About Me
Hi, I’m Charlotte, a certified conscious parenting coach and mum of two. I currently live in the countryside of West Sussex with my husband, son and daughter (no dog…yet!)
After graduating from University and studying for a year at drama school, I began my professional career as a secondary school English teacher. The journey from teacher to conscious parent began soon after I had my first child, and I found myself highly triggered; I was one of the first of my friends to become a mother, and I really struggled with the demands of parenting an, often highly unsettled, toddler. I threw myself into the study of parenting and learnt more about early childhood development and I discovered conscious, gentle and respectful parenting as alternative approaches, based on the most recent research in neuroscience, child psychology and adult therapies. After 8 years of learning about, and integrating these ideas into my own life, I felt so passionately about the impact that conscious parenting has had on me as a parent and my relationship to my children, that I enrolled in Dr Shefali’s Coaching Institute and studied under her to became a certified coach. I am now a member of the institute’s alumni programme, through which I continue my professional development, including peer supervision.
Conscious parenting is an approach to parenting that encourages us to examine our role as parents - specifically how our own unresolved emotional issues can create disconnection in our relationships with our children. It is also a way of navigating life that has an impact far wider than parenting. At the heart of it is a process of self discovery and healing, which leads to a calmer and more grounded sense of self, as a parent and in many other areas. This is a journey I have been on, and continue to be be on myself: By my mid-twenties, having spent many years in prestigious academic institutions, I had acquired significant knowledge and skills but, underneath the external expectations placed on me, I had lost any real sense of who I was. I had absorbed anxieties and desires from my surroundings which did not belong to me and did not serve me. The 8 years since I discovered conscious parenting have been a process of beginning to unlearn the unhelpful belief systems and dysfunctional behaviour patterns that I had formed in my early life.
At the heart of my conscious parenting work is a desire to help others unpack their own unique, inherited belief systems in order to stop the cycle of these patterns of thought and behaviour being handed down to the next generations. I am passionate about integrating Western modes of thinking with Eastern spirituality, which I immersed myself in whilst living in Bali for two years. My work is founded on a combination of Western Psychology, meditation and mindfulness, with an emphasis on translating these, sometimes abstract concepts, into penetrable and actionable ideas for parents to bring into their own lives.
As a conscious parenting coach, through personalised 1:1 coaching and dynamic group workshops, I support parents with both everyday challenges and significant life transitions. I specialise in helping parents cultivate emotional intelligence and understand child development, facilitating healthier, more harmonious relationships. I have supported parents through diverse situations, such as divorce, school or home transitions, and worked with parents of children experiencing anxiety, aggression, and neurodivergence.
