therapeutic parental leadership
parenting is leadership
Practical, therapeutic work for parents, carers, educators and community groups who want connection to come before correction.
relationship
over compliance
connection
before correction
emotional safety
over punishment
rogue bites for parents & carers..
60 to 90 minute sessions from $1,200, online or in person.
active listening
Strengthen communication and relationships at home
beyond discipline
Moving past punishment toward connection, regulation and learning
leading through change
Supporting children through transitions and uncertainty
unfiltered leadership for youth
Helping young people lead themselves with courage
self-leadership as a parent
Regulate, reflect and lead with intention under pressure
building connection through leadership
Emotional safety and connection at home
understanding behaviour
Reading what sits beneath behaviour and responding with clarity
navigating challenging behaviours
Practical moves for the messy moments and repair after rupture
full day community workshop
decoding behaviours
A full day that combines understanding behaviour with navigating challenging behaviours. For parents, carers and educators who want practical ways to read what is underneath behaviour, respond in the moment and repair when things get messy.
1:1 parental mentoring
one problem, one session
Express, 60 minute and 90 minute mentoring sessions for the moments that need a second brain, fast.
what we believe
good parents, new tools..
Most parents are not doing it wrong. We all do the best we can with the resources we were given, and for a lot of us those resources came from a childhood that looked nothing like the one we are trying to build.
You do not have to parent the way you were parented. Sometimes good parents simply need new tools so they can do things a little differently to what they experienced.
What if you could choose to upgrade those resources? Connect differently. Hold boundaries differently. Communicate differently. That is the whole work, and it is learnable.
for young people too
supporting the conversation both sides..
Kayla works with parents and young people, not just one or the other. She can support both sides to connect, to have the challenging conversations, and to build a relationship that holds even when things get messy.
With 14 years in out of home care and youth mental health, she is well equipped to provide mentoring support directly to young people who need a trusted adult outside the family system to help them make sense of what is going on.
Sometimes the best next step is for a young person to have their own space, and for the parent to have theirs. Both conversations are welcome here.
for schools, community and youth groups
workshops for young people..
Hands on, high energy sessions for groups of young people in schools, community programs, dance schools, sporting clubs and youth services. Every workshop below can be run as is, or custom built to suit the age group, the theme and what your young people actually need right now.
2 hours, experiential
future play: game of life
Young people navigate real life through a purpose built board game. Career choices, housing decisions, curveballs and a global crisis, all tracked across Wellbeing, Stability and Influence. Money is physical cash and the scoreboard is velcro. The winner is not the richest person in the room, it is the one who built the most complete life and knows exactly how they got there.
60 minutes, ages 12 to 25
the inner edit
A self leadership and mental wellness workshop. Participants check in honestly, explore what self leadership actually means, map their emotional state, identify who holds them up and build a personalised wellbeing plan, before handing off to a creative expression session. Real talk, no lectures, no forced positivity.
high energy, group based
unfiltered leadership
A leadership workshop that ditches the textbook definition and starts from scratch. Participants discover their leadership style, lock in their core values and test both in real world group scenarios. They leave with a leadership pledge that is theirs, not a copy of someone else's style.
adaptable for young people
click colours
Built for adults and adapted for young people, making it a great fit for schools, youth programs and community groups looking for a fun, accessible way to explore communication and behaviour styles.
custom built workshops
Got a theme, a camp, a leadership day or a cohort with something specific going on? Sessions can be designed from scratch around your group, your timeframe and your outcomes.
build a workshopfree assessment
curious about how you lead at home?
8 questions. 3 minutes. A warm, honest look at where you are already strong and where a little support could change everything.
take the assessmentthe science..
the iceberg model
Behaviour is only the tip. Underneath sits need, fear, fatigue and unmet skill.
the pressure curve
A simple map for reading your own nervous system, noticing when you're steady, when you're heating up, and how to find your way back together.
mirror neurons
Your regulation becomes their co-regulation. Calm is contagious, so is chaos.