You want to love parenting but lately it feels like survival. Stomach aches and tears at daycare dropoff. Another negative report sent home from the teacher. An “easy” child suddenly morphs into an angry and withdrawn tween. Tantrums, power struggles, and an overall sense of being overwhelmed seem to fill your home. You do what you can to pretend everything is under control, that is until the smallest trigger brings familiar feelings of incompetence, powerlessness and shame. Why does it seem to be so easy for everyone else? Imagine how it would feel to assert limits with confidence, not fear of triggering a meltdown, to be empowered in helping your child through their big feelings instead of just surviving the moment. Imagine how it would feel to see your child use strategies to soothe and calm themselves when the big feelings surface and talk about those feelings with you. Together, we’ll work on a plan to ease the overwhelm and highlight the strengths you bring to parenting and