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I AM A FIT to work with YOUR FAMILY IF

Your child is struggling to meet social, emotional, or behavioral expectations.

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I'M A FIT FOR YOUR FAMILY IF

Your child is struggling to meet social, emotional, or behavioral expectations.

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I AM A FIT TO WORK WITH YOUR FAMILY IF

Traditional discipline seems ineffective with your child. 

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I'M A FIT FOR YOUR FAMILY IF

Traditional discipline seems ineffective with your child. 

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I AM A FIT TO WORK WITH YOUR FAMILY IF

Your child is not motivated by rewards and not phased by punishments. 

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I'M A FIT FOR YOUR FAMILY IF

Your child is not motivated by rewards and not phased by punishments. 

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I AM A FIT to work with YOUR FAMILY IF

You are at your wits end.

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I'M A FIT FOR YOUR FAMILY IF

You are at your wits end.

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I AM A FIT to work with YOUR FAMILY IF

You do not feel good about how you are showing up as a parent. 

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I'M A FIT FOR YOUR FAMILY IF

You do not feel good about how you are showing up as a parent. 

When the going gets tough, it is easy to become either a) the parenting monster or b) the parenting doormat. 

In Mindful-Ish™ Parenting, 20% of the effort yields 80% of the results. You can get big results from just that little bit of awareness - the 20%. 

There is no perfect way to parent, and putting pressure on yourself to be mindful in every situation is unrealistic. This belief is a sure ticket onto the "Not Enough Train" to Nowhere. That is why I've developed Mindful-Ish™ Parenting: to take us out of the far-off land of "should" and bring us back to "what is." Mindful-Ish™ Parenting is about your awareness of how you interact with your kids, the energy you be when you parent them, and choosing new possibilities.

MINDFUL-ISH™ PARENTING: EXPLAINED

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Parenting is NOT easy. I know first-hand. I have two adult stepchildren and two teenage sons. My firstborn is a challenging child who led me to the parent coaching world when barely two years old.

I needed help, and I hired a parent coach. 

I tell you this because I want you to know that I am not a perfect parent and my children are not always well behaved - but I’ve been in your shoes and have made positive changes, making me a highly effective parenting coach. 

Mindful-Ish™ Parenting or Applied Behavior Analysis: which is right for my family?

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Understanding and coping with your child’s challenging behaviors
Becoming a calm, capable, and confident parent
Solving your child’s behavior problems with them 

PROGRAMS FOR PARENTS

Create action plans to shift unwanted behaviors to wanted behaviors in yourself and your children.

Teach your children how to become aware of their feelings and how to handle them appropriately.

Teach your children to communicate their wants and needs safely and appropriately.

Feel more confident in what you are doing and saying as a parent.

Find more joy in parenting and be in charge of your own feelings and choices as a parent.

Understand what is and what is not developmentally appropriate for your children.

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Group Workshops focus on: 

Parent Coaching sessions focus on:

Learning and practicing core concepts of non-punitive and non-adversarial behavior management and social-emotional learning models 
Creating parenting goals and pinpointing action steps 
Finding like-minded community and accountability partners 

I had the pleasure of attending Fran’s parenting class with my wife recently. My family is familiar with conscious parenting and have been reading about these types of techniques since my daughter was born 4 and a half years ago. We decided to attend her class with the mindset of continuing education. 

I was really blown away by the immediate results that my family experienced after attending even the first class of the 5-week series. I realized that I lost some of my skills over time and attending the class helped move the ideas from the back of my brain to the front. 

I can honestly say that the past month has been the best parenting time period of my life and the energy in my house seems to flow so much more smoothly. I’m not saying that everything is perfect all the time but when conflict inevitably arises I now feel like I have regained the skills to effectively communicate with my daughter. 

Fran is unbelievably skilled at what she does and makes all of the ideas she presents easy to understand. I’m very grateful that my family has the opportunity to learn from Fran and we plan on continuing to train with her in the future.

- Matt Y. (attended 2021 parenting series Creating Emotionally Safe Homes)