Professional development that reaches the person behind the rolE
Keynotes, presentations, and workshops on wellbeing, resilience, and hope for schools, nonprofits, businesses, events and conferences. You don't need to be a SPARK partner to bring us in.
Find Your Fit
However your team learns best, we'll meet you there
Every session is tailored to your audience and available in person or virtually
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Keynotes
Open a conference or energize a PD day with a talk that blends real stories, research, and a fresh look at how the mind works.
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Presentations
60 to 90 minutes. A focused session for your staff meeting, team, or breakout with practical tools people can use the very next day.
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Workshops & Retreats
Half day to 3 days. Immersive, interactive time together for teams ready to go deeper and build lasting change into their culture.
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Implementation Training
Already using SPARK Mentoring or Insight to Wellbeing? Get your team trained to deliver with confidence.
TOPICS
Sessions you & YOUR STAFF will remember
Any topic can be shaped into a keynote, presentation, or workshop. Don't see exactly what you need? We're happy to build a session around your goals.
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Lessons for Hope from the Unbroken
Real stories that show the resilience inside every person, even after the hardest circumstances, and how to help others see it in themselves.
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Going Beyond Self Care
Why more to-do lists won't cure burnout, and how understanding your own mind brings relief that actually lasts.
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Resilience and Wellbeing
Where resilience really comes from, and how to uncover it!
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The Business of State of Mind
How state of mind shapes leadership, decisions, and performance, and what shifts when leaders understand it.
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Find the SPARK Beyond Trauma
A hopeful look at trauma that helps professionals see the health and potential that remain in every person they serve.
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Reimagining Youth At-Risk
Moving past labels to see the potential in every young person, and what changes when the adults around them do.
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SPARKING Engagement
Practical ways to build real connection so students and staff show up, lean in, and take part.
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SPARKING the Resilience Inside ALL Kids
Simple, engaging tools for educators and caregivers to help every child recognize their own inner strength.
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Navigating Your Mind Through Foster Care and Adoption
Encouragement and perspective for foster and adoptive families and the professionals who walk alongside them.
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CONTACT US
Contact us here or email Brooker@thesparkinitiative.com to build PD around what your organization needs!
MEET YOUR SPEAKERS
The people behind the programs
Brooke Wheeldon-Reece, MBA
President & CEO
Brooke is the creator and co-author of the evidence-based SPARK Mentoring Programs and Insight to Wellbeing, now taught in 40 states and 36 countries. She speaks from both research and lived experience, with a deep belief that every person has an unbreakable SPARK inside.
Ashley Hunt
Director of Partner Engagement & Success
Ashley has been with SPARK since 2015 and co-authored both programs. She has trained educators since 2018, bringing hands-on classroom experience and engaging, visual activities that help ideas stick long after the session ends.
What participants are saying
For SPARK Mentoring & Insight to Wellbeing Programs
Implementation Training
If your organization holds a SPARK Mentoring or Insight to Wellbeing license, these trainings prepare your team to deliver the program with confidence.
Live Virtual Trainings
SPARK: Nov 3–4, 2026
Interactive online sessions, offered twice a year.
IWB: Nov 3–4, 2026
In-Person Training, Tampa
Two days together in Tampa, FL, for both programs.
Feb 17–18, 2027
Equip up to 4 of your staff to train others in your organization. Earn 5 Continuing Education Units.
Train the Trainer
Virtual: Nov 6, 2026
In person (Tampa, FL) : Feb 19, 2027
For the first time, Day One of our two-day training is available to purchase without a program license! Discover the core ideas behind all of our work and your own innate wellbeing.
Foundations Training
Day One: Open to All
Virtual: Nov 3, 2026
In person (Tampa, FL) : Feb 17, 2027
On-Site Training
Our trainers travel to you for sessions built around your team.
Scheduled with you!
Self-Study Programs
The SPARK Initiative offers self-study programs designed for flexible, on-demand professional development. These programs are self-paced and can be revisited anytime.
SPARK Online Parenting Program: Helps parents understand their children and themselves without striving for perfection.
SPARK PD Online for Adults: Supports professional’s well-being and helps them enhance their impact on youth. The course addresses burnout and aims to "fill cups" to maximize potential.