I began my career studying psychology because I was deeply interested in how we BECOME; how we grow, develop, change and transform into healthier versions of ourselves.
I completed a Masters in Educational Psychology and a Diploma in Neuroscience of Leadership while working as a youth pastor in our local church.
Writer, child and adolescent development expert and founder of educational company Resilient Little Hearts.
I’m Sarah,
Welcome friend!
At 27 years old at a routine appointment, my doctor found a lump on my neck. After many tests, I was diagnosed with cancer. This led to an 18 month journey of surgeries, radiation and medical treatments that left me so fatigued that I had to take leave from work. This experience shook my core identity and beliefs about the world.
I was fortunate that my cancer responded to the treatment, and after this time I was declared to be in remission. It was not long after this that we fell pregnant with our first child. It was my background in working with youth in our local community, & the transformational experience of becoming a mother, so close to a life altering experience, that made me realize how important it is to cultivate resilience and emotional health, both in our own lives, and also for the next generation.
I cannot control the life circumstances my children will face in their future, but I can teach them the skills and provide a loving foundation for them to navigate through hard things.
This was when I founded Resilient Little Hearts, an educational company to resource parents, educators and professionals to cultivate resilience and emotional health in children & adolescents.
As a Christian, I’m passionate about the intersection of Resilience + Emotional Health + Faith.
I’m forever curious about how we BECOME - whether it is child and adolescent development, or what matures us as people spiritually and emotionally; or how our temperament, or environment, or future vision, or current pain, forms who we become…
Because in the end, who we become is the greatest gift to those in our world, and how we strengthen the next generations to thrive into their future.
Sarah Boyd is a writer, child and adolescent development expert, and founder of educational company Resilient Little Hearts. She holds a Masters degree in Educational Psychology and a Diploma in the Neuroscience of Leadership. A native Australian, she now lives in California with her husband and two children.
PROFESSIONAL BIO
I’ve kept a journal since I was young. It is one of my most relied-upon tools to process my inner world.
I’m a novice gardener. I have dreams of glorious flower beds filled with abundance (but my skills are still growing to catch up)…
I’m an avid jasmine green tea drinker, I have never liked the taste of coffee...
I love collecting vintage children’s literature... my favorite stories growing up (& to read to my kids) are “Winnie the Pooh”, & “The Tales of Narnia”.
I’m also the proud mama of two incredible kids..
I’ve been married to my husband Colin for almost 2 decades, & we love building businesses & our family together.
