For families whose everyday life is a battleground
Restore harmony and fun to family life.
If everyday life has become so riddled with conflict, you dread getting up in the mornings. you’re in the right place.
I believe behind every family conflict or struggle there’s a way to break the cycle of stress, where you’re happy in each other’s company and having fun and making memories.
I’m a professional, authorised parenting coach. I help families restore harmony and fun back into their family lives and develop close connected relationships.
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“I used to shout at the kids, because I didn’t know what else to do and I felt like I was losing control. Of course this just taught them to fear my outbursts yet learn nothing from them except to shout in return, and at each other. All the noise I taught them to make would trigger my anger.
I had these three awesome small children and I was ruining it. I was afraid they would grow up and not trust me.
…It’s been about ten months since I met Camilla and I realised recently that I almost never shout anymore and haven’t for quite a while. We don’t have a ‘naughty step’ or send our kids to their rooms because we don’t need to, I talk to them instead. Consequences to actions are relevant so I don’t need to make pointless, unrelated threats of punishment. I don’t feel like the kids are deliberately trying to wind me up all the time because I have learned to see situations for what they really are. I am less reactive. I finally feel like I can understand my children and give them what they need to succeed but I have learned to also be very comfortable in setting my boundaries. I can validate and sympathise but I don’t have to agree.”
I support families whose everyday life is a battleground. Restoring harmony to your household and fun to your family life.
I have a teen and a nearly teen and I know just what it’s like to navigate the trials and tribulations of parenting.
And we might even think it works in that moment, because my friend I can tell you, it buys us a little headspace, a little peace… but does it work in quite the way we would hope for? The problem is behaviour becomes all tied up with threats and manipulation. The Elf on the Shelf will be
My answer: Ahh mealtime battles! They sure can take over family life. The time we want to be enjoying our family and instead we’re dealing with screaming, sulking children and at least one child running around like a loon. No wonder it feels so stressful. What stands out of me with this mum is how
But building self-esteem in our kids is not always easy. In fact at times it can be quite tricky. This is because self-esteem is something that’s not logical or rational. People’s relationship to themselves, their self-esteem, how they view themselves, how they value themselves is something that comes from very deep in the subconscious. Essentially
So, what typically happens is the parent listens and listens to the child, stays with discussing the emotions, tries to give reasons and logic to change their child’s point of view and get buy in from their child. They end up losing their patience and dishing out a threat as that’s the only thing that works in the
After a few days, the sticker charts are forgotten, your child has lost the use of the iPad again, and you’re left wondering what else to do. It’s not your fault, because all our usual tools we’ve been shown assumes that the child needs motivation to change their ways. This misses the true cause and
When you’re rushed of your feet, your mind is racing and the last thing you need is a stroppy child refusing breakfast. The very thought of dealing with another meltdown is enough to push you to your limits. But take it from me, pausing before you react will change everything. This is what got breakfast back
“Thank you! We can’t stress this enough – thank you!
You have brought calm into our house and I have 4 children under 8 so calm isn’t something I am used to!
We were trying. We’d read all the books but your course helped put the important points into focus and helped us realise out behaviour and response to our children’s normal behaviour was what needed to change.
‘Say what you see’ – such a simple concept has changed our life. Building our children up celebrating their positives instead of reminding them what they have done wrong. Camilla teaches through experience and example and explains how to achieve this even when your children are pushing all buttons and making you feel powerless she has the answer to regain the calm in the chaos without shouting, reward charts or threats!”
