Empowering You in Your Most Important Role
Hi! I’m Zoe
I’m a certified parenting coach with a master’s degree in child psychology and most importantly, I'm a mother.​ ​
In my opinion parenting is both the hardest and most important thing we will ever do, yet we are expected to know how to do it well without any training. There is no other role with such high stakes where no training is required.
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I get it, life with kids can be frustrating, anxiety producing, exhausting and downright challenging! And from what I see, parents are feeling more isolated than ever, but it doesn't have to be this way.
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If you are looking for support to be the best parent you can be and to create the family life you always dreamed of, I can help you.
About Peaceful Parenting
Peaceful parenting was created by my mentor Dr Laura Markham, and it is based on the latest research from neuroscience that tells us what your child's behaviour means and what to do about it. This approach will help you to raise your child to be respectful, emotionally healthy, resilient and self-motivated. It is a non-punitive, connection-based approach. Some people think that Peaceful parenting is permissive but that is not true; this approach requires parents to set firm limits but always with kindness and empathy.
The three big ideas of Peaceful Parenting Are:
Self-regulation
When parents self-regulate, children reap the benefits of a calmer brain for the rest of their lives.
These children will have more self control, be more resilient, more responsible and will be more contented.
Connection
When children feel connected to their caregivers, they are not only more cooperative, but they thrive with unshakable self-esteem.
Emotion Coaching
Kids don’t thrive when they feel controlled; in fact controlling parenting is a fast track to defiance. In my coaching sessions, I teach parents how to emotion coach their children instead of trying to control them. This leads to children with greater emotional intelligence and a strong internal compass, so children are more likely to do the right thing even when no-one is looking.
How I Can Support You
In one-to one sessions over Zoom, we will work together on the difficulties you are having with your child/children. I will help you to discover what might be underlying these difficulties and give you specific tools and strategies to help you to resolve them. I will support you through this process with empathy and without judging you and will trouble shoot anything you are struggling with. ​
Alternatively, you could choose to have your parenting question answered via email.
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“We have had quite a number of people help us over the years, from different places, and we are both in agreement that you have been the most helpful person by far and away! We really buy into the values of the Peaceful Parenting but we also likes the way you were prepared to offer opinions, be quite proactive in asking us to think differently about some occasions, help us to pick apart something, and you seemed to really take on board our situation. I also have really appreciated your written responses.”
Bryony and Ian
