HOPE Forward

Thank you to everyone who supported, shared, and participated in this week’s Teacher Appreciation giveaways 🤍

I loved being able to take a small moment to pour back into educators and the teams who support them every day.

Congratulations to our winners:

🌱 Educator Giveaway: Chrystal Buschor

🤍 Program Giveaway: Minth

Please message me to claim your prize ✨

This giveaway is for the teams behind the scenes 🤍

One program will receive a 60-minute training from HOPE Forward.

Local programs may choose an in-person training, and virtual training is available for programs outside the area.

Whether you’re supporting educators through stress, growth, reflection, or connection, your team deserves to be poured into too.

To enter:
• Like this post
• Tag your center or comment your program name

Optional: Share to your story & tag me for an extra entry 🌱

Winner announced Sunday

The first giveaway is here!

One educator will receive:
• A copy of Rooted & Rising
• A guided reset conversation with me

To enter:
• Like this post
• Comment: What helps you feel like yourself again after a hard day?

Optional: Share & tag me for an extra entry

You give so much of yourself every day. This is a small way to pour something back into you.

Winner announced Sunday!

Love this so much!

Mindful May is here 🌸🧠
A whole month of small, simple practices to help you slow down, tune in, and take care of your inner world—one moment at a time.

Because mindfulness doesn’t have to mean hours of meditation…
It can look like:
✨ Taking a few deep breaths before opening your emails
✨ Noticing what you’re grateful for today
✨ Sending a kind message to a friend
✨ Pausing to really feel your feelings

Tiny actions → powerful shifts 💛

Save this calendar and come back to it each day, or just pick one that feels right for you. There’s no “perfect” way to do this—just start where you are.

Which one are you trying first? 👇

With appreciation to Six Seconds 💛

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Teacher Appreciation Week is here, and I didn’t want it to pass without doing something small to give back 🤍

So this week, I’m doing TWO giveaways.

One for educators
One for a program team

Because the work you do matters, even on the days it doesn’t feel like it.

First one drops tomorrow evening 👀

This week is a reminder of something that can be easy to forget in the middle of busy, messy, full days.

The work you do matters.

Not just the big milestones or the picture perfect moments, but the quiet, everyday ones.

Sitting beside a child who needs comfort.
Helping them try again.
Noticing what others might miss.

Those moments are shaping how children see themselves, others, and the world around them.

Even when it feels routine, it isn’t.
Even when it feels unnoticed, it’s not.

During Teacher Appreciation Week, I hope you feel valued for the work you do and the way you show up every day.

Because it matters more than you know.

Grateful to spend the day speaking at a local early childhood conference this weekend 💛

We talked about what it really looks like to keep showing up for children while also taking care of ourselves in the process. Not perfectly, not all figured out, but intentionally.

These moments remind me why Hope Forward exists. Educators deserve support, reflection, and space to grow too.

If you were there, I’d love to hear what stuck with you most.

Today I’m at the BY5 Early Childhood Professionals Summit and so excited to be here.

I’ll be presenting two sessions today:
Refill. Rise. Restore. How to Stop Running on Empty
When Behavior Speaks

I’m also exhibiting, so if you’re here, I’d love for you to stop by and say hi.

I’m hosting a giveaway that includes copies of Rooted & Rising: An 8-Week Guided Journal for Educators along with coaching sessions. Stop by to sign up and be entered, and winners will be contacted after the conference.

Come connect, enter the giveaway, and learn more about how Hope Forward supports educators through meaningful, practical, and restorative trainings.

Hope to see you there.

So excited to meet new educators and share some of my passion! I am privileged to not only exhibit at the conference but to share 2 trainings Inhave developed.