Hello
I am so excited that you visited here!
Pun intended, I HOPE you FIND valuable thoughts and ideas for the valuable person you are!
Here's why:
I experienced extreme neglect, abuse, and long-term trauma as a child that crept well into sectors of my adult life. I grew up in and out of foster care from a home that was substantiated on for emotional and psychological abuse, among other 11 other case investigation findings. Beyond that, as those who have touched it know, foster care is always a life-changing experience! Too long in my life I held onto the misconception that life was meant to be easy, and it limited my healing.
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But now, from my professional and personal experience, I've learned that my desire to earn an easy life is a lie I lived in too long. The real truth is that inevitably life is tough, but so am I. The same is true for you.
Now, I have a mission to not let my story or anyone else's end in darkness but rather find hope through the challenges we have faced.
I believe in finding hope!
Everyone Has a Story
Here's Mine
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I am a successful survivor of childhood abuse and neglect.
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I am a walking testimony of healing and hope.
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I am one of an estimated 12 million former foster kids in the US.
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I am one of the tens of thousands of foster and adoptive parents.
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I am a licensed master social worker with over 15 years of experience working with youth and families.
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I am Christan woman of faith in a great GOD.
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I aim to give voice to the broken, traumatized, hurt.
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I see value and dignity in all people.
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I am the believer of better.
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I am a survivor of head injury trauma.
Professionally, my experience is in child protective/foster care services, education and mental health services. As an educator and an advocate for promoting change for and value within people, I work to inspire and motivate others to grasp their own form of hope.
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I have a passion to speak life and hope into lives of those hurting.
Thus, I love being a motivational speaker and trainer.
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I am expert in topics relating to trauma, self-care, mental health, &
relational communication.
I provide therapeutic services through my private practice clinic.
I am author of the nationally published book:
Finding Hope:
The 12 Keys to Healing Hardship, Hurt, and Sorrow.
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I work as a school based social worker. I am also a Trust Based Relational Intervention Practitioner and a certified
Accelerated Resolution Therapist.
​I have been married to my high school sweetheart, Mike for over 15 years. We have two amazing kids and are active foster/adoptive parents. We reside in the great, central state of Kansas with a love of Christ, family, pets, and beautiful sunsets.
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Contact
I'm always excited to SHARE HOPE!
Contact me to see how we can connect now.
CALL/TEXT:620-364-6644