About Us
Our
Story
The journey of an educator/provider is rarely a straight path. Many of us stumble into the profession and continue to stumble as we move through schools, agencies and positions.
Amy started out in art school. Greg majored in sociology and international studies as an undergraduate.
Sometimes, we are searching for the right fit or seeking new challenges.
Over time, Amy and Greg both felt drawn to work with children and youth who struggled communicating their needs and required support being safe. As you know, while that work can be rewarding, it also comes with a lot of stress, both emotionally and physically.
While Amy was immediately drawn to the idea of mindfulness meditation, she was a new mother and couldn’t “see” the way it could fit into her busy life. Several years after Greg had moved to a new position, Amy experienced several dramatic life events (death and divorce). The need to become mindful became essential to parenting a daughter who had experienced all of the same difficult changes.
Once life settled down, she realized that she needed a soul satisfying project to pour her heart into, and it just so happened that Greg was looking for the same.
It seemed natural that their love of helping educators/providers and students was the right direction. Serve With Wisdom and the Mindful Educator Resource Guide was born!
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In 2022, Greg stepped away from Serve With Wisdom and Amy made the impulsive leap into navigating the business on her own. Amy found the freedom to move in any direction exhilarating and overwhelming, When she permitted herself to think outside of the box, she opened herself up to new ways to serve the community of providers; and decided to create a broader platform to discuss the gifts and challenges of working with children and adolescents.
Amy
Born
Amy started her career as a special educator in 1997 working for independent schools and non-profit agencies. She has experience teaching in a self-contained middle school classroom and with individuals on the Autism spectrum. She currently works at a public high school in St. Louis, Missouri. Amy leads a team of professionals in a therapeutic classroom to support and teach students how to cope using mindfulness strategies to address a variety of mental illnesses.
She uses her role as department chair and mentor to help other providers navigate the sometimes murky waters of special education and the public school system.
Along with her mindfulness practice, Amy relies on running, yoga, and aerial arts to find focus and balance her life as a single mother, teacher, and friend. Some days she is successful. Some days she is eating tortilla chips and salsa for dinner and falling asleep at 7:30.