Online course · ages 0 to 7
Welcoming the Waves of Emotions
How to set limits with confidence and calm.
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54 reviews · 12,000 students
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Bonus materials to help reinforce your learning!
5 workbooks and 12 printables
A workbook for each of the first five modules, with exercises and journaling prompts, and printables for your fridge: mantras, guides and the words to reach for in a hard moment.
- 10 Meltdown Mantras poster
- Leave Better Kids for Our World poster
- Poem by Dr. Shefali poster
- Model, Don’t Manipulate poster
- 40 Acts of Self-Care
- Respectful Mom’s Top 10 Parenting Books
- 30 Positive Things to Say to Your Child
- Phrases and Non-Verbal Cues that Regulate an Upset Child
- 4-Step Emotion Regulation Guide
- Handling the Meltdown
- Punitive Discipline vs. Empathic Limits
- Mantras to Say to Yourself
Struggling to set limits and handle your kids’ BIG emotions?
I hear from so many parents who know how they’d like to parent, but struggle to remain consistent in those moments where emotions are running high, like those times when it feels like everyone is either screaming, crying, or attached to your leg.
But what if you could stay calm and handle any meltdown with confidence?
In the toy store
Does this scene seem a little too familiar?
You’re wandering through a toy store with your daughter and, as a treat, you’ve told her she can get a toy. But almost predictably, she wants two.
You find yourself reasoning with her and trying to do anything to keep her from crying while still holding your ground. But the tears come and you can feel the eyes of everyone in the store staring, waiting to see what will happen next.
Maybe, in an effort to maintain everyone’s composure, you eventually cave and just buy the two toys. “Is it really worth the meltdown?” you think.
Or maybe, in your frustration, you snap at her for causing a scene and leave the store empty-handed, pulling her out by the hand behind you, away from those staring eyes.
Neither of these scenarios leave you or your daughter feeling good…
But what if there were a third option?
One that firmly reinforced your limit while acknowledging how hard this must feel for your daughter.
One that allowed her to feel these feelings, the disappointment, the anger, the frustration: the normal feelings she’ll need to learn how to handle, while you supported her through it safely?
And what if, throughout the whole situation, you were confidently able to access the tools you needed to stay regulated so you could hold your limit and manage the situation in a way you were proud of?
If you’ve always imagined you’d be the parent who could:
- Remain calm and cool during any meltdown
- Set confident limits that you’re able to follow through with grace and maturity
- Make your children feel safe when they make a mistake
…then you’re right where you’re meant to be.
What parents are saying
★★★★★
Wow...I’ve just finished the course and I’m still in tears!
Everything is so clear and obvious to me now...I’ve already had the chance to practice a few tips from the course after I shifted my mindset and it was mind blowing! I hope to take also my partner in this journey because he is so skeptical so we will be a great team for our kids :) takk fyrir elsku Krístin...þú ert gull!
Valentina Marcelli
★★★★★
Already in tears
Wow. What a way to start a workshop. I couldn’t set me phone down and was soaking up every word.
Miranda Mergler
★★★★★
Simply transformational.
Kristin, thank you for sharing your own personal parenthood journey with us along with your deep reflections and the research you have done along the way. This course was an absolute joy to watch. Kristin’s calm sophistication and sense of humour make her very likeable. I love that this course liberates you from a very regimented mode of parenting that a lot of us experienced as children. 3 days in and my daughter is already a happier child. she has noticed a difference and she’s only 2 years old! I will keep coming back to this course as long as it takes for the message to become the norm in my own household.
Mariam Ahmad
Common misconception about Respectful Parenting?
You actually CAN say “no” to your kids.
in fact, you need to.
Respectful parenting is not permissive parenting.
I teach you how to set confident boundaries that don’t crush your children’s spirit. And that often means many, many “no’s.” The difference is that we do this respectfully with understanding and compassion. Which, contrary to popular belief, is the very thing that makes our children more willing to accept our limits and follow our rules.
And that also means that you don’t have to always be that happy, cheery mom, pushing down your feelings of frustration to try and keep the peace.
What you’ll learn inside this course
Seven modules, 22 lessons
- 3–15 minutes each
- Watch or listen
- Yours for life
Inside module 4: a real meltdown, and how I handle it
- 1
Introduction: What is Respectful/Mindful Parenting?
- What is Respectful/Mindful Parenting?
- “I lost it…” a personal story: what to do when we lose our cool
- Perfect vs. graceful
- 2
The What and the Why
- What empathic limits are NOT
- What else is there?
- Understanding drivers of challenging behaviour
- 3
What Is Our End Goal Here?
- What do you wish for your child?
- Our primary job as parents
- “People pleasers often start out as parent pleasers”
- Why no rewards?
- Only in this course4
Welcoming the Waves of Emotions
- 5 reasons why acknowledging feelings is profound
- Handling the meltdown: here you see a real life video of Kristin going through a meltdown with her 2.5 year old son
- The difference between fighting vs. riding the waves
- 5
How to Set Empathic Limits
- The sceptical voice in our head: “How will they learn if they are not punished for bad behaviour?”
- How to set empathic limits: step-by-step
- Reacting vs. responding
- Understanding what is age appropriate
- Natural consequences
- 6
What Limits to Set
- General vs. circumstantial rules
- The three non-negotiables
- What we can NOT control: handling children screaming/yelling, potty training, meal times
- Modelling
- 7
It All Starts and Ends with Us
- Self-work is the most important work
- Working through our triggers: “Where are my reactions coming from?”
- The half-smile trick
- Radical reframe
Bonus materials to help reinforce your learning!
5 workbooks and 12 printables
A workbook for each of the first five modules, with exercises and journaling prompts, and printables for your fridge: mantras, guides and the words to reach for in a hard moment.
- 10 Meltdown Mantras poster
- Leave Better Kids for Our World poster
- Poem by Dr. Shefali poster
- Model, Don’t Manipulate poster
- 40 Acts of Self-Care
- Respectful Mom’s Top 10 Parenting Books
- 30 Positive Things to Say to Your Child
- Phrases and Non-Verbal Cues that Regulate an Upset Child
- 4-Step Emotion Regulation Guide
- Handling the Meltdown
- Punitive Discipline vs. Empathic Limits
- Mantras to Say to Yourself
Delivered live over 250 times
Welcoming the Waves started on a stage. Now it’s yours at home.
Of all my talks and workshops, this one has always been the most popular: the one that sold out in five minutes, with no seats left. I’ve given it more than 250 times, from Iceland to Singapore, Manila to Europe.
At the time, I didn’t know I was eventually going to create an online course. But as I gave this talk, I began to take note of the parts that appeared to have the most impact: the moments that had parents nodding along, the reflections that stirred emotions, and the stories that had everyone laughing because they’ve seen those same exact scenarios played out at home.
I took all of those moments and stories and poured them into this course.
“Give your child your unconditional love, acceptance and respect and you’ll save them a lifetime second-guessing if they’re worthy of it.”
What parents are saying
★★★★★
Loved every word, every example, every story. Thank you!
Just finished the course and I definitely feel empowered and ready to continue parenting in this beautiful way. Thank you, Kristin, for your kind spirit and calm presence. The way you conveyed your research, experience and advice was so easy to understand and I could literally feel a pressure lifting from my shoulders... This pressure we all feel to do it perfectly, to make our kids "behave." But this method makes me feel free to connect to my child on a level that I know in my soul is the way to really be, the way to really love and guide these tiny beings that are mirrors of ourselves. My husband and I started to watch it again together this time and I am excited for him to experience and learn too. Every parent should do this course, the world would be a much more peaceful place if so. Thank you, thank you!
Lane Matthews
★★★★★
AMAZING AND INSPIRING
Kristen gives you everything you need to succeed in being the parent you want to be - the course is comprehensive, well organized, informative and inspiring. I loved every minute of it and feel so much more confident moving forward as a new parent. Couldn’t recommend this course any more - definitely 5 stars!!!!!
Felicia Trager
★★★★★
Clear, Powerful, and Effective!
I’ve just completed the course, and wanted to take a moment to say thank you for putting together such a well organized, clear, and effective online workshop! It was well worth every dollar spent! Many times these online learning classes can become too long, or try to cover too many topics at once, but this one certainly stands out from the rest. For me, it was a great reminder of how to remain present, prioritize connection, and welcome those big emotional moments as opposed to try to disrupt, eliminate, or manipulate them. In the past few weeks, I have put a lot of your mantras and guidance into practice, and feel so much more at peace at the end of those "difficult" or "challenging" days. Knowing that I am helping and supporting my two young children through moments of big emotions is so much more rewarding than punishing or shaming them for the very feelings we as adults often deal with. Your calm and nurturing tone throughout the workshop creates such a peaceful and serene feeling, and I’ve found my children are so much more receptive when I speak to them in a similar way. Thank you again, for the tools to help make parenting so much more enjoyable and rewarding...people like you are truly making the world a brighter place!
Gabriela White
★★★★★
Gold mined parenting resources
This is the best online course I ever found, I need to do it over and over again to assimilate all of it. It is hard to change our patterns but it s such a great mindshift and it’s the only course that I found who s providing parents with a actual step by step on how to act with our children when their having a crisis. This course should be payed by the government for each pregnant woman all over the world. It would make such a difference. I wish so much I found it before, but it’s never too late. Thank you Kristin for being such an inspiration every single day.
Diana Colombani
★★★★★
Parenting Gold - Best Respectful/Mindful Parenting Resource
I’ve lost count of the times I’ve found parenting overwhelming, and I’ve been searching for a truer and more peaceful approach to family life. In my quest to find some answers, I came across Respectful Mom and the wisdom she shares resonated with me. I knew I wanted to learn more and found the course Welcoming the Waves of Emotions to be profound - a journey which starts and ends with us. Not only is the course informative, it inspires me (showing ways how) to put my best self forward in this magical world of parenthood.
Nicole Rubbi-Clarke
★★★★★
In Tears
Please don’t stop what you’re doing. Please keep making content.This is exactly what I and my family needed. This course left me in tears. Thanks for your hard work so I could learn too.
Malissa Batchelor
★★★★★
Incredibly Powerful
Kristen quotes all of my favourite parenting authors and then some. She shares extremely relatable stories and a myriad of practical tools, which I can begin to implement immediately. She has curated the course in a way that is full of tools and information, but somehow never gets overwhelming. Aesthetically, it is simply stunning. Such a pleasure to watch and listen. I know I will come back to it again and again. Thank you Kristen for sharing your wisdom. I’m so grateful to have learnt so much.
Emily Clouten
★★★★★
Life changing!
Kristin describes RIE parenting in such a way that really sits with me. I’ve always been inspired by RIE parenting and followed Janet Lansbury, but I don’t think it really clicked until this course. Kristin’s insight on children is so enlightening. I had many Ah ha! moments while watching the course content. She has a way of beautifully expressing it all in a way that makes sense to the viewer, and she lays it out giving you the tools to make a life changing shift in your parenting. It’s beautifully edited and easy to watch. I love how the course is broken up into shorter modules so you can absorb a little of the content at a time. It really gives you a chance to reflect and go at your own pace. I highly recommend this to all parents of young children. It is unlike any parenting course you’ve seen before.
Aubrey Watts
★★★★★
Really empowering
Three modules into this course and I could not feel more confident in where this is going. Natural, empowering, kind, and respectful. Love, love, love.
Jodiel Caines
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Questions parents ask
What ages is it for?
It was created to help parents in their early parenting years, children aged 0 to 7, but it is equally relevant for relationships of all ages. The mindset shifts and core message of this approach will positively impact your relationships with everyone.
How long are the lessons?
Seven modules and 22 lessons, each 3–15 minutes. Watch in your own time, in a way that fits your life.
Can I listen instead of watch?
Yes. You can listen to the lessons as well as watch them.
How long do I have access?
For life. Come back as often as you like for a refresher; some students have watched it three or four times.
Can I split the payment?
Yes: one payment of $179, two payments of $95, or three payments of $68.
Can my partner watch with me?
The course is for your own use, and I encourage you and your partner to watch it together.
Is it only in English?
The lessons are in English, with subtitles in five languages.
What if it isn’t for me?
If these approaches don’t work for you, I offer a 100% money back guarantee for each of my courses because I’m 100% confident that they will.
You don’t have to fight the waves of emotion anymore.
When you, instead, begin to ride them, you’ll go from feeling drained and exhausted by your childrens’ outbursts to seeing them as a welcome and needed opportunity that you’re able to handle with grace, confidence, and compassion.
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