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Laugh More. Yell Less.
Helping parents find brain-based solutions for challenging behaviors.
Ways I Can Help
Free Facebook Community
Besides providing free weekly trainings on managing challenging behavior with brain-based solutions, this group is a place of support and encouragement. We want you to feel less alone and have a safe place to ask questions.
Parenting System
Learn how to parent without yelling or drama. This 21-day parenting course is delivered straight to your inbox in bite-sized pieces, so you can have a new family in just a few weeks. It is adoption and trauma sensitive and addresses issues with teens.Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
Three of the reasons kids misbehave are lack of felt safety, dysregulation, and sensory processing struggles. SSP is a multi-day auditory intervention designed to address all three of these issues. If you've pulled out every parenting tool in the box and still feel stuck, SSP can help.Essential Oils
Essential oils are a safe, natural, and effective way to balance brain chemistry, regulate mood and emotions, and protect the body. As a Certified Essential Oil Specialist, I can help you design protocols to meet your family's needs.Enneagram
The Enneagram is a powerful personal growth and development tool that helps you navigate family dynamics and become a better parent.
Private Coaching
Get support, feedback, and advice for exactly where you are. No more guessing how to apply theory to real life. Packages are designed for busy parents at the end of their ropes.
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The Adoption Connection Podcast
You will gain confidence in your parenting and hope for your family's future.
We offer hope, share wisdom, and mentor you along the way. You are not alone.
I reached out to Melissa when one of our children started displaying scary behaviors that were outside of the tools we had. I had run out of ideas and felt like I was failing. Once we started using the REAL Life Behavior Plan System, I could feel the bitterness slipping away, and I started enjoying my child. The behaviors haven't completely gone away, but I don't live in fear anymore. I feel in control of myself and confident about my parenting. The transformation is like night and day. Thanks to Melissa, we feel like we have our family back again.
Carrie
foster and adoptive mom
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About Me
When we adopted as parent trainers, we thought we were prepared. We were wrong.
We spent three years in a constant power struggle and dying on all the wrong hills. It took almost losing our kids to get us to do something differently.
Kids should come with manuals, but since they don't, a parent coach is the next best thing.
I've read all the books, gone to all the trainings, and gotten certified as a Life Coach, Enneagram Coach, Essential Oil Specialist, and Empowered to Connect parent trainer, so you don't have to.
I've helped dozens of parents shift to a brain-based view of behaviors so they can find more effective solutions besides threatening and punishing and become confident parents. I'm a mom to six kids by birth and adoption. They've taught me a lot about what creates thriving parent-child relationships…and what doesn't.