Welcome! Below you will find all you need to navigate our community! Introduce yourself in the chat: 1-What brings you here? 2-What do you love about your children (or the children in your life)? 3- What is the hardest thing about parenting/caregiving children right now? Chat Rules: 1-No advice, fixing or judging one another! 2-Use the chat as sacred listening time. Listen with respect, care, and kindness 3-Reply only with empathic support and your own parenting experiences In the Classroom you will find: 1-What is Hand in Hand Parenting: 5 Real Life Examples 2- Parenting Tools Ebook written by Karen Wolfe, LMFT 3- The Brain Science of Children's Emotions with the 3-step process to stop tantrums in their tracks 4- From Chaos to Connection: What happens when a child's sense of connection breaks plus a real life example from my parenting 5- From Burned out to Balanced - How Listening Partnerships let you release the load of parenting so you have more bandwidth for the creativity and self-regulation parenting takes 6- The Power of a Loving No - The Hand in Hand and Child Centered Play Therapy 2 ways to set limits with children with love and boundaries that actually work 7- Playful Solutions to Tears and Tantrums - How to use the power of play to transform meltdowns and everyday parenting challenges

Starting today let's practice some parenting by connection tomorrow! Watch this 2 minute video called the Still Face Experiment that shows just how quickly and intensely children react to loss of connection. In my Brain Science of Children's Emotions Workshop I discuss how we call this disconnection Limbic Hijack. Our child feels disconnected ---> their thinking brain goes offline ---> the limbic/emotional system takes over ---> and they act out! Off-track, unworkable, non-cooperative behavior or full blown meltdown! Change begins with awareness! So our challenge this week is to notice when your child has gone into limbic hijack. That simple! **Notice the Limbic Hijack and share your stories in the chat here. I will be! ** The more we are aware, the less triggered we will be! You don't have to do this alone, it was never meant to be. **Note about shares: Use this like listening time: No advice, no fixing. Just listening with care and respect. Let's build safety and connection together!

The video below is a beautiful example of what Staylistening actually looks like with a young child. Watch this video and bring all your feelings about it to our group on Monday so we can work on all that comes up around being in connection with our children when they are dysregulated. The work of parenting by connection is deep and intense, but well well worth it for healing our own past hurts as well as supporting healthy attachment with our children https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWwVVMyjYwk/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Premium Members: Our first Live Parent Support Group is Monday 4/20 12-1pm. What topic would you like to see? This is a safe, interactive space for you to get the support you need for the hard work of parenting! Add other topics you'd like too! Add it to your calendar now!

Curious about the Hand in Hand Parenting Foundations for Professionals course that begins April 7 or the Bi-Weekly Parent Support Group Beginning April 20—but want to experience the work before committing? Join me for a FREE 1-hour Connection + Info Session designed for parents, therapists, coaches, and parenting professionals who want more tools for parenting and/or supporting parents! Tuesday 3/31 11am PST Register Here This won’t be a typical info session. You’ll experience the power of Hand in Hand Parenting tools in real time. In this interactive hour, you will: Learn practical, attachment-based tools you can use immediately with families Experience a brief connection exercise to support your own regulation and presence Explore how these tools help parents move from reactivity → connection Get a feel for how this approach transforms both your clinical work and your own parenting (if applicable) We’ll also cover: What’s included in the Foundations course for Professionals How you can earn 22 CEUs How to integrate these tools into your practice (including leading Listening Groups + parent support groups) Options for both professionals and non-professional partners to learn together