recognised at the Niagara Falls Film Festival.

Listen & Sing Along

The Hero Within Song

A gentle musical moment that lets children carry the message of courage, kindness and self-belief with them.

Award-Winning Short Film

The Hero Within

A heartfelt story of courage, friendship, self-discovery and finding the hero within.

Award-winning short film recognised at the Niagara Falls Film Festival.

Tammy Vallieres

Creator of Hero Intelligence®

The Storyteller Behind Harmony Hare

Meet Tammy Vallieres.

Educator. Author. Speaker. Creator of Hero Intelligence®.

Tammy Vallieres has spent her career helping children understand themselves, recognise their strengths and discover the voice within that can help them move forward with courage.

With a background in education, psychology and early childhood learning, Tammy’s work brings together storytelling, social-emotional intelligence, empathy and practical life skills in ways that children can understand and connect with.

Through Hero Intelligence®, she created a language that helps children explore the voices within them and begin to recognise what she calls their Hero Voice — the voice that can help them pause, understand themselves and choose how they want to move forward.