by Brenda Niemeyer | May 26, 2020 | Tools for Life |
Unwavering belief, advocacy, and a willingness to take a risk on behalf of another human being changes stories. Dream Come True WayPoint Youth Foundation is officially a non-profit organization! (Not sure how to use emojis in WP, but picture big smiles and a... 
by Brenda Niemeyer | Jun 22, 2020 | Tools for Life |
Dream It I LOVE ideas and possibilities! They give me energy and create this internal atmosphere of optimism and an ongoing sense of ooh, what’s next? Along the way, I’ve learned an idea is really only of value if I follow through and actually do whatever... 
by Brenda Niemeyer | May 11, 2020 | Tools for Life |
The Heart of the Matter The key to a boy’s heart and mind is through his stomach, or so I’m learning. A donut (preferably a Bavarian Cream) and a listening ear unlocks all that my eleven year old son is thinking and feeling about life and school. So, we do weekly... 
by Brenda Niemeyer | Apr 27, 2016 | Tools for Life |
Praise and Mindset Praise is a good thing right? I don’t know about you, but I’ve always viewed praise as positive no matter what form it took. How can you go wrong complimenting someone and cheering their accomplishments? Surprisingly, we find that if not... 
by Brenda Niemeyer | Apr 20, 2016 | Tools for Life |
One Simple Tool Assumptions have a crazy amount of power to shape our experience and impact what we believe to be true about a situation. If we have a positive assumption our experience is often positive. If we choose a negative assumption, then yes, our experience is... 
by Brenda Niemeyer | Apr 14, 2016 | Tools for Life |
Student Stories Trina is a first year college student. She hasn’t declared a major and feels a lot of pressure to get it done. What is holding her back? Wanting to make the right choice and not being sure what that is. The external pressure to choose is creating an... 
by Brenda Niemeyer | Mar 9, 2016 | Tools for Life |
You are so enough. Just you. As you are. This is the message I am passionate about helping students hear and embrace. Subtle Messages When I look back over experiences we’ve had as a foster family and interactions with student clients, I confess I just feel sad at how...
