https://sonjastarrick.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Sonja StarrickenTue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://youtu.be/mwZ2bIZPIUo?si=MTWVZfZ806NfndMvTue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://youtu.be/mwZ2bIZPIUo?si=MTWVZfZ806NfndMvhttps://youtu.be/mwZ2bIZPIUo?si=MTWVZfZ806NfndMvTue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://youtu.be/mwZ2bIZPIUo?si=MTWVZfZ806NfndMvhttps://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/parenting-coach-certification-vs-life-coach-certification-key-differences-explainedWhen people feel called to helping work, coaching is often where they land. It’s flexible, relational, and deeply human. But once you start researching certifications, an important question emerges:What’s the difference between parenting coach certification and life coach certification, and which one is right for me?At a glance, both paths involve supporting personal growth and positive change. But in practice, these certifications prepare you for very different kinds of work, with different...Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/parenting-coach-certification-vs-life-coach-certification-key-differences-explainedhttps://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/how-parent-coaching-builds-childrens-emotional-intelligenceChildren are not born knowing how to regulate emotions, name feelings, or communicate needs. Emotional intelligence is not a personality trait; it is a learned capacity, shaped within relationships and modeled over time.Parent coaching offers families a structured, neuroscience-informed pathway to cultivate emotional intelligence in children by first supporting the adults who guide them. Rather than focusing on fixing children’s behavior, parent coaching strengthens the parent’s internal regula...Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/how-parent-coaching-builds-childrens-emotional-intelligencehttps://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/career-change-becoming-a-parenting-coach-after-burnoutFor many people in helping professions (such as therapists, educators, social workers, counselors, and healthcare providers), burnout rarely arrives as a dramatic breaking point. More often, it emerges quietly: a gradual exhaustion, emotional blunting, and a growing sense that the work once experienced as meaningful now requires more than it returns.Beneath this burnout, there is often not a desire to stop helping altogether, but rather a longing to help in a way that feels more sustainable and...Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/career-change-becoming-a-parenting-coach-after-burnouthttps://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/blog/parent-coaching/certification/parenting-coach-certification-cost-timeline-and-roi-explainedBecoming a certified parenting coach isn’t just a career decision. It's a life decision. For many, it begins as a personal calling: the desire to break generational cycles, to communicate with greater compassion, to raise emotionally healthy children, and to help other families do the same.But turning that calling into a profession means asking practical questions:How much does a parenting coach certification cost?How long does it take?And most importantly: what’s the return on investment, both...Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/blog/parent-coaching/certification/parenting-coach-certification-cost-timeline-and-roi-explainedhttps://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/a-fathers-vital-role-in-teaching-children-empathy-and-emotional-intelligenceFathers have an underestimated role in raising emotionally intelligent kids. Here's the neuroscience behind it and 5 ways dads can put it into daily practice.Fri, 16 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/a-fathers-vital-role-in-teaching-children-empathy-and-emotional-intelligencehttps://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/how-to-advocate-for-your-child-lessons-from-a-powerful-parentWhen the world doesn't accommodate your child, a parent has to become their voice. Here's how to advocate effectively, and raise kids who can advocate for themselves.Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/how-to-advocate-for-your-child-lessons-from-a-powerful-parenthttps://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/taking-the-leap-to-become-a-parenting-coach-with-jai-coach-michelle-landauEven some of our most passionate Jai community members initially hesitated to fully embrace the opportunity to become a parenting coach and receive our parenting skills training. Today, this story is about Michelle Landau, passionate mom and parenting coach who took three years to take the leap...Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/taking-the-leap-to-become-a-parenting-coach-with-jai-coach-michelle-landauhttps://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/how-peaceful-parenting-impacts-neurodivergent-childrenCherry Conley, Jai Certified Coach-In-Training came to Jai knowing that she needed more peace in her home. Raising several children isn’t easy, and for Cherry, having four children from the foster system as well as her youngest being recently diagnosed with autism has been a challenging dynamic.Cherry’s autistic daughter Marianna was consistently having disruptive outbursts, and Cherry struggled with redirecting Marianna and getting her to listen or follow directions. The yelling and dysregulati...Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/how-peaceful-parenting-impacts-neurodivergent-childrenhttps://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/jai-certified-parenting-coach-mariana-lelo“Moms deserve to know all this information … we deserve to transform, to be able to heal, to see that there's a different path. {To know} that we can take responsibility and change our path to free ourselves.” Mariana Lelo, a Jai Certified Parenting Coach, began her journey into peaceful Empowered Parenting™ because she knew in her heart that there had to be an alternative to repeating the patterns of parenting that she had experienced and wished to let go of.Mariana was struggling in her mother...Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://www.jaiinstituteforparenting.com/jai-certified-parenting-coach-mariana-lelo