Find Your Spark

In this episode, Stephanie reflects on a couple examples of how knowing about her SPARK has recently helped her and her 6 year-old son deal with kitchen disasters and Minecraft moments! Listen as she shares their experiences. As always, if you have a topic you would like us to talk about or if there something you would like to hear more on, please let us know! Email us at  info@thesparkinitiative....

In this episode, Ashley and Jena share their recent events about how they have each experienced feeling left out. They speak about how this feeling can lead them to making assumptions and becoming even more disconnected, but allowing for time, space and understanding, a whole new perspective can be gained. They talk about how these feelings can feel really big at times, but they will all settle ev...

In this episode, Ashley and Nicole share about resent insights they have had about the importance and appreciation for their state of mind. Ashley shares about getting caught up in her thinking, and then the unhelpful "should's" that unfolded for her. She talks about how she recognized this, and how it was helpful moving forward. Her problems suddenly didn't seem as big as she had thought, and ans...

In this episode, Nicole Wilson and Jena Travise talk about personal resentment and how this understanding of the mind has helped them let go of past experiences that weighed them down and live life a lot lighter.

In this episode, Brooke and Ashley share about what they are seeing new about separate realities, and appreciating diversity within us all. They share what they have seen about both, everyone being one, and also recognizes and appreciating the differences in us all. The both listened to a recent talk at a conference and saw many things from it in regards to parenting, but then, as the week has gon...

  In this episode, Nicole Wilson and Jena Travise talk about insights they have had and things they have seen this past week after attending a recent Conference called "Life 2.0". They share how beautiful it was to see people gather from across the world via Zoom, all connecting, sharing and learning more about themselves and each other, especially during this current time in the world. Listen as...

In this episode, Ashley Hunt and Nicole Wilson talk about their perspective of connection, human to human, and how so many solutions can be uncovered from that place. Diving deeper beneath the surface, we can see that humans are all connected through love.

  In this episode, Nicole Wilson and Jena Travise talk about their perspective on returning back to the old/new “normal” way of life, as things are starting to fall back into place from COVID-19. Listen as they reflect on how we, as human beings, adapt to change without trying. Our SPARK will always be there no matter what circumstances we face in the world.  

This episode was recorded live on Facebook for our first ever live podcast! We had lots of fun seeing all of our listeners! In this episode, Brooke and Ashley talk about the new CDC guidelines that were just issued on how schools should resume post COVID-19. This has been a HOT Topic this week and we thought a podcast on this topic may be beneficial to many.

  In this episode, Brooke and Ashley are joined by former teacher and Children’s book author, Stephanie Fox. Stephanie was on last week to talk about her books with Curious the Dragonfly and we teased that we would have her back on this week for an exciting announcement! Listen as we talk about how we are joining forces to bring Curious and SPARK to more children all around the world! We are so ex...

In this episode, Ashley interviews former teacher and Children’s book author, Stephanie Fox. Stephanie shares what lead her to writing children’s books, and where the idea of her characters came from. She also shares the process of knowing deeply her vision for this new character, and how she followed the next step even when she was not sure “how” it would work. Listen as Stephanie shared stories...

In this episode, Brooke and Ashley talk about the impact that unknown exceptions has on us, especially during the current Pandemic!

This episode is the forth in our Parenting Series! If you are a parent of any kind, this series is for you! Even if your not a parent, this series is full of different perspectives and stories that you are sure to enjoy and can take back into any type of relationship. In this episode, Jayda interviews Rohini Ross about parenting. Rohini is the mom of two teenage daughters and offers a wonderful pe...

This episode is the third in our Parenting Series! If you are a parent of any kind, this series is for you! Even if your not a parent, this series is full of different perspectives and stories that you are sure to enjoy and can take back into any type of relationship. In this episode, Nicole joins Ashley to talk about recent events with COVID-19. They share about all of the changes that have been...

This episode is the second in our Parenting Series! Brooke and I feel that we have learned so much while parenting, and understanding how the mind works, so we wanted to do a special series on this very topic! For the next several weeks, you get to listen to Brooke’s teenage daughter Jayda as she interviews parents of all ages. If you are a parent of any kind, this series is for you! Even if your...

This episode is the first in our Parenting Series! Brooke and I feel that we have learned so much while parenting, and understanding how the mind works, so we wanted to do a special series on this very topic! For the next several weeks, you get to listen to Brooke’s teenage daughter Jayda as she interviews parents of all ages. If you are a parent of any kind, this series is for you! Even if your n...

In this episode, Nicole and Jena join the podcast to share some stories about how they have each experienced mom guilt. They speak about how they can get wrapped into the depths of the guilt, and how in another instance they can pop right out of it. Listen as they share what they have seen around this topic, and how they have gotten through it!

In this episode, Ashley and Brooke talk about what it means to them to appreciate other culture, by simply understanding what it is that makes up culture. They recently went on a tour in an Amish community with Jena and Nicole, (you will be able to hear Ashley smiling throughout this episode, because she is fascinated by their culture).  They saw many things that were foreign to them, yet they had...

In this episode, Brooke and Ashley discuss why, even with best intentions, sometimes trying to save others may do more harm than good. They share their stories of trying to save those closest to them and the outcome it has had on not only on those they are trying to save, but also the toll it takes on themselves.

In this episode, Ashley and Brooke have some very specials guest in the office, Jacqueline Hollows and Anna Debenham! Listen as they discuss their past week together working on a curriculum for prisons/jails, and the experience they shared running a class together in jail. Jacqueline founded Beyond Recovery in the UK. Her and her team go into prisons across the UK, working with offenders and ex-of...

In this episode, you will get to hear from Ashley, who is a self-proclaimed "recovering" People Pleaser, and Brooke who is a self-proclaimed "recovering" Control Freak. We say the word "recovering" in quotes, because let's face it, they are still doing it at times! Ashley shares what she has seen recently about taking on other people's feelings, trying to fix them in order to fix her own discomfor...

This episode is the first in our Parenting Series! Brooke and I feel that we have learned so much while parenting, and understanding how the mind works, so we wanted to do a special series on this very topic! For the next several weeks, you get to listen to Brooke's 14 year old daughter Jayda as she interviews parents of all ages. If you are a parent of any kind, this series is for you! Even if yo...

In this episode, Brooke and Ashley talk about the kids heading Back to School and ALL the feelings that go along with it! They share the angst, as well as what has helps themselves and their kids navigate as they start a new school year.  

In this episode, Brooke and Ashley unpack why you already know what to do and why guilt is never giving you the right answer.

In this episode, Ashley and Brooke talk about the simplicity of what they share. They often get people asking how something so simple can be helpful, so in this podcast they answer break down why.