I’m Laura Howe
Social Worker, Founder of Hope Made strong
Biblically-Based learning to help your leaders care for others
Online Learning
Courses that equip and strengthen ministry leaders to care and support others.
In-person training
Laura brings a fresh voice and practical strategies to create conversations leading to hope, strength, and resilience in staff and volunteer leaders.
Resources
Why is listening so important?
Active listening is listening with curiosity. Guiding the person with questions so they can unwrap and open boxes themselves, where eventually they will find the core issue. I have put together a cheat sheet of curious questions to help you guide people as they tell their stories.
Daily habits that overcome anxiety
Research has finally caught up to what we know as truth from the Bible. There are habits that you can incorporate into your life that can improve your resiliency or ability to bounce back from difficulties like anxiety and depression.
Are you being a supporter or a saviour?
As caregivers, we can tend overreach and try to help everyone. But we are to be supporters, not saviours. Supporting someone is walking alongside them as they journey through their life.
As caregivers, we can’t save anyone.
5 Ways care giving impacts your life
You are a deeply caring individual and you are devoted to your work and calling and there is nothing to be ashamed of, or feel guilty about when you find yourself worn-out and not wanting to hear any more sadness and problems. Measure your levels of caregiver fatigue, and discover 5 ways your life is impacted.
Why do you experience anxiety and how to overcome it
millions of people every day that are struggling through life but have no idea why or how to overcome it. Anxiety can be tricky to detect and presents differently in each person and let me guarantee you EVERYONE struggles with anxiety. So let’s discover why we experience anxiety and how you can we overcome it.
10 Tips to Improve your Sleep
Often times our sleep is the first thing to suffer when stress builds. In this video I share a list of 10 tried and true tips to help with falling asleep.
About Hope Made Strong
Testimonials
“The concepts Laura explained were well articulated and practical. The group project was time well spent, and gave us all practical ways to apply the word of God.”
“It was great to see relevant examples from the Bible of key people who fell easily (or were on the path to fall) into the trap of a cycle that would lead to burnout and anxiety.”
“Great pace! The sessions flew by. Laura has created interactive sessions that incorporated not just teaching, but practical activities, group discussions, and music.”