An Aware Parenting Journey for Ages 1–7
A trauma-informed, nervous-system-based approach to help you navigate the early years with confidence, compassion, and deep connection - so you can parent with more ease and less overwhelm.
You already know you want something different.
Not more scripts. Not more gentle parenting rules that don’t hold up at 6pm when everyone is tired.
The Empowered Parenting Collective gives you a framework to actually understand what’s going on beneath your child’s behaviour, so you can respond with more clarity and less second-guessing.
This is an Aware Parenting-based course for parents of children aged 1–7 who are done with trying all the gentle-parenting scripts and instead want to genuinely understand what's going on beneath their child's behaviour.
You'll get the full self-paced course, bonus courses on aggression and attachment play, and live Zoom sessions where you'll explore different topics alongside a community of parents who are on the same path.
No punishments or rewards. No shame. No more withering and dithering, going from one Instagram strategy to the next when your child is melting down in Tesco and nothing you’ve read is landing.
The early years are not just a stage to get through. They’re where so much of your child’s emotional world is being shaped - in the moments where they cry, rage, retreat or shut down. Your child is learning something fundamental:
The way we parent in these tender, foundational years shapes how they see themselves, how they relate to others, and how they move through life.
Most parenting advice treats the expression of feelings as something to manage, tame, or "regulate." Aware Parenting starts somewhere completely different: with the understanding that crying, raging, and laughter are how children release stress and help children heal.
Parenting small children in a culture that pushes a low-nurture approach — that tells you to put them down, make them independent sooner, stop them crying — a world that doesn't support their need for closeness, connection, and expression makes things even more exhausting.
You're swimming against a tide, but you don't have to keep doing it alone. Inside the Collective, you’ll be in community with parents who are also trying to parent with more connection, even when it’s messy and imperfect.
This course is designed to give you a deep understanding of your child’s emotional world while equipping you with practical, compassionate strategies for everyday parenting challenges. Together, we’ll explore:
🔹 Understanding Your Child’s Needs – What’s happening at each developmental stage and how to meet their needs whilst also meeting yours.
🔹 Decoding "Misbehaviour" – The real reasons behind hitting, defiance, clinginess, and not listening, and how to respond in a way that helps & prioritises connection.
🔹 Easing Stress & Trauma – Identifying stress & trauma, knowing when to reduce stress and how to help children heal from stressful and traumatic experiences.
🔹 The Power of Play – How Attachment play supports healing, cooperation, and deeper connection (plus how to actually make independent play happen!).
🔹 Navigating Big Feelings – Understanding, accepting, and supporting your child’s emotions without feeling overwhelmed or inadvertently distracting them.
🔹 The Science of Crying & Tantrums – Why crying is healing, how to handle emotional meltdowns, and what to do in the moment.
🔹 Encouraging Cooperation (Without Punishments or Rewards!) – And understanding the reasons why children don't cooperate.
🔹 Sleep & Food through An Aware Parenting lens – Alternative, respectful and physiologically-aligned approaches that actually work. What mainstream advice misses and what a feelings-informed approach looks like in practice
🔹 Handling Transitions Smoothly – From new siblings to starting nursery, how to support your child through big life changes.
🔹 Transforming Aggression - a new, nervous-system based understanding of aggressive behaviour
🔹 Finding Balance with Screens – A realistic, guilt-free approach to screen time that works for your family.
If you would like to learn more, please visit my website here.
This is a self-paced course you can fit around your actual life, plus ongoing live support so you're never just learning alone.
You get:
Total value: £658
Your investment: £325
That's over 50% off — and because this includes every live round going forward, it's not something you do once and shelve. It's something you keep coming back to as your child grows and new things come up, at least 3 times/year.
We’ll be joined by Vivian Viester - a long-time Aware Parenting instructor and mother of a teenage son, for a conversation about food, feelings, and intuitive eating.
Vivian will be sharing her family's journey with intuitive eating, what she's learned over many years of parenting, and how she has navigated the feelings that can arise when we choose a different path around food.
💛 You know there has to be a better way—you’re ready for a shift in how you parent and how you feel in the process.
💛 You’re craving a community of like-minded parents who value respect, empathy, and connection just as much as you do.
💛 You’re struggling with tantrums, big emotions, and tricky behaviours, feeling lost on how to respond with confidence and calm.
💛 You’re open to a deeper, more transformative approach—one that moves beyond quick fixes and truly supports your child’s emotional needs.
💛 You’re eager to understand Aware Parenting and how a nervous system-based approach can change everything.
💛 You’re curious about intergenerational trauma and want to break cycles so your child can grow up with more security, confidence, and connection.
If you’re nodding along, this course was made for you! 💫
All the courses we have done with Maru have allowed for us to learn to trust and respect our child when it matters the most, it has also enabled us to care for ourselves during those challenging and often triggering times too . Throughout the 'Unlocking Toddlerhood' sessions, both my partner and I felt reassured that this was the way we wanted to support our child in their emotional growth. It really helped that Maru often gave examples, helping to better understand a scenario and offering suggestion on how best to support our child. Parenting a toddler is hard work, but with these extra tools, we can now do it with the intention to better support the whole family unit.
We loved joining Maru's "unlocking toddlerhood" course. It was delivered incredibly thoughtfully, with no judgement, and endless tips and ideas for how to parent with fun/play at the centre of everything. Our son was 18months when we started the course and really feel that it's helped us talk early on about how we want to parent and the approach we want to take as he grows into his independence and own ideas. Thank you Maru!
I really loved Maru’s approach to sharing her knowledge and wisdom. She teaches with authenticity and compassion and shares a refreshing mix of lived experience and science. The course was life changing and the reminder I needed to block out all the external noise, and bulls*it pressure, that comes with being a first time parent. I can now respond to my own individual child’s needs with confidence and an approach that resonates with me and my family. It was brilliant to do the course with my husband and get us back on the same parenting page. I have recommended it to every parent that will listen. The pace is so accommodating. Highly recommend!
Really enjoyed doing Maru's course together with my partner. It gave us heaploads of food for thought and ideas for whenever things get tough with our little one. I've started getting a bit more comfortable with holding her emotions and playing when I feel myself getting activated.
It was both reassuring and enriching. I felt my personal experience as a parent was genuinely appreciated, and I gained a lot from Maru's nuanced understanding of authentic child-parent relationships.
I like that there is an informal edge (and humour!) to the conversation which makes it feel that I'm speaking with a fellow person rather than a 'professional'.
Parenting Together has transformed our understanding of toddler emotions and actions, and as a result will transform our approach to parenting. Everything I learnt makes so much sense and is already bringing more fun to parenthood, but I wouldn't have got there without the course. So glad we invested the time and trust in Maru!
This course is designed for parents of children aged 1 to 6 years old, focusing on the unique challenges and developmental needs of toddlers and young children. Whether you’re navigating tantrums, big emotions, or simply want to parent with more connection and confidence, this course will support you.
This immersion isn’t about scripts, quick fixes, or surface-level behaviour strategies. Instead, it takes a holistic, empathetic, and science-backed approach to parenting—helping you understand the why behind your child’s emotions and behaviours. With this deeper understanding, you’ll learn how to respond with compassion, reduce power struggles, and build a more peaceful and connected family life. This is a transformational shift through the Aware Parenting lens, designed to create lasting change.
Absolutely! This course is for all parents, whether you follow Montessori, RIE, Pikler, or no specific approach at all. It’s not about strict parenting rules—it’s about understanding your child on a deeper level and finding strategies that align with your values and family dynamic.
The course includes four modules, each around two hours long, plus a 30-minute 1:1 session with Maru to personalise your experience. But there’s no rush—this is self-paced, so you can go through it in a way that works for you.
I wholeheartedly believe that every parent who wants to learn this transformative approach should have access to it. If finances are a concern, please reach out—I’m happy to explore flexible payment plans, discounts, or even skills exchanges. This isn’t just about parenting; it’s about changing the course of the world—one connected family at a time. 💛
While the course is designed for ages 1-6, many of the principles can be adapted for younger babies and older children too. The core focus is on understanding emotions, healing from past experiences, fostering connection through attachment play, and understanding your child’s development, which are valuable at any age!
That’s okay! You have lifetime access to the materials, so you can revisit the content whenever you need it. Parenting is a journey, and this course is here to support you at your pace.
