HEALING THE ROOTS FOUNDATION
"EMPOWERING CHILDREN TO THRIVE BEYOND ADVERSITY"
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Planting the seeds of resilience, one child, one family, and one community at a time.
Empowering Children to Thrive Beyond Adversity
Helping children and families build calm, confidence, and connection through Resilient Reads LLC and Healing the Roots Foundation.
At Healing the Roots Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we support emotional wellness through CASEL-aligned social-emotional learning (SEL), which focuses on helping children understand and manage emotions, develop self-regulation, build healthy relationships, and make caring, responsible choices, alongside coping tools, mindfulness practices, and the creation of simple quiet spaces that help children grow strong from the inside out.
Every child deserves to feel safe, supported, and equipped to navigate life’s challenges. Our programs strengthen children’s roots by fostering self-awareness, self-regulation, emotional expression, and healthy relationships through calm environments and developmentally appropriate activities that build confidence and connection.
Together, we are planting the seeds of resilience, one child, one family, and one community at a time.
Healing the Roots Foundation
🎥 A Glimpse Into Healing the Roots Foundation
Discover how we help children grow calm, confident, and resilient.
Rooted in Healing and Growth
True growth begins inside, where courage and love take root.
Like trees, children need strong roots to thrive.
Healing and Transformation
💜 From My Heart
Born from my own healing journey, this is my why — rooted in love, healing, and hope.
My passions have come full circle as I write stories that nurture the heart and lead an organization that brings those stories to life. I believe we must gently heal the wounds we carry from childhood and do our best to prevent those same wounds in the children we love and serve. Emily Maroutian wrote, “Look at your wounds. When you learn how to heal them, teach others.” This quote reflects both my mission and the work I carry forward. This truth continues to guide my purpose to help children and families heal, grow, and thrive.
Resilient Reads and Healing the Roots Foundation were created to open communication between parents, children, and the people who care about them. Through honest conversation and emotional awareness, we work to break cycles of dysfunction, trauma, and abuse. A simple conversation can protect and strengthen the fragile roots of a child before they are ever broken.
Self-regulation is an essential skill. When we learn to manage our emotions and communicate with understanding, we become the best version of ourselves. My books and e-learning courses are designed as shared experiences between children and the people who care about them, helping both learn and grow together while building strong emotional connections that last a lifetime. 🌱💫
What We Offer:
E-Learning for Emotional Wellness and Simple Quiet Spaces for Healing
The 10-week Nina’s Coping Toolbox E-Learning Curriculum helps children develop essential skills for managing emotions, cultivating self-regulation, building resilience, and finding calm in everyday life. Through Healing the Roots Foundation, families, schools, children’s homes, and community programs receive free access to this course and its companion materials that nurture emotional growth, confidence, and connection for partners who demonstrate financial need.
Our Impact at a Glance
🌟 Healing in Action
Every purchase, partnership, and act of support helps us reach more children and families across North Carolina and beyond.
📚 200+ free eBooks shared, helping children cope with big feelings
and build inner strength.
💜 Hundreds of books donated and gifted, spreading stories of hope,
resilience, and love to schools and families in need.
🧘🏽 Free Relaxation Tools
⭐ 10-week SEL curriculum piloted, empowering teachers and
students to practice daily resilience tools.
🌿 Serving children and newcomer families across Guilford and
Forsyth Counties through emotional wellness and social-emotional
learning programs.
💸 25% of proceeds from fundraiser books and the Nina’s Coping
Toolbox E-Learning Curriculum reinvested into Healing the
Roots Foundation to expand access to SEL and coping programs.
🌈 100% of Michael’s Rainbow Adventures proceeds donated to fund
free healing resources for children and families.
Every child deserves safety, support, and hope.
Fundraising
Fundraising and Transparency
Healing the Roots Foundation was founded by Portia Mills Henderson, who is also the owner of Resilient Reads LLC, the publishing company behind the Nina’s Coping Toolbox E-Learning Curriculum and other social-emotional learning resources. Healing the Roots Foundation operates as a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
While Resilient Reads LLC develops and distributes educational materials, Portia does not receive personal profit from any resources provided to Healing the Roots Foundation. This structure ensures that all contributions directly support the Foundation’s mission in alignment with nonprofit best practices.
Through the support of Resilient Reads LLC, 25% of all book and curriculum proceeds and 100% of proceeds from Michael’s Rainbow Adventures are reinvested into Healing the Roots Foundation. These funds help provide free access to the Nina’s Coping Toolbox SEL Curriculum, books, and emotional wellness programs for qualifying partners with financial need.
🌿 Together, we are planting the seeds of resilience, one child, one family, and one community at a time.
Click on the Link above to visit our Walmart gift registry, where you can directly purchase items our nonprofit needs to teach essential coping tools to children.
Your contribution supports our ongoing programs and helps us reach more children with emotional wellness tools and healing spaces.
Every gift and act of kindness helps us reach more children and families.
Join Our Volunteer Family 💜
Every helping hand plants seeds of healing and hope.
Together, we can create lasting impact and brighter futures for families.
CONTACT
We’d love to hear from you. Whether you’re an educator, parent, or community partner, your voice helps us grow this movement of healing and resilience.
💜 Thank you for helping us nurture calm, connection, and courage.
We are changing lives. One child, one family, and one community at a time!
