My Book
Peaceful Discipline
Using best practices from connection-based parenting, improv comedy, and trauma recovery, this peaceful parenting book brings JOY back to families. These positive discipline tips can help whether you’re raising toddlers, parenting preschoolers, or supporting school-age children with love and respect (and readers say many of the concepts apply to older children and adult relationships, too)! Effective for the hypersensitive child AND the strong-willed child, this book offers conscious parenting guidance for solving challenges and preventing them in the first place.
This book has more than 25 notable endorsements from experts in neuroscience and child development. Here are two examples:
“Offering a balance of science, practical experience, and new perspectives, Peaceful Discipline guides parents to a lifetime of easier, deeper, and stronger relationships with their kids.” – Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, New York Times best-selling author of The Whole-Brain Child and No Drama Discipline
“Accessible, tender, and wise, this book provides parents with actionable tips and strategies that will forge more connected and joyful relationships!” – Mona Delahooke, PhD, best-selling author of Beyond Behaviors and Brain-Body Parenting
What is Positive Parenting?
People are starting to take notice that positive parenting is not a passing fad, but rather, a way of raising emotionally healthy and securely attached kids while doing no harm to them. Plus, there’s now plenty of evidence that this type of connection-based parenting “works.”
In our approach, we remember that to discipline means to teach, not to punish. We show you how that works.
When we opt for positive discipline rather than punitive methods, we nurture the child’s developing mind. When we parent with respect, children feel safe to grow and thrive at their own pace. Kids will listen to people they trust, and when they no longer fear their parents, that trust grows naturally.
This greater trust offers us a paradigm shift from loving our kids unconditionally to also blessing them with unconditional love in the way we parent them. They won’t have to wonder if they’re “good enough” for us. Plus, it’s not just about what we feel for them; it’s also what our children perceive we feel about them. Their perception is their reality. How incredible it would feel to be raised in a home that feels full of love and acceptance? And how would we like to feel truly good about our parenting, perhaps allowing our inner child to heal along the way?
Expert Coaching
Learn about Positive Parenting
Whether reading evidence-based articles, taking on-demand mini-courses, and/or learning in-depth with Sarah, we have supportive resources for you.
What is Positive Parenting?
We know you’re busy, so we wrote these short, information-packed positive parenting articles just for you.
On-Demand Parenting Courses
These short, evidence-based videos are just the thing for those of you who want actionable support right now on specific topics.
12-Week In-Depth Parenting Program
With live meetings for 12 weeks in a small and supportive community with Sarah, you’ll learn exactly how your family (or the families you work with) can thrive. Evidence-based and heart-centered, THIS is the place for personal growth. Access to expert interviews and mini-courses included.
Join my 12-Week
Parenting Program
Evidence-Based and Heart-Centered Support
Join us for an evidence-based and heart-centered “come as you are” parent, caregiver, and professional mentoring experience. In our non-judgmental small group sessions, you’ll learn how to maintain peace amidst challenges (hint: you do not always have to be the calm in your child’s storm!), forge a secure attachment pattern, and cultivate a lasting connection with your child. Explore effective strategies for handling big emotions, regulating your nervous system, and breaking free from patterns that aren’t serving you.
Whether you’re new to connection-based parenting or an experienced caregiver or parent coach seeking greater insights, all are welcome (pending space and acceptance of your application). Here are some of the people Sarah’s mentored for their own parenting, and/or trained to become certified parent coaches to help others:
Parents and caregivers who are striving to be more peaceful, or simply take their parenting to the next level of connection and stability
Parent coaches, educators, therapists, doctors, social workers, and other professionals who work with children or the people who support them, or who simply want to dive deeper into this work. Also, grandparents who want to heal relationships with their children and grandchildren, and anyone else who wants to “reparent” themselves.
You’ll meet live with Sarah every week for 12 weeks, and you’ll have access to her exclusive interviews with some of the best and brightest parenting experts in the world to further enhance your experience
Apply here to join the 12-Week Parenting Program
(Step 1 is to apply. Step 2 is to purchase. Both steps must be completed.)
12 Lessons (25% Complete)
12-Week Parenting Program
Week 4 : Yelling Less; Connecting More
Week 5 : Creating Boundaries that Do No Harm
Apply here to join the 12-Week Parenting Program
(Step 1 is to apply. Step 2 is to purchase. Both steps must be completed.)
