Growth Abounds PLLC

06/06/2026

06/05/2026

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BE KIND TO YOUR MIND 🧠 🖤
Featuring in the ‘BE KIND TO YOUR MIND’ white sweatshirt 😍🥰

06/04/2026

A heartfelt thank you to ICFTE for the opportunity to present The Biopedagogy of Real-Time Engagement: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into Neuro-Physiological Awareness for Educator Well-being and Student Success at the 2026 conference in Munich, Germany.

Sharing the ABOUND Framework in an educational context with an international audience was both humbling and energizing. The thoughtful questions, rich dialogue, and exchange of perspectives reinforced something I continue to see across settings: sustainable well-being and effective engagement begin with how we understand and manage our own presence.

Presenting internationally has long been a professional milestone, and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to contribute to conversations focused on educator well-being, student success, and sustainable professional practice.

My work is shaped by more than two decades of studying wellness, mental health, supervision, and presence, as well as the lived experience of parenting a child with neurodivergent needs. Those experiences have continually challenged me to explore what it means to cultivate durable presence, not only for professional effectiveness, but for long-term personal sustainability.

I am excited to continue these conversations with educators, counselors, healthcare professionals, leaders, and organizations committed to helping people thrive. Every audience brings new perspectives that strengthen and expand this work, and I look forward to future opportunities to learn, collaborate, and contribute.

If your organization is exploring topics related to professional sustainability, durable presence, wellness, leadership, or supporting neurodivergent individuals and their families, I would welcome the opportunity to continue the conversation.

06/01/2026

I know I have been quiet the past week or so, but I am sitting here Counting my blessings 🥰 

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As I get ready to begin the summer term, I can’t help but pause and reflect over my last week and a half. God continues to bless me beyond understanding. Wow might be the only word I have for it and even though I am waiting on official pictures, I will share a few teasers that I took.

06/01/2026

05/22/2026

Deb is amazing! What a wonderful opportunity. Check it out!

05/20/2026

Yesterday I took the next step in sharing parts of my ABOUND Framework with those who can take it further and help others. Today I begin a journey that has been a bucket list item and dream of mine. I will share pieces of this journey along the way, but for today we just get to be in the moment and celebrate what was and what is and what will be. Cheers!

God is so good and has blessed me beyond measure. Thank you to all those who are making this Dream possible.











05/20/2026

If you were in the Springfield area tomorrow, consider helping out this great cause! All tips go to Rock 4 mental health 

01/18/2026

I love this idea, I don’t know if I can do the running, but I can try… just maybe not at 8 miles an hour yet 😁

01/06/2026

Did you set a New Year’s resolution? Did you set a word of intention for the year?
Every year many of us start the year out with goals we have set and then we just start going. We start working out or we start reading or we work more hours. How often does all of that work actually feel exhausting? Almost Always!?!

That’s because it is exhausting! Too often we convince ourselves that if we are moving and doing and going, we are being successful and we are achieving things, but we’re not. Not really. When we move and go and do without alignment, we are spinning our wheels, and it will still not feel like enough.

Last year, I took a lot of time to not only be intentional with what I wanted, but to make sure the way I went about it worked for me and who I was and where I was in my own journey.

I have had years of experience and training with grief and trauma work. By readjusting my approach to make sure it was in alignment with me, I can happily say I have added three more letters after my name as a certified grief informed professional! My trauma credentials will follow soon!

I invite you to share your resolutions or words or goals below, but challenge you to reflect on them and share how you are going to approach them so that they are in alignment with you.

Have a friend that you know needs to do this as well? Reach out to them to let them know you want them to succeed and then Invite them to this page so they can participate as well. 

Wishing you all many blessings in this new year! Let’s all work towards our own alignment and harmony !