parent support focused on nervous system regulation and practical skill building
Is parenting leaving you feeling frustrated, guilty and exhausted? Navigating mental health challenges, kids with special needs and/or challenging behavior? Teens throwing you for a loop or are you spinning your wheels with the big feelings of toddlerhood? Parenting children of any age is the hardest job in the world and my unique experience as a parent of four kids (two adults, two teens!), mental health therapist, Positive Discipline Parent Educator and former elementary school counselor I’ve learned some great hacks that can make it much easier for you. From the comfort of your own home, you will increase your self-awareness while learning tried and true strategies to help your child build the social and emotional intelligence to support their mental and emotional well-being and set them up for success in adulthood! You’ll learn to set healthy boundaries, coach your kids through uncomfortable emotions, understand behavior and feelings, talk with instead of at your kids and provide consequences that teach skills your kids can use for the rest of their lives. Teeny, tiny shifts in these areas of your parenting pay off massively over time!
Along with access to my extensive course library and bonus materials, I connect with you bi-weekly in community coaching calls via Zoom where you can get your parenting questions and concerns answered in real time! This is a resource I wish I had had years ago - a Parent Coach “on call” to help you tackle the trickiest parenting issues as they arise. More joy, connection and well-being for the whole family are just around the corner in the SHIFT Community!
You don’t have to do it alone. JOIN THE PARENT COMMUNITY TODAY. For 1:1 parent coaching, please email me at cher@cheranderton.com.
members say it best!
“I am so grateful to have found Cher and her SHIFT community! Working with her as a parent coach and as a part of her community has been transformative for parenting my two young children. I have read so many parenting books and nothing is as helpful and practical as her unique combination of expertise being highly educated and having expansive on-the-ground experience raising her own children and working as an elementary school counselor. She has given me so many concepts to think about related to how I approach parenting and myself, while also always providing immediately actionable steps to improve whatever situation is happening.”
why join the parent community?
“Not only did I gain strategies to help my toddler gain power over his strong emotions, but I have learned how to take control over my strong emotions, too! It has been empowering to work side by side with my children on strategies that every member of our family can use to deal with our emotions in a healthy way. And it has been incredibly rewarding to see my toddler incorporate strategies and tools that I just learned about into his every day life!”
“Before the parenting course, I felt frustrated and unsure about how to deal with the arguing and conflict between my children. With the tools I learned throughout the course, I now feel like I have options and go to strategies to help all of us when big emotions arise. Small shifts and victories in parenting keep me wanting to learn more and be better.”
“SOOO GOOOD!!!! ALL OF IT!!!! I love the gifts list! Working on the list and sharing it openly with my family has created such immense clarity for me in how I parent. Decision making has become a breeze!”
Rashida, North Carolina, USA
“After taking the course, I absolutely feel that I have what it takes to work with my daughters to create a home life and a life in general that I want for them and that they want for themselves, that we want for each other.”
Erin, California, USA
“Having the repetition and having the community around me…helped me shift my way of thinking and it seems more present…when I’m tackling those hard moments with my kids.”
Chinae, Maryland, USA
“After taking the course, I’m a fun mom! When I have hard days, I know how to manage it, and I’m feeling a lot stronger now. I’m feeling a deeper sense of clarity.”
parenting is hard, but it doesn’t have to be that hard!
For only $25 a month, our online community includes:
Access to my highly reviewed parenting course, 5 Must Have Tools In Your Parenting Toolbox, and a course workbook to enhance learning and growth
BONUS Access to my Cultivating Wellness course for educators (useful for any adult caring for kids!) AND my online book club
Parenting questions and dilemmas answered in real time during bi-weekly group coaching calls (currently every other Wednesday @12pm PST)
Exclusive access to bonus material including additional parenting content, discounts to other courses and much more!
A community of parents growing their skill-set with you
You can engage as little or as much as you’d like!
could the SHIFT community be just what you need too?
“Yes, because EVERYONE needs it regardless of how good of a parent you think you are. We all need tips and help.”
“Yes! I think every parent or caretaker needs this information!”
“Yes! Participating in a forum with a group of parents interested in learning new parenting strategies is beneficial in any stage of parenting!”
“Yes. I was able to learn very practical and important strategies that have already greatly impacted how I deal with my children. I think it is very applicable across all ages of children, too. I only have littles, but I think it can benefit everyone from the newest stages of parenting to people with teenagers. (It would even be helpful for people without kids to learn the strategies for themselves!)”
“This course gave me something I've not read in any parenting book and that is to have a fucking plan! Cher is so calm! So zen! You made it so easy for me to understand how these brains of ours work!”
“Yes. It digs much deeper into the biology of the brain, allowing me to know “why?”
“THANK YOU! This course came at a pretty critical time in dealing with some strong toddler emotions and it has completely turned around the way things were going for us!”
“YES! I think that no matter your parenting style, this course helps you understand how to move from the less-than-desirable starting point to whatever successful parenting means to you. I didn't feel there was any judgement or pressure on HOW to parent. Instead this course provided the resources for me to successfully parent the way I choose.”
my values & commitment
I want all families to have a safe space to explore their role as a parent. In order to create that safe space, I do my personal anti-racism work to increase my self-awareness and I utilize strategies and concepts from the Positive Discipline modality that centers on equitable and mutually respectful parenting practices. I’m continually listening and learning and incorporating that learning in my course.
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here’s more of what others are saying about the SHIFT community:
“1 - Loved feeling I had a community and wasn't alone. 2 - Paying attention to the victories was more helpful than I thought - I'm actually getting more right! 3 - Having different language, like a feel good plan or do-overs, to fall back on is crazy helpful. 4 - Being mindful of the gifts is key!”
“Parenting is hard and having to go day to day guessing about how to do it I think makes things much harder and now that I have a plan I feel so much more confident as a mom!”
“Realizing that I can share a little bit of the science and whys behind my parenting behavior to my daughter (13 years old) during do-overs. It helped us to bond more and me to remain more logical and less emotional.”
“I liked that I could do it on my own time because I wasn't able to attend the live feed.”
“I took Cher's parenting course with my 5-year old in mind, but little did I know the concepts and tools she gives are perfect for children of all ages. I actually used the techniques more with my 18-year-old when he was going through several challenges adjusting to moving out and attending his first year of college out-of-state. After Cher's course I felt equipped with a toolbox of phrases and "conversation starters" so that I could talk candidly, calmly and openly with my teenagers (I have a 16 year-old daughter at home as well) on the challenges that they face both in daily life as well as with specific obstacles they were facing this fall. The ability to talk openly and in a very straightforward manner *with* them (not at them!) has lead to a new level of trust and appreciation and has rendered our relationship closer than ever - a closeness that I think and hope will stand the test of time as they enter adulthood. One of the best parts of the course was that I learned tools for my own personal work as well, and many are activities that you can do together with your kids. I value Cher's knowledge and guidance so much and am truly thankful for what I learned in her parenting course!”
Note: Please have integrity when joining the community and don’t share your login info and other links with others. That’s bad energy and isn’t kind. If you are truly unable to afford the membership please email me directly and I’m happy to discuss a scholarship!
Disclaimer: While I am a licensed social worker in the State of Washington, we are not creating a client/therapist relationship with the purchase of this membership. The course, and any services associated with the course, including but not exclusive to, community calls, social media posts, the workbook and any other form of communication are for educational purposes only.