Collaborative strategies for emotionally intelligent parenting

Do you wish you had some more tools to be able to communicate as a family without multiple meltdowns?

Do you ever feel like you just don’t know what you’re doing as a parent?

Or are you looking to simply reconnect and have more fun with your kids and break some of the negative cycles that might have crept into your parenting style?

Working either 1:1 or in small group settings, Rachael facilitates sessions to help provide parents and caregivers with some tools, strategies, hints and tips to create calmer, more harmonious and connected relationships with their children.

Emotions are a bit like waves. When they wash over you they can feel cleansing, or conversely overwhelming. They build up slowly, crashing down at the last moment. When we learn how to ride them, how to work in harmony with them, we see the joy, the thrill, the fun that they bring. Understanding our emotions, and our little people’s emotions help us to connect to the waves, stay grounded when we need to, and surf them high when we know them. 

Testimonials

  • Tamara, Mum of 1

    “Rachael’s coaching has opened my eyes to a different way of managing my relationship with my daughter. The main takeaway for me was gaining insight into how a young child views the world, which is very different from an adult’s point of view. Rachael is an exceptional facilitator who encourages, empathises, and has a wonderful way of never making you feel like you’re doing a bad job of this parenting gig!”

  • Nina, mum of 2

    “Rachael is a dynamic educator and her first-hand educational experience in working with teens combined with her passion, energy, positivity and honesty made the Tuning into Teen classes extremely enjoyable, engaging and beneficial. The skills we learned about teen conflict resolution, ways to manage social media, setting boundaries and consequences were valuable and realistic. We could not recommend the course highly enough!”

  • Louisa, Mum of 2

    “As a result [of working with Rachael], our whole family has learned to recognise our emotions and express them in ways that have empowered us individually and brought us even closer as a family. I would recommend this approach to all parents. I am also effectively employing the emotional coaching method in my practice as an experienced teacher.“

  • Hannah, mum of 2

    “Doing TIK with Rachael completely blitzed tantrums in our family. We have gained an understanding and critical appraisal of our intuitive parenting. We are now able to apply some incredibly simple but effective lessons from TIK to improve our parenting. None of it is rocket science, but the effect on our family has been cosmic-level-shift.”

  • Kirsty, mum of 1

    “Working with Rachael gave me the vocabulary and tools I desperately needed to communicate effectively with my son….. I’ve gone on to use these tools in every aspect of my life with relatives, colleagues and clients. It was an invaluable experience.”

  • Nina, mum of 2

    “Parenting a teenager can be stressful, tiring and confusing for both the parent and teen. However, after completing the Tuning into Teens course with Rachael, we definitely felt more confident, empowered and knowledgeable about how to better manage life with a teen.“

  • Hannah, mum of 2

    “Doing TIK with Rachael completely blitzed tantrums in our family. We have gained an understanding and critical appraisal of our intuitive parenting. We are now able to apply some incredibly simple but effective lessons from TIK to improve our parenting. None of it is rocket science, but the effect on our family has been cosmic-level-shift.”

Are you an educator looking to offer more support to your students and their families?

Rachael engages with and supports educators in schools and all forms of learning settings. She works with educators to offer coaching and guidance related to teaching with an emotionally intelligent lens.

Rachael works with Principals, executive and teaching staff to establish parent group coaching and support within their school learning environments.

Meet Rachael

I’m Rachael and I'm a Tuning In To Kids facilitator, a social worker and a teacher with 25 years of experience in both mainstream school and special education settings. I am a mum to two beautiful boys, wife to a terrific husband and passionate about the social and emotional development of children. 

I love collaborating with parents with the aim of helping to create more harmonious home lives for parents and kids.

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