Parenting calls forth our deepest love and, often, our deepest fears. It exposes the edges of our patience, our beliefs about right and wrong, and our hopes for how life should go—for ourselves and for our children.
Coaching for parents isn’t about learning new techniques or getting better at discipline. It’s about becoming more aware of who you are being in your relationship with your child, and what shapes that way of being. It’s about noticing what happens inside you when your child doesn’t meet an expectation—whether that’s something big or something completely ordinary.
Sometimes it’s as simple as a child not putting away their cereal bowl, leaving their shoes in the hallway, or seeming uninterested in the activities we hoped they’d love. Other times it’s about school, sports, or effort—those everyday points where our ideals of who our children could be meet the messy, beautiful reality of who they are.
And then there are the deeper moments—when a child begins to express their identity, sexuality, or gender in ways we didn’t anticipate. Parenting an LGBTQ+ youth or adult can invite profound love and pride, but also uncertainty or grief as we reconcile our expectations with the life unfolding before us. Coaching provides space to explore those feelings without judgment and to reconnect with what truly matters: relationship, love, and respect.
Parenting also doesn’t happen in isolation. When two parents—or co-parents—are involved, the partnership itself becomes part of the dynamic. Differences in values, temperament, or approach can surface easily, especially when both people care deeply. One parent may feel too strict, another too lenient; one may want more freedom, the other more structure. These tensions aren’t failures—they’re invitations to dialogue. Coaching can help couples or co-parents find shared language, understanding, and alignment around what they truly want for their child and how they want to get there together.
Whether you’re navigating teenage distance, small daily frustrations, or bigger questions of identity and belonging, coaching helps you slow down and listen—to yourself, your emotions, your language, and your body. From that place, new possibilities appear:
Parenting through this lens becomes less about getting it right and more about staying in relationship—with your child, your partner, and yourself. Coaching supports you in being the kind of parent who can meet what’s actually here with curiosity, steadiness, and grace—especially when life doesn’t look the way you pictured it would.
Every parent carries both love and longing — a wish to do right by their children and a quiet awareness that we’re all learning as we go. None of us arrive fully prepared. We grow through relationship: through the conversations that challenge us, the mistakes that humble us, and the moments of connection that remind us why we care so deeply in the first place.
Coaching offers a space to pause inside that journey — to reflect, to breathe, and to reorient toward what really matters. Together, we look not for quick fixes, but for clarity: a way of being that feels true to who you are and supportive of who your child is becoming.
Whether you’re a new parent finding your footing, navigating the teenage years, adjusting to your child’s independence, or learning to relate to your adult children in new ways, coaching can help you meet these transitions with steadiness, curiosity, and compassion.
If you’d like to explore how coaching might support you, I invite you to book a free 30-minute conversation. It’s an opportunity to talk about where you are, what’s unfolding in your family, and what kind of future you’d like to create — for yourself and for the people you love.
“Coaching is personal, so the best way to know if it’s right for you is to talk. Let’s set up a free 30-minute call. You’ll get a feel for what ontological coaching is and what a session with me is like.”