The Empowered Parent Pathway: Free Online Workshop
August 27th, 2025 19:00PM CEST
Self-Regulation Reset
Stress Less & Love More
A powerful 90-minute live workshop to help reset your nervous system!
Learn how to balance all those life moments mindfully (the good, the bad, and the ones you’d rather forget) so you can model them to your child in a way that you can be proud of.
We've all been there!
Parent-Centered Support to Benefit
the Whole Family
This Workshop is For You if
✓ You love your kids deeply, but want a new story with more connection and less stress
✓ You want to feel less overwhelmed, but don’t know where to start
✓ You need support creating new habits and routines that make it easier to co-regulate from a calm and centered space with your child
✓ You aspire to support your child’s regulation by mastering (and using) tools and techniques to self-regulate yourself, so you can be that excellent model for your child.
Spot & Stop the Unconscious Thoughts & Behaviors That Lead to Overwhelm & Disconnection
What You Can Expect
✓ Tips on how to build a nervous system foundation - so your calm isn't dependent on external factors (your child's behaviour)
✓ 3 essential strategies for self-regulation to easily integrate into your life (with no added time commitment)
✓ A 5-minute guided practice to reconnect with your body and breath, so you can soften the stress response and co-regulate with calm and compassion (for both you and your child)
✓ Tried and tested tips to move from reactivity and regret to responding with patience and presence (and modelling how to tackle life's challenging moments with ease)
✓ Sustainable and immediately actionable strategies to enhance your (and your child's) mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
✓ A strong foundation to start your self-regulation success while showing your child how to do the same
About Your Facilitator, Dr Elizabeth Joy Shaffer
With 25+ years of experience as a therapist, keynote speaker, educator, published researcher, contributing author and devoted mother, my mission is to empower all individuals (especially the neurodivergent community) with the information, tools, and support needed to live to their fullest potential with less stress and more joy.
Since completing my degree in Rehabilitation Sciences (University of Pittsburgh) in 2001, I have worked with thousands of children, parents, and schools globally. You can read my published research on Decreasing Stress for Parents of Neurodiverse Children here.
Drawing on lessons learned from my own professional and personal parenting experiences, I created the Empowered Parent Pathway: a program for parents worldwide to reduce parental stress and foster meaningful connections between children and their caregivers.
I am also a contributing author to The Highest Frequencies of Love: Unconventional Solutions for Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum and The Perfectly Imperfect Parent.
Change is Never Easy – But it’s Easier When You’re Not Alone
Together, we can make this journey lighter!
Participating Parents' Perspectives
Audry
"Dr. Shaffer is not only knowledgeable but extremely empathetic and relatable. She shares and opens up fearlessly about her own parenting experiences to invite a safe space for parents and caregivers to get support, be heard, and get inspired! She is a privilege to meet and learn from. She is a true gem!"
Mother of 6 y/o girl with autism
Darcy
"Excellent resource for parents looking to make that leap from frustration to problem-solving mode. Parents will gain the confidence that working to regulate our own emotions and stress will help us carve out a safer space and a calmer environment for both parents and children to thrive."
Grandmother of two highly spirited boys
Ida
"My relationship with my son has completely changed. I have replaced feelings of guilt and resentment with love and acceptance. Thank you!"
Single Mother of 9 y/o child with developmental days
Tracy
"This is extremely helpful. Clearly, we need to reduce our own stress and stress in the household in order to help the kids reduce theirs."
Mother of two teens with special needs
Embracing mistakes is essential to the human experience. Every misstep offers us valuable lessons that contribute to our growth. However, there are ways of approaching life that make it easier for both us (parents) and our kids.
This is not a parenting workshop, but a parent-centerd training that will give you the tools to create a strong foundation for self-regulation, physical, emotional, and mental health and well-being, so you can then show your child through your example how to care for yourself in a way that allow you to feel less stressed and more in control of life.
Because our children learn from what we do, not what we say, when we do better, our kids do better. However, life doesn't come with a manual, nor does raising a human being. So, join us and get the support you need to support your child's needs, from a "full bucket" with a bit more fun and joy.
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