About Embrace Your Spark
Embrace Your Spark was created in response to what so many educators are feeling, but often don’t have the language or space to name.
Schools are asking more than ever of students and educators, while emotional, relational, and psychological needs continue to go unmet. When those needs are ignored, they don’t disappear, they surface as conflict, disengagement, burnout, and, increasingly, violence.
Embrace Your Spark offers a different way forward.
Grounded in Emotional and Relational Intelligence (ERI), this work invites a shift from reaction to reflection, from control to connection, and from survival to sustainability. It recognizes that learning cannot thrive where safety, emotional or physical, is absent.
At its core, Embrace Your Spark is about restoring humanity to education:
Honoring emotions as sources of information, not disruptions
Strengthening relationships without erasing boundaries
Supporting self-regulation before expecting compliance
Creating environments where accountability and compassion coexist
“This is not about perfection or quick fixes. It is about intentional, relational change, one interaction at a time.”
About the Founder
My name is Linda Rodgers.
I am an educational assistant, author, and advocate for safer, more compassionate schools. I have spent years working on the front lines of education, supporting children with diverse learning and emotional needs, and experiencing firsthand the toll that systemic strain and school violence take on both students and education workers.
This work was not born from theory alone.
It was shaped by lived experience.
I have witnessed the emotional weight educators carry, the moments when escalation replaces understanding, and the lasting impact that unresolved emotional distress can have on learning, behavior, and well-being.
I have also seen what happens when students feel truly seen, when adults respond with curiosity instead of judgment, and when space is made for reflection, repair, and growth.
Embrace Your Spark grew from a deep belief that empathy, structure, and accountability are not opposing forces, they are partners.
Through my writing and advocacy, I hope to support educators in reclaiming their sense of agency, humanity, and hope, while helping schools move toward environments that are safer, more connected, and more responsive to the realities of today’s classrooms.
Why This Work Matters Now
The challenges facing education today are not isolated incidents, they are signals.
They are calling us to evolve how we understand behavior, emotional regulation, relationships, and safety in learning spaces. Embrace Your Spark responds to that call with compassion, clarity, and practical tools rooted in real classrooms.
This work is for those who know:
Students do better when they feel safe
Educators need support, not blame
Emotional and relational intelligence is foundational, not optional
An Invitation
If you are an educator, administrator, or education partner seeking a more humane and sustainable approach to learning and safety, you are welcome here.
This space exists to reflect, to learn, and to imagine what education can become, when we choose to lead with both heart and wisdom.