This is probably the first step parents would take when their teenagers are acting out royal style or showing withdrawal and concerning behaviour. I get it because the whole world is telling you therapy is the next step to take. But is it though? Let's look at this a bit more.. (you can also watch the video above) When families come to me with problems like… 👉Suddenly my teenager is not interested in school and even when they attend school, they are not engaging or doing th

Before we look at Therapeutic Parenting Coaching, let's look at one of the most asked questions ... so What do you do...? I always struggle to answer as everyone knows what a doctor, a nurse, or a surgeon does, but when it comes to what a parenting specialist does there are myths around it. I can't tell you what other parenting coaches/consultants/specilaist does as everyone is different, but here's what I do. I always like to use Gordon Ramsay's show Kitchen nightmares as an

In my previous blogs, I have shared that working with a parenting and teen challenging behaviour specialist can help boost your confidence and skills as a parent, and offer you the support and reassurance you need when navigating the difficult journey  ( read here ) , helping you seeing the unseen , and helping you get to know how your family scritps influences your parenting . Today, I want to share the 4th reasons why it is important to work with a parenting specialist to h

How to choose the right parenting support when you feel burned out A lot of parents are feeling hopeless about the situations at home with their teenage children but they are suffering and struggling silently. It feels that they have invested so much financially and emotionally to help and fight for their teenage children yet they have nothing to show for. They see their friends' teenage children are doing well and living their best life, they feel heartbroken for theirs. The

I have been writing about the challenges of managing difficult teenager behaviour and how they are misunderstood, Your Unique Family Blueprint , Your Thriving Together Family Behavioural Map (TTFBP) and PEII Blueprint in the TTP Method . In this article, I will show you how everything unravels in the 90 days when we work together as if you are watching a film. But before I start, I would like to introduce you to the White Family (pseudonym to protect my clients’ confidential

I have been writing about the challenges of managing difficult teenager behaviour, how teens are simply misunderstood, Your Unique Family Blueprint and your Thriving Together Family Behavioural Map (TTFBP) . In this article, I will address the other important element in my TTP method - PEII Blueprint and how this can help address difficult family problems. As you all know that my name is Pei-I, and throughout my professional life, I have been working really hard to find the

I wrote about the challenges of managing difficult teenager behaviour, how teens are simply misunderstood and Your Unique Family Blueprint. In this article, I will address the other crucial element in my TTP method. Your family’s Thriving Together Family Behavioural Map (TTFBP). Before I dive in, let me ask you if you are the mum that reads every parenting book, attends every parenting class/programme, listens to every podcast, and consults Dr Google to help your troubled t

Why Parenting Strategies Aren’t Working for Your Teenager — And What You Need Instead In my previous blog, I mentioned the challenges of managing difficult teenager behaviour and how teens are simply misunderstood. In this article, I will address one of the crucial elements in my TTP method that is to look at Your Unique Family Blueprint. The simplest way to talk about “Your Unique Family Blueprint” is that this is the makeup of your family. This encompasses you as a perso

As I was researching the topics to write about what my expertise can help with, I had a shocking discovery..."How To Parent A Difficult Teenager" was the most searched phrase/topic on google, it made me cringe as it felt really labelling but at the same time, it also made me feel sad about the struggles parents are going through with their teenagers. They are simply misunderstood and not difficult. I knew this not just because of my professional experience, but also because I

Who are the villains - it’s important to know what they are if you want to break the cycle of challenging behaviour

Have you found yourself attend every parenting class and read every parenting book only to find out that they don’t work for you as a parent when it comes to parent your teens with challenging behaviour? Many parents have walked this path as I have had the privileges to help many of them to come out of this exhausting and hopeless cycle. The following are the insights from my experience. ✅ They don’t and can’t tell you what your unique family blueprint is. This is your uniq

I am feeling pretty stuck with my fitness and weight loss journey right now. 😁 It’s not because I haven’t got the time to eat healthy or do my exercise, although I keep telling myself to do it.. ❓So… why am I feeling stuck if these basics are not the problems for me?? I will come to this later… There seems to be a theme of stuckness everywhere I turned this week. There was someone feeling stuck about how to help a child, how to parent and connect with their teens, how to im

Self-Care: love and nurture yourself You must be thinking how self-care has anything to do with parenting your teens with challenging behaviour. It is a very valid question as most of us struggle to put ourselves first and some may even consider this a selfish behaviour because as parents, we need to put our children first. They need us. It is correct. Our children need us. They need a parent that is patient, caring, understanding, containing, consistent, loving and so on. W