PARENTS
Shift from survive to thrive
For more than a decade, Rhona has been helping clients shift from surviving parenthood to thriving as parents. She coaches parents seeking better ways to support, connect with and understand their kids and she supports those in transition into or out of active parenting while navigating or returning to demanding careers. Rhona also assists parents who want to improve teamwork in raising children together or rekindle individual or relationship fulfillment amidst the stressors of parenthood as well as empty-nesting. While Rhona’s clients often possess diverse and sometimes contrasting parenting styles, they share the desire to be a good parent, a positive parent devoted to their kids’ growth and wellbeing. In addition to coaching more seasoned parents–including those in the thick of empty nesting and those facing challenges with adult children–Rhona coaches expecting parents and new parents, as well as preschool, primary, middle and high school parents.
Rhona’s training as a parent coach* gives her the know-how to help you support your unique kids, including those grappling with complex issues such as ADHD, learning differences, anxiety, and sensory processing challenges. She draws on resources from the fields of neuroscience, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), psychology, executive leadership, and life coaching, with a view to enhancing your parenting and leadership skills at home, and capably navigating the life transitions around parenting, including those related to careers and caring for your own aging parents. Rhona offers her clients:
Practical insights and easy-to-use tools to capably parent your kid(s) at different developmental stages, and to navigate your own life transitions that accompany the many phases of parenthood, including empty-nesting.
Increased clarity around the parenting challenges that have kept you stuck in unproductive patterns, plus pragmatic skills to more capably parent your unique kid(s).
Tools to manage internal triggers and obstacles, and step more fully into a growth mindset about parenting that’s grounded in your values, your strengths, and increased self-understanding.
Strategies to constructively resolve recurrent conflicts that plague many parents’ relationships, such as:
- Parenting styles:
- e.g., discipline
- Childcare & housework
- Finances
- In-laws & extended family
- Sex & intimacy
- Work-life balance
- Neurodiversity
Rhona received her coaching certification from the Coaches Training Institute and studied Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) at the Center for Right Relationship. She is a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator and a trainer for Toolbox Project®, a research-based K-6 Social Emotional Learning Curriculum that supports children and the adults who care for them. Rhona is also a Certified Trainer for Sanity School Live®, Parent Behavior Management Training for those of you with complex kids, e.g., kids with ADHD, learning differences, anxiety, sensory processing challenges. If you’re curious about her unique journey to parenting, listen to Rhona’s birth story as a spoken word poem. Rhona is a graduate of the Center for Right Relationship’s Organization & Relationship Systems Coaching program and is certified by the Coaches Training Institute. She is also a Gottman Workshop Leader for The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Rhona completed BeAbove Leadership’s Seven Levels of Human Relationship training and Sue Johnson’s Hold Me Tight workshop, as well as Level 1 of the Couples Institute’s Developmental Model training. She also completed the ND Compass Training for Professionals, a program for couples therapists and relationship coaches who work with neurodiverse couples: when one or both partners are neurodistinct (a.k.a., neurodivergent). Rhona is a credentialed Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation.
* Rhona offers online coaching as a virtual Parent Coach that delivers parent help with compassion and understanding, and offers a range of parenting skills suited to diverse parenting styles and philosophies.
Rhona offers dynamic Parent Workshops on a variety of topics, including: Positive Communication & Productive Conflict Tools for Parents, Raising Emotionally Healthy Children, Positive Discipline Parent Education, Stress Reduction Strategies for Families, Helping Parents Prepare Your Child & Relationship for Another Baby, and Coaching Skills for Parenting. There are no upcoming scheduled workshops, however, workshops can be customized for you, or a small group of your choosing. Please complete the form below and check the box, and Rhona will contact you to explore further.
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