Calmer days start with a calmer nervous system.

Join How to Get Cool, Calm & Connected Children, a free 30-minute masterclass for foster, adoptive and kinship parents who are tired of meltdowns and ready for connection.

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In this masterclass

01Why meltdowns happen

02Why your calm comes first

03Connection before correction

04Tools for the hard moment

05Repair after the storm

Brainspotting Certified

TBRI & Polyvagal-Informed

25+ Years with Families

Author, “It’s Not Your Fault”

Sound familiar?

You’re doing everything right, and the meltdowns keep coming.

The blow-ups feel out of nowhere.

One minute things are fine. The next, you’re in a full storm, and traditional discipline makes it worse.

You’re the calm one all day.

Co-regulating a nervous system shaped by hard things is exhausting work nobody warned you about.

Most advice doesn’t fit your child.

Generic parenting advice assumes a nervous system untouched by trauma. Your family needs a different approach.

You need help in the moment.

Not another book to finish someday. You need practical words and tools while the meltdown is happening.

In this masterclass

30 minutes that can change how your evenings feel.

Grounded in Polyvagal Theory, TBRI and more than 25 years of working with families. Practical, warm and made for real life.

01

Why meltdowns happen

What your child’s behaviour is telling you about their nervous system.

02

Why your calm comes first

How your own regulation becomes your child’s sense of safety.

03

Connection before correction

Why traditional discipline often makes things worse, and what to do instead.

04

Tools for the hard moment

Simple words and body-based tools you can use while it’s happening.

05

Repair after the storm

How to reconnect so your child learns that relationships survive hard moments.

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Meet your guide

Maxine Golden

Parent Coach and Clinical Director, Center for Parent Coaching

Maxine has spent more than 25 years working with foster, adoptive, and court-involved families. She uses trauma-informed, somatic, and attachment-based approaches to help parents and children reconnect. She is also the author of the children’s book It’s Not Your Fault.

Brainspotting CertifiedTBRI TrainedPolyvagal-InformedRMFTI #4447

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