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
A Discussion about How To Handle Addiction
https://youtu.be/DhRM9CnHh3E Each substance or behavior has its own signs and symptoms of addiction. When you are experiencing addiction, you are drawn to the substance because you are avoiding the bad. The bad could be loneliness, negative thoughts, anxious...
7 Strategies to Avoid Depression and Anxiety During Physical Distancing.
Grief is often a journey. Something that you go through when there is a loss. Just as in any grief, we can slip into the more unhealthy space of anxiety and depression and get stuck. However, here are seven small strategies that can be helpful to process the grief, prevent us from getting stuck and keep us moving through the ever-changing landscape of COVID-19.
Volunteer burnout: why it happens and what you can do to prevent it.
The church is an organization heavily dependant on volunteers and in recognition of volunteer appreciation week, I want to speak to volunteer burnout. The church needs to be aware of volunteer burnout, why it happens and what you can do to prevent it.
Church, this is our time to look outside of our walls
During this time of social distancing, the Church is in an incredible position to help the vulnerable and support those struggling in isolation. Let this shift be more radical than going from physical walls to digital walls. Let’s open our eyes and hearts to their needs… not just our own.
10 Ways to Overcome Anxiety
The walls are closing in. Chest is tightening. Agitation grows. Anyone experiencing a little stress right now?? Nerves, overwhelm or anxiety are developed for a number of reasons, but the main one is stress. Today I write this as I sit quarantined in my home along...
How to support someone struggling with mental health
With mental health impacting 1 in 5 people it is very likely that you are going to talk to someone who is struggling. You want to help, but have no idea what to say and you surely don’t want to make it worse.
Here’s good news. Here are 5 things you can say to support someone struggling.
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.”