Green Shoe Foundation

08/26/2026

Back-to-school season can stir up more than memories. 🎒💚

It can also bring new routines, new relationships, and the hope of doing things a little differently.

The sights, sounds, expectations, and emotions of school can reconnect us with parts of our younger selves and with lessons we learned long before we had words for boundaries, self-worth, emotional regulation, or asking for help.

For anyone who supports children and young people, this reflection can be an opportunity to show up with greater awareness, steadiness, compassion, and choice.

In our latest blog, Julia Reed, LCSW, reflects on how childhood experiences can continue to shape the way we respond as adults and what it means to let our functional adult take the lead.

The hopeful part is this: we can notice what we are carrying, understand where it came from, and choose how we want to move forward. And maybe even take a look at who’s driving the bus. 🚌💚

Back-to-school season can stir up more than memories. Our childhood experiences often shape how we respond to authority, mistakes, boundaries, conflict, belonging, and even our own sense of worth long after we leave the classroom. In this reflection, Julia Reed, LCSW, explores what it means to let

08/20/2026

Back-to-school season has us thinking about backpacks… but not just the kind filled with pencils and notebooks. 🎒💚

As adults, we can pack a few helpful tools too: healthy boundaries, self-compassion, emotional awareness, responsibility, and a pause button for those moments when we need one.

A few good things to carry with us as we head into a new day.

08/14/2026

Green Shoe Foundation Executive Director Julia Reed is attending the Education Leadership Conference in Oklahoma City this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with the Oklahoma State School Board Association.

Every person in education has a pretty tough and rewarding job. They get to be difference makers in the lives of children.

And for those adults who have something from their childhood that was less than nurturing and still shows up for them today, Green Shoe Foundation is here to be a partner in healing so they can keep showing up for the children they serve. 💚👟

08/03/2026

🎒✨ Back-to-school season is almost here!

Looking for a fun way to kick off the new school year? Check out the Guthrie Back to School Bash on August 8 from 9 AM to Noon for free haircuts, community resources, vendors, first responder vehicles, and more!

At Green Shoe Foundation, we know that feeling supported by your community can make all the difference. Here's to a school year filled with growth, connection, and well-being. 💚

Join us for this FREE Event hosted by the Chamber, Community Church, and The Grand Ole Barbershop.
Free Haircuts for boys & girls
School Supplies (limited supply available-while supplies last)
Games
Police/Fire Vehicles
School Information/Resources
and more!
Community Church The Grand Ole Barbershop

07/29/2026

🌿 What does freedom feel like?

As we celebrate July, we've been reflecting on a different kind of freedom. Not just the freedom we celebrate as a nation, but the emotional freedom that can come through healing.

Our newest blog explores how childhood experiences, survival patterns, and the nervous system can shape our lives, and how healing creates space to live with greater authenticity, hope, and choice.

We invite you to read The Freedom of Discovering Your Self.

📖 Read the full blog:
https://www.greenshoe.org/blog/the-freedom-of-discovering-your-self

In the spirit of Independence Day, July invites us to consider a deeper kind of freedom: emotional freedom. Inspired by a retreat participant who wanted to share “what freedom feels like,” this month’s blog explores how trauma and survival patterns can shape our identity, boundaries, and relat...

07/24/2026

🌿 Today is International Self-Care Day.

Self-care isn't about doing more. It's about becoming more aware.

Sometimes the most healing thing we can do is pause long enough to listen to our nervous system with curiosity, compassion, and grace.

In recognition of International Self-Care Day, we're sharing our new Green Shoe Guide: Finding Freedom Through Self-Care. Inspired by the principles we teach at Green Shoe Foundation, this one-page guide offers practical reminders, affirmations, and simple strategies to help you create space for healing.

(This resource is intended to support wellness and is not a substitute for individualized medical or mental health care.)

07/21/2026

📚 A new chapter begins in the Great Room.

We're excited to introduce the Green Shoe Foundation Library, a collection of children's books thoughtfully chosen for adults.

Sometimes the simplest stories help us reconnect with our inner child, find words for difficult emotions, and remember truths we may have forgotten along the way.

Our library is organized into six wellness themes that reflect the Green Shoe model, making it easy to explore topics like inherent worth, protection, healthy relationships, joy, and practical tools for growth.

Pictured is Samantha Cain, our Client Care Coordinator, holding one of our featured books, Tomorrow I'll Be Brave.

💚 One story. One quiet moment. One more step toward healing.

Interested in purchasing one of the books featured in our library? Continue your journey—explore our full library → https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1OJ4SS6O64VEY/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex?

07/01/2026

🎥 Lights. Camera. Healing.

A behind-the-scenes moment as Green Shoe Foundation Executive Director Julia Reed is interviewed for an upcoming documentary with the Potts Family Foundation.

Thank you to the Potts Family Foundation for leading the conversation around strengthening our communities, creating a call to action, and healing from trauma.

The Green Shoe Foundation is honored to be a small part of the story and thankful to be a place of hope and healing for those impacted by childhood trauma.

Stay tuned for the premiere of this impactful documentary in the fall.

06/25/2026

After the storms rolled through, the flowers at Green Shoe stood tall.

This month’s reflection, **After the Storm**, explores healing, self-worth, and the growth that can emerge after difficult seasons.

Sometimes the storm does not diminish the landscape. Sometimes, it nourishes it.

Read the full reflection here:

After a spring rain, the Green Shoe Foundation campus reminds us that storms do not only leave damage behind. They can also nourish new growth. This reflection explores healing, self-worth, comparison, and the beauty that can emerge after life’s difficult seasons.