Reactive Parenting? Learn How to Master Your Emotions & Stay Calm

On-Demand Class · Parenting

Our kids' reactions to our NOs and requests often bring out deep emotions in us that can make us do and say things that we later regret. Managing our emotions and setting goals can be the difference between a tense or calm home.

Class Description

In this video we will explore how we can master our deep emotions related to our kids' behaviour - in a way that feels right to us, respects the child, and doesn’t lead to shame, blame and criticizing. We will explore a simple but powerful tool called the 1 2 3 awareness breath, that will help us to STOP and THINK before we do and say anything, so our deep emotions don’t highjack the way we parent and live our life. Often, we parent from our short-term goals - peace, quiet, and happy kids in the here and now. But it is important that we start parenting from our long-term goal: Who we want our kids to be in the future. This will be our guide - our parenting compass for how we parent on a daily basis. At the end of this class, I will guid you to set your long-term goals and teach you how they can make you a more measured and assertive parent.

Class Materials

Pen, paper and an open mind

Your Instructor

Mette Theilmann

Please allow me to introduce myself: I am Mette Theilmann, originally from Denmark, and an experienced and qualified life coach who specialises in Parent Coaching. I am married to an Irishman and I have three children aged 20, 22 and 24. In 1996 I started my education in psychology with the aim of studying child psychology. I was lucky enough to get a job in my second year as an assistant to the child psychology of The International School of Brussels. Here I quickly realised that it was the parents that I wanted to support. So, I finished my degree within Social Psychology and added Parenting Coaching. After having 3 children of my own I personally experienced that parenting was not as easy as I thought, and so I wanted to spend my time and energy helping other parents on the road to a calmer and more harmonious home. In 2002 my family and I moved to China where I worked for the International Clinic of Shanghai supporting parents with stress and anger issues. I also volunteered at Friends of Hope where we supported expat families with ASD children to integrate into China. In 2006 we moved to England and I went on to set up ParentingSuccess Coaching in 2009 to follow my passion for helping people with their parenting skills. I sold PS in 2014 to set up my current company Predictable Parenting. With 3 children and 18 years’ experience supporting parents, I fully understand all the challenges faced by parents today. Parents need a time-out from their busy lives to think about what they really want for their family, the changes they need to make and more importantly support with how to get there. I love seeing the benefits that parents get from developing their parenting style and the positive impact this has on their families. Bishopsgate School Egham “Mette is a wonderful presenter who clearly knows her stuff. She connects with the audience in a natural, easy going way and draws from experience gained in raising her own children. Her workshops were clearly structured, providing valuable and insightful information on raising a resilient child. I would fully recommend Mette's services and plan to use her company to run more workshops in the future.”

Degrees and Certifications

City and Guild “Working with Parents” Qualified Parent Group Leader with Webster Stratton Family, Parent & Youth Impact Coach with The Coaching Academy of London. Parent Group Leader Training programme with Family Links Hons Social Psychology Practitioner of NLP coaching

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