Washington

Attention Parents! Could you use a Parent Coach?

Do the demands of parenting overwhelm you? I can help you sort through the pressures of life so you can focus your time and energy on what is most important to your family. Would you like to find ways to work more as a team with your spouse? Would you like some support as you welcome a new baby into your home or navigate the school system? Whatever your concern, I will work with you to set goals based on what is important to you. Parent coaching sessions are tailored to you, your unique family, and the specific concerns of your family. I will help you discover more about the unique strengths of your family, assist you in identifying your dreams, and help you with designing action steps to move toward your dreams. I would love to discuss how parent coaching can benefit you and your family.

I bring a broad range of knowledge and experiences to GarnetStar Coaching. I've earned PCI Parent Coach Certification® through the Parent Coaching Institute in Bellevue, Washington. I am also a certified teacher in Washington State with a degree in Elementary Education from Washington State University and an endorsement in Early Childhood Education. My husband and I are privileged to be the parents of three wonderful children: a daughter in middle school, a daughter in first grade, and a two-year old son. I am passionate about my family, my friends, and living a healthy, active, and fun life filled with love for those around me. I love living my life with great intention and currently spend my time caring for my family, parent coaching, volunteering with my church, and mentoring young women through the ministry of Young Life.

My goal as a PCI Certified Parent Coach® is to partner with parents in a collaborative relationship, combining their strengths (which they may have forgotten in tough times) with my child development and parenting knowledge. Together we:

1. Discover what is working in the family's system, and use that information to address challenges.
2. Develop a dream for the future, picturing the elements of those challenges resolved, and feeling the satisfaction and relief that realized dreams will provide.
3. Design action steps for addressing the challenges. Together, we devise, test and "tweak" that design. We use the parental and family strengths, combined with my abilities to provide new resources, pertinent child development information, effective parenting techniques and modified alternatives—which fit your family.
4. Recognize a Destiny—Acknowledge both the small steps and the transformations those small steps make in your family's living system. You can do this!

I have a great respect for the children we parents are entrusted with. My ability to walk in a child's shoes to explain their actions is one of my strengths. I am the parent of grown children, so I have also walked more then a mile in those shoes. It is my goal, through coaching, to support those who value this job of parenting as much as I do.

To contact me for more information about my credentials, my coaching practice, or to sign up for my free e-newsletter "Picket Fence Parenting," please visit my website at www.picketfenceparenting.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

I coach parents who want to reach for a more contented family lifestyle, make transitions, and grow. I also work as part time teacher at a parochial school. Previously a Rehabilitation Specialist at Harborview Medical Center, the regional trauma center, I specialized in community re-integration after traumatic injury. I have two children and am committed to family systems. Parents' lives are full in this hectic world. As your supportive coach I will help you come through the many changes and challenges of parenting with a deeper appreciation of yourself, encouraging your dreams every step of the way!

As a PCI Certified Parent Coach®, I am passionate about families as a whole, as well as the distinctive roles of mothers and fathers. Not only is parenting the most important job we will ever have, it is the greatest potential influence in human society. I am a mother of two wonderful children, my son, age 4, and my daughter who is currently 15 months old. Shortly before my son was born, I left the corporate world after a successful 15-year career, working within small, medium and large Fortune 500 companies. Upon embarking on my new career as a mom, I found that running a family, has many similarities to running a business. It requires a great deal of planning, creativity, relationship building, and a lot of intuition. These are my personal areas of expertise. I enjoy working with parents of young children, because I can share so many parenting stories that are fresh in my mind and relevant in today's world. I am also passionate about coaching and the meaningful relationships I develop with my clients. I have been successfully coaching clients for eight years in the areas of life, career, relationships, and work/life balance. I have a B.A. degree in Psychology. My coaching process is straightforward, compassionate, honest, light-hearted, and aided by helpful tools and resources necessary for achieving greatness in your family. I am able to work with clients via phone and e-mail nationwide.

Many clients say that the end result is a feeling of peace. I have successfully guided my clients with the following:

• Altruism, values, & morals
• Bonding with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
• Child development information (ages and stages)
• Communication among family members
• Defiant behavior and positive discipline techniques
• Family mission statements and family plans
• Household management, childhood chores
• Kindergarten readiness
• Managing TV & media usage
• Personal organization
• Routines and schedules
• Self-Care (prioritizing time for yourself)
• Sibling rivalry
• Temper tantrums
• Whining

I look forward to meeting you and working with you side by side as your number one supporter, and helping you and your family live life to the fullest with peace, harmony, and balance!

I have 20 years experience as a maternal-child health nurse, helping parents adjust to pregnancy, birth, newborns, along with navigating child rearing and family life. Eight years ago, I began facilitating a support group for mom's challenged by parenting their "spirited" children; families struggling with learning differences, adoption, behavior, emotional, and/or social challenges. Now as a PCI Parent Coach, I continue to work with parents at all stages of their parenting life and help them find the resilience and effective strategies for themselves and their children. My goal is to support each family's unique needs and help them transform their lives.

Communication and relationships are at the heart of what interests me especially in the area of family life. I have spent just over twenty years working with parents and families primarily supporting them in identifying their values, faith and spirituality and assisting them in passing these onto their children in healthy and respectful ways. I work with parents of all stages of family development from newborns through young adults and all types of families including two parent, single parent, blended, and multi-generational families. As your parent coach I will work with you to facilitate, transform and restore your family relationships in a way that creates a healing rhythm of life which enables you to live into your dreams for yourself and your children with grace, joy, and ease.