Welcome to my blog! I am so excited to share ideas with you all...

Are you a new counselor looking for ideas on how to get organized?  Or maybe you are a veteran counselor who needs new ideas on how to free up more precious time....I am here to help!  

I began my career in education close to 15 years ago when I decided that my dream job was to become an educator. At the time I was working in a totally different profession as a Probation Officer, but was becoming burned out on all the negativity. I wanted to help prevent some of what I was seeing everyday. I had a Bachelor's in Psychology, and loved the idea of helping people (especially little ones), so my long term goal was to become a School Counselor. I needed to go back and get my Master's degree, but couldn't afford to not work. What's a girl to do? As it turned out, I was so fortunate that my state was looking for teachers through the alternative teaching certification program. I signed up to teach that fall, and would earn my teaching certification along the way. Crazy me also decided to start grad school at the same time! What could go wrong, after all I had taught a year at a preschool right out of college. Wow, was I in for a surprise....little did I know that teaching was going to be the hardest job I have ever had.

With a ton of handwork and a few tears, I made it through and obtained my M.Ed in School Counseling two years later. Luckily I immediately found a position as an elementary counselor and was so excited. Yay, an office and the chance to do what I loved! I vowed to not only help students, but help teachers too!  I knew how hard it was to be a classroom teacher, so I wanted to be a support to them as well as their students. I was fortunate to work as a counselor for many years, even through a few of our tours as a military family. Now we are in a spot where working is not feasible at the moment. I don't want to give up  my passion, and know that I can now help School Counselors be more productive and hopefully you will follow me on this adventure!