Parenting Beyond Words
Because connection matters more than perfection!

When your buttons get pushed and you find yourself reacting to your child as the parent you never wanted to be, a flood of “shoulds” can wash over you! These “shoulds” can get in your head: You should know what to do You should be perfect You should be more patient You should do it all yourself You should put yourself last They become internalized as your own self-talk. It’s easy to feel like you’re the only one struggling with parenting, and sink into guilt and self-blame.

Hello friend, It’s February and I’m so happy to connect with you again. With the state of our current affairs, we need connected...

How frustrating and overwhelming is it when you don’t understand what’s happening with your child? You try so hard to be patient but all...

Sometimes I find it hard to keep writing week after week without knowing if it’s landing or not landing, or if it’s helpful. Sometimes...

If you know anything about me, you know that I love understanding how the brain works. I find it a great relief when I understand the...

In order for your child to talk to you, they need to feel heard.  The path to communication goes through the essential parenting skill...

I love coming to you each week with practical, effective strategies to help you build skills and confidence. And I'm sure you've noticed...

You know how your child's words and actions can be hurtful? I'm sure you do! The things they sometimes say can feel like a personal...

You know that your 4 year old or 8 year old or 15 year old can be incredibly articulate when they want to be. So, what the actual f* is...

Do you wake up at 3 in the morning resolving to be more patient “tomorrow”? And then, the next day that here we go again feeling comes...

In order for your child to talk to you, they need to feel heard and understood. An essential parenting skill that improves communication...

It’s one thing to understand that your child’s behavior is a communication of stress or anxiety. It’s quite another thing to know what to...

The dynamics in families can feel complex and overwhelming! And that can be intensified in blended families. Two essential parenting...

Validate! Validate! Validate! Today I invite you to consider validation - an essential and under emphasized parenting skill - as the...

I talk a lot on this blog about how to keep from losing it with your kiddo: • How to understand what’s happening with them when it comes...

Here’s a new way to think about your child’s button-pushing behaviors that will help you respond with calm confidence rather than react...

Validate! Validate! Validate! What a great take away from a recent coaching session.  You want your child to be emotionally and...

Empathy is learned by experiencing empathy. Our power as parents to teach empathy lies in our ability to be it. Empathy says to your...

It’s so hard to know what to do about our kids behavior! A common concern I hear is, “I don’t want to reward negative behavior by giving...

Imagine your child is like a barometer. They tell you the weather around them, but they are not the weather. The weather is the stress in...