Our Approach
We offer substantive, research-based, collaborative, immersive, and transformative circles that leave parents feeling heard, seen, and empowered with tools and resources to parent in a way that speaks to their values and beliefs and reaches their goals.
Our circles are an investment in one’s parenting, oneself, and in family. We carve out the time and hold a space that is rooted in YOU: what matters to YOU, who YOU are, who YOUR children are. Not a prescription or pedagogy or philosophy you need to adopt, commit to memory, and then flog yourself for not being able to follow or remember. It is not rigid. It is not didactic nor dogmatic. It is not about us—it is about YOU.
You are likely to laugh in commiseration and self-deprecation with your fellow parents. You will be moved, sometimes to tears, as you remember who your child is, who you are, and what you want for them. You will feel seen, heard, known, and held as you do the important and urgent work of clearing out what gets in the way of the messages you want to send to your children. You will find clarity, simplicity, and strength in the concepts, models, and resources you learn and internalize. The tool kit you leave our circles with is tailored to you, your child, your life, and your values.
About the “Fear and Fantasy” Framework
“Fear and fantasy” is where many of us go as parents, especially in those sweaty, gritty, frustrating moments. We call them POTs, or Points of Tension. They trigger us and send us hurtling toward archetypal parenting models of which we are neither proud nor aligned with philosophically. When we react or parent from a place of fear and/or fantasy, we scramble the message both for ourselves and for our children about what really matters to us: our values, our goals, who we are and who they are.
“Darcy and Abby helped us to get clear on what actually matters to us—and how to make these values visible in our parenting. They challenged us to think deeply about how we communicate with our children, and we are more intentional in our relationships with them as a result.
Finally, the ‘Fear and Fantasy’ framework is incredibly helpful when navigating what had previously felt like sticky parenting moments. There is truly no better investment!”
—Blair, parent of a 3 year old and a 1 year old
