Tools for Change
Build Hope Learn Joy helps families turn everyday challenges into opportunities for connection, resilience, and growth.
If you feel stuck in cycles of meltdowns, power struggles, anxiety, or constant second-guessing, you are not alone. We've created tools that help parents gain personal confidence, make sense of challenging behavior, ease daily stress, and build practical skills that create more calm, connection, and confidence at home.
They're Just Skills
As you understand your situation in the light of up-to-date research it will be easy to identify skills to work on that inspire growth and bring people together.
Build Hope
Learn Joy
We've been taught to focus on our weaknesses but we actually grow from our strengths. The things that bring you joy are the very tools you need to learn, grow stronger, and overcome obstacles.
Work as a Team
Loving connection with people who we trust actually facilitates both growth (our source of hope) and joy (which helps us understand and use our strengths). The result is resilience, a fulfilling life, and a sense of deep belonging.
Find the Tool That Fits Your Needs
Whether you call them spiritual practices or family habits, there are some kinds of activities that build resilience and self-regulation, nourishing us and opening us up to joyful and even transcendent experiences. Find the practices that fit your personality and weave seamlessly into your real life.
Transform the entire experience of parenting when you switch from control-based to influence-based interactions. In this course you'll learn how experts teach parents and kids to build trust and, work as a team, especially when your family includes neurodiverse or emotionally sensitive individuals. We'll work to understand how brains work and why reactions happen the way they do, but then focus on practical tools to help you know what to do in the moment.
A 30-minute Zoom call to help you get oriented, find the right tool, or get help applying ideas to your specific situation. You don't have to figure this out alone.
What Parents Are Saying
Real words from real families putting these tools into practice.
"This morning L was being obnoxious, I started to lecture her on her attitude… stopped and said out loud 'I'm just gunna get boring'!!! The practicality, the little memorable, applicable snippets are magic for me!"
— D.
"Anne you are such a gem! I have really enjoyed the class, support and of course the information has been life changing!"
— Danielle
"Congratulations on doing such a great job. Truly, much needed help for us parents!"
— Tracy
"I really loved the content, lots of information to assimilate. Exciting that you're doing another round!"
— Megan