You Don't Have to Yell to Raise Great Kids.

And You’re Never Too Far Gone to Rebuild Your Life.

Hi, I'm Martha.

I’m a parenting expert, author, and speaker with 25+ years in classrooms and living rooms and I’ve done my own rebuilding too. I don’t teach theory. I teach what actually works, straight talk, with a laugh thrown in when you need it most.

M.Ed. | Child Psychology Professor | 16 Years as a Special Education Teacher | Outstanding Teacher Award, St. Louis Community College | Author, Yes You Can Raise Happy Responsible Children

Which One Sounds Like You?

I work with two kinds of people, and honestly, they’re more alike than you’d think. Both are tired. Both are trying. Both are looking for someone who’ll tell them the truth instead of another lecture.

Parents

Your kid isn’t listening. You’ve tried the sticker charts, the timeouts, the yelling you swore you’d never do. None of it’s sticking. I can help no theory, just tools that work by tonight.

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Recovery

You’re rebuilding, or someone you love is. Recovery doesn’t come with a manual, and most days nobody tells you it’s going to be okay. I show up for that every week, in person, no judgment.

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Who I Am, Quickly

I didn’t start out as an expert. I started out as a mom with a strong-willed kid and no idea what I was doing. Later I became a Child Psychology professor and a special education teacher, and later still, I had to rebuild my own life from the ground up. All of it the degrees, the classroom years, the hard personal stuff ended up in the same place: helping people change, without the shame that usually comes attached to needing help.

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