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Parenting Yourself First: Healing, Growth, and Connection
Your early life experiences can have a powerful impact on the way you parent. In this 1-hour e-course, you’ll learn how childhood trauma affects the brain, how your past shows up in parenting, and why caring for your own emotional health matters. You’ll also gain tools for self-compassion, calming your nervous system, and connecting with your inner child so you can grow into the kind of parent you want to be.
This course is for parents who want to understand how their childhood experiences—including trauma—shape their parenting, and who are seeking practical tools for healing, self-care, and self-regulation to strengthen their relationships.
What You’ll Learn
Here’s a quick look at the journey you’ll take through nine lessons, each designed to help you move from reflection to confidence in dating again.
- Lesson 1: Confronting the Past – Healing from Relationship Trauma
- Lesson 2: Managing the Moment – Understanding Attachment & Building Emotional Maturity
- Lesson 3: Getting to Know Me – Core Values and Personality Traits
- Lesson 4: Dating with Direction – Crafting Your Blueprint for Love
- Lesson 5: Setting Your Standards – Must-Haves, Wants, & Dealbreakers
- Lesson 6: Diving Back In – The Dating Pool and First Dates
- Lesson 7: Navigating New Romance – Are We a Good Match?
- Lesson 8: Safe and Sound – Building Trust and Intimacy in New Relationships
- Lesson 9: Next Steps – Moving Forward with Hope
Course Highlights / Features
This is a self-paced course that should take you about 3 hours, with additional time for reflection and journaling. Each lesson includes:
- A short teaching segment grounded in research.
- Stories and examples to bring the concepts to life.
- Active-learning exercises that invite you to reflect, write, and apply the material to your own situation.
Format & Features
- Self-paced online learning
- Lessons, activities, and reflection exercises
- Works on computer, tablet, or smartphone
- Digital certificate upon completion
- Lifetime access to materials
Special Benefits for Utah Residents
If you're a Utah resident, you can take the course for free.
Here’s how it works:
- Click here for a short survey to verify you live in Utah
- Receive an email containing a discount code for the full "Parenting Yourself First" course
- Enroll in the course
- Complete the course to receive a certificate