
Brenda Yoder is a speaker, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and author of Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind and the host of the Fledge Parent Forum for moms in the season of raising and releasing kids. Featured in Chicken Soup for the Soul books, the Washington Post, and as the host of the Life Beyond the Picket Fence podcast, Brenda is also a former teacher and school counselor and was twice awarded the Touchstone Award for teachers. Connect with her at brendayoder.com where she writes about faith, life, and family beyond the storybook image, and on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. Brenda is a wife of 30 years, mom of four children, ranging from teens to adults, and lives on a farm in Shipshewana, Indiana.