Join us for a crucial discussion on divorce, a topic impacting countless families, especially our children. We'll explore sensitive issues such as breaking the news and essential do's and don'ts in these conversations. Most importantly, Jennifer delves into how parental handling of divorce profoundly affects children. It’s not the divorce, but how you deal with it, that counts. Tune in for expert strategies to navigate this challenging terrain and support your family's well-being. Jennifer’s session will inspire you whether you’re experiencing stress in your marriage, in the co-parenting relationship, or actively moving through separation and divorce.

One of the nation’s leading parenting experts, Jennifer Kolari, is a highly sought-after international speaker and the founder of Connected Parenting™. A child and family therapist with a busy practice based in San Diego and Toronto, Jennifer is also the author of Connected Parenting: How to Raise A Great Kid (Penguin Group USA and Penguin Canada, 2009) and You’re Ruining My Life! (But Not Really): Surviving the Teenage Years with Connected Parenting (Penguin Canada, 2011).

Jennifer hosts the Connected Parenting weekly podcast and co-hosts The Mental Health Comedy Podcast. She is a frequent guest on Nationwide morning shows and podcasts in the US and Canada. Her advice can also be found in many Canadian and U.S. magazines, such as Today’s Parent, Parents Magazine, and Canadian Family.

Jennifer’s powerful parenting model is based on the neurobiology of love, teaching parents how to use compassion and empathy as powerful medicine to transform challenging behaviors and build children’s emotional resilience and emotional shock absorbers.

In my interview with Brandy, the Rapid Results Healing Expert, she shares her top five keys to creating happy, healthy kids—some of which are surprisingly unconventional. Brandy highlights the profound impact of optimism, explaining how it promotes longevity, accelerates healing, and prevents heart disease. She shares a powerful and humorous quote, "Don't use a hammer when you open a window," emphasizing the importance of managing anger. Brandy offers practical advice on resetting and catching yourself when triggered by your kids, underscoring the importance of maintaining a calm and positive approach to parenting.

Brandy Gillmore is a world-renowned mind/body healing expert and host of the award-winning podcast, “Heal Yourself. Change Your Life” where she takes live callers and helps them get radical healing results in just minutes, using their own mind. Brandy’s incredible discoveries for healing and life transformation began with her own devastating injury that left her in excruciating pain and using a wheelchair, walker and cane for over 6 years. After healing herself, Brandy has been able to help others get breakthrough results that have never been seen before and even demonstrates live healing results under medical equipment. Due to these incredible results, Brandy’s work is rapidly spreading. She has spoken on stages around the world, been featured in several documentaries, and has given a mind-expanding TEDx talk. Brandy has a genuine heart and sincere desire to help create a healthier and happier world by helping everyone understand this incredible healing ability that lives within all of us.

For parents facing separation or divorce, this is a must-watch. With around 50% of marriages ending in divorce and even higher rates for families with neurodivergent children, now is the time to learn how to support your children through this heart-wrenching period. Are transitions between homes a huge challenge? Differing parenting styles? Aurisha discusses these difficulties, plus how to handle conflicts gracefully and even normalize divorce. If you want to empower yourself and your children, join us for practical tips to foster resilience and compassion during separation and divorce.

Aurisha Smolarski, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified co-parenting coach, mediator, and mother, with a clinical practice in Los Angeles, CA. She is the author of Cooperative Co-Parenting for Secure Kids: The Attachment Theory Guide to Raising Kids in Two Homes. She specializes in working with co-parents, couples, and individuals. As a co-parent herself, she is very familiar with the challenges faced by parents raising kids in two households. For more than fifteen years, she has drawn on attachment theory and other modalities to help clients move from conflict to cooperation, make child-centered agreements, and create a secure co-parenting two-home family system. Aurisha is a contributing writer for Psychology Today and has been featured in Forbes, Good Housekeeping, Parents, and Newsweek among many other podcasts and publications.

How on earth are you supposed to co-regulate your child when you yourself are losing your marbles? First of all, take a deep breath and give yourself some compassion. Parenting is hard, and it pushes us to limits we didn’t even know that we had! In this session, Destini will give you a step-by-step framework for what to do when you are dysregulated so that you don’t lose your cool on your kids. She also shares ADHD insights. This is a must watch for all parents and caregivers.

Destini Davis is a vibrant and expressive mom on a mission to raise her children with intention and compassion. Her genuine personality shines through as she translates the intricate psychology of parenting into relatable, digestible content for her community. With her empathetic teaching style, Destini empowers parents to reshape the culture of their homes through conscious communication, intentional connection, and positive discipline. In her time as a Jai certified parent coach, she has discovered that the most crucial aspect of the parent-child relationship is the parents themselves. She firmly believes that when parents thrive, their children thrive. Her dedication lies in helping parents rediscover joy, deepen their connections, and ignite passion in their own lives—so that they can show up passionately for their children.

Maryam shares wholeheartedly about the journey to becoming a compassionate parent, and how the first step must be showing compassion to oneself. Maryam offers practical advice on managing moments of being triggered, providing strategies for parents to remain calm and constructive. She addresses concerns about passing trauma to children and emphasizes the importance of self-care. Maryam also shares tips on improving children's behaviour and highlights key qualities to look for in a good therapist. Her insights offer hope and practical guidance for parents striving to create a nurturing and empathetic environment for their children.

Maryam Munir is a Pakistani-American author, trauma-informed Parent Coach and CEO/founder of The Parent Empowerment Project (TPEP), a visionary initiative dedicated to equipping parents worldwide with trauma-informed and evidence-based parenting practices. Through workshops, courses and consults, Maryam and her team members have been empowering parents for more than five years to become cycle breakers.

In this inspiring interview with Ekua Walker she shares transformative insights on rethinking rest, in order to turn chaos into calm. Ekua introduces her powerful CALM method, emphasizing that while parents might lose their cool, they don’t need to be calm 100% of the time. Learn how your upbringing shapes your reactions, and how rest empowers us to be present and mindful. Through slowing down your breath and finding mini pockets of silence, you can achieve a state of calm. Ekua also highlights the importance of empathy towards both our own emotions and our child's, making this a must-watch session for every parent.

As a Child Development Nurse Practitioner diagnosing and treating children with neurodiverse needs, parent coach, and mother, it has been Ekua Walker's great passion to support parents in understanding and knowing what to do in the toughest of moments. Trained at Stanford University and UCSF, Ekua brings together her expertise in child development and health behavior with the practical reality of daily life with young children into the BE CALM™ Parenting system she developed. BE CALM™ Parenting strategies help parents find the CALM and JOY they are desperate for.