Coaching Packages

Why Smart Kids Worry: A Parent Coaching Program

When Kids Get Flooded: A Brain-Based Guide for Parents to Help Children Regulate Big Emotions

Growing Up Strong: A Parent Coaching Program for Raising Emotionally Resilient Kids

Bright, thoughtful kids often experience worry more intensely. Their curious, active minds can easily turn small concerns into big feelings. In Why Smart Kids Worry: A Coaching Program, parents learn how to understand what’s happening in their child’s brain and how to respond in ways that calm anxiety and build confidence.

Taught by Allison Edwards, author of best-selling book, Why Smart Kids Worry, this program gives parents practical, brain-based tools to help their child manage anxious thoughts, regulate emotions, and develop resilience.

In this program, parents will learn how to:

• Understand why smart, sensitive kids tend to worry more

• Recognize early signs of anxiety and overwhelm

• Respond to worry in ways that calm the brain

• Teach their child simple strategies to manage anxious thoughts

• Build confidence and emotional strength at home

Instead of feeling unsure how to help, parents gain a clear roadmap for supporting their child—so their child can move from worry toward confidence and resilience.

Every child experiences moments when emotions become overwhelming. In those moments, a child’s brain can become “flooded,” making it difficult for them to think clearly, listen, or calm themselves down. What may look like defiance, meltdowns, or shutdowns is often a child’s nervous system struggling to regain balance.

In When Kids Get Flooded, parents learn what is happening in their child’s brain during emotional overwhelm and how to respond in ways that help their child regulate rather than escalate. Based on brain-based principles from best-selling book Flooded: A Brain-Based Guide to Help Children Manage Emotions, this program provides practical tools parents can use in everyday moments.

Parents will learn how to:

• Recognize the signs that their child is becoming emotionally flooded

• Understand what is happening in the brain during dysregulation

• Respond in ways that help calm the nervous system

• Teach children simple strategies to regain control of their emotions

• Build emotional resilience and regulation over time

Instead of feeling helpless during emotional outbursts, parents leave with a clear understanding of how to support their child through big emotions—helping them move from overwhelm back to calm and connection.

Children today face a wide range of emotional and social challenges—from managing big feelings to navigating friendships, conflict, and setbacks. In Growing Up Strong, parents learn how to support their child in developing the emotional skills needed to handle life’s challenges with confidence and resilience.

Based on the principles from Growing Up Strong: Empowering Young Minds to Manage Emotions, Navigate Conflict and Embrace Growth, this coaching program provides parents with practical tools to help their child understand emotions, communicate effectively, and develop healthy ways to work through difficult situations.

In this program, parents will learn how to:

• Help their child understand and manage emotions in healthy ways

• Guide children through conflict with peers, siblings, and adults

• Teach problem-solving and communication skills

• Support resilience when children face disappointment or setbacks

• Foster confidence, emotional awareness, and personal growth

Parents often want to help their children navigate challenges but aren’t always sure how to respond in the moment. Growing Up Strong provides a clear, supportive framework parents can use at home to guide their child through emotional ups and downs while strengthening the skills that help children grow into capable, resilient young people.