Episode 35 | What Is Parent Coaching And How Can It Help You

In this month’s episode, Janet welcomes Ulrica Jobe, an educator, counselor, and workshop facilitator with extensive experience working with parents, children, families, and teachers. Ulrica is the founder of True Compass, an organization with a mission to support social-emotional learning and provide family coaching and counseling services. She also serves as the Parent Coach on staff at The Giving Tree, a counseling center in Toronto.

Janet and Ulrica engage in a conversation about the concept of parent coaching and delve into the specific challenges that children face and how having a parent coach would help in these areas. She explains that her role involves equipping parents with tools to respond to their children rather than merely reacting to their behaviors.

She places significant emphasis on effective communication, nurturing parent-child relationships, and demonstrating to children that parents are also human, prone to mistakes, and learning alongside them.