Carol Young , LMFT, IMH-E® is licensed as a Marriage Family Therapist and is endorsed as a Clinical Infant Mental Health Mentor through the Idaho Association for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health, also known as Aim Early Idaho, of which she is currently the President and Endorsement Coordinator. Carol’s passions extend beyond Idaho’s borders to Iowa and Washington. She provides endorsement consultation and support to Iowa and is involved in a 4-state collaborative through a MIECHV Innovation Grant to strengthen the home-visiting workforce in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, & Alaska. She facilitates training for the NEAR@Home Toolkit, reflective supervision for a variety of early childhood professionals, and supports several early intervention teams in Idaho. While she has worked in a variety of settings in her career the last 17 years have been exclusively with infants, toddlers, their families and those who support them. Carol also provides reflective supervision/consultation and training to other professionals working with our youngest children and families. Mindfulness, gratitude, and self-compassion are Carol’s guiding principles professionally and personally. She reminds herself daily that joy exists in the journey not the destination.