The art of Nurturing Boys helps parents, grandparents, and educators understand and explore the hearts, minds and ways of boys and the vital role we play along his journey to manhood.  We will look at the different stages of his development and define what he needs from us in each of those stages.  This class is packed full of practical suggestions for how to parent, teach and discipline more in tandem with the way he is designed rather than in opposition to it.  Come enjoy some fresh insight and much-needed encouragement on the road to raising boys, from birth through adolescence.

We all have a “window of tolerance”  and when we are outside of that space we see undesirable behaviors.  These behaviors can be anxious, angry, aggressive(hyperarousal) or withdrawn, sad, zoned out, apathetic (hypo arousal).  Both care-givers and children experience these and it’s important to learn what not only causes us to be out of regulation but also keeps us in our desired “window” of feelings and behaviors.

Your kids are talking…..who is listening????   Learn practical strategies for communication with your kids so they will want to open up and talk with you.

How physical sensations and thoughts show us how we feel:   Join us as we share how to better recognize the ways emotions are expressed in children. We will discuss how a child’s physical sensations, thoughts, feelings and behaviors are all keys to uncovering what emotions are being experienced under the surface. We will also share a simple framework used to teach children how to put words to their emotions using other forms of expression.

Let’s talk about the strategies to help your Child’s “life-after-divorce” be better than you’ve hoped.  As the post-divorce dust settles, your child’s chances of leading a healthy, successful life are directly linked to how you and your spouse relate.

The art of Choice Giving:  Choice giving gives you, as the parent or care-giver, the ability to provide choices that are acceptable to both you and your child.  This workshop will guide you through the process of acknowledging your child’s feelings, maintaining firm boundaries, and identifying choices to help your child comply.  This has been shown to address the power struggle a parent will often feel, allowing the parent to experience healthy control instead of the helpless feeling that they are at the mercy of their child’s behavior.  This workshop is for parents of children and teenagers (and is effective with adult children).

A nurturing relationship is critical to the healthy social and intellectual development of our children. Trust Based Relational Intervention is an approach to parenting all children.  It assists parent to understand their child’s brain development, the effects of outsides influences, along with ways to strengthen the connection with their child.  This approach is relative to all parents including children who have experienced complex trauma, medical trauma, neurodiverse children… all children!  When purchasing a home professionals say location, location, location!  In the same way, in parenting relationships we say connection, connection, connection!

For expectant mommas, mommas to tiny humans and rugged toddlers:  The one thing every human has in common is that we all go through an infancy stage.  The quality and progression through each developmental milestone in combination with the care-giver’s role has a direct and profound impact on every subsequent milestone and age, far reaching into childhood and throughout adolescence.  “Knowing your why” in development will change how you parent from the very start of bringing your baby home.  This session will outline how you can foster an environment where you baby can thrive in a positive cycle of healthy eating, developmental play and good sleeping patterns AND how you too can thrive as the parents (together as a team).  God matched you with your little one without making a mistake.  Let’s take this journey together-there is not a better place to start than from the beginning when you bring your baby home.