would you like to find calm in the eye of the storm?

you are so welcome here, wherever you are on your parenting journey

Are you craving some direction and practical tools, both to deal with the ins-and-outs of everyday parenting but also to have a broader perspective?

Perhaps you’re already trying to be a respectful and calm parent but you find your current strategies aren’t working and the tantrums, aggression and rage aren’t going away?

Are you feeling uncertain about where you are in parenting? Perhaps you feel you are drifting without direction, barely managing to stay afloat?

  • Are you willing to parent without time-outs, punishments and threats but don’t know how to get your children to cooperate?

  • Do you have a sense you would like to parent differently from how you were parented but not sure how?

  • Perhaps you’re already trying to be a respectful and calm parent but you find your current strategies aren’t working and the tantrums, aggression and rage aren’t going away?

  • Maybe your struggling with all the big emotions (from you and your child)?

  • Are you craving some direction and practical tools, both to deal with the ins-and-outs of everyday parenting but also to have a broader perspective?

  • Do you yearn for more cooperative children and to have fun while you parent confidently? Together we can parent with more compassion and empathy and find your true parenting instinct, wherever you are on your parenting journey.

my offerings

potty training course

  • A clear and reliable method to transition from nappies to the toilet, based on the understanding that toilet learning is simply learning about our bodies.

elimination communication

  • EC is the original human infant pottying method. It is the natural alternative to full-time diapering and conventional potty training.

toddlers and preeschoolers

  • Unlocking Toddlerhood: Empowering parents to navigate the wonderful world of early childhood (Ages 1-5)

mothers' circles

  • A safe space of curiosity, community and connection at the most essential level of our shared human experience. Circles in person and online.

1:1 consultations

  • Personalised support for parents who want to parent with purpose, trust and embrace their own humanness.
    Book a 20-min Discovery call

  • "THIS COURSE GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO POTTY TRAIN MY TODDLER AT 22 MONTHS. MARU’S STRAIGHT FORWARD APPROACH PROVIDED ME WITH A CLEAR PLAN AND THE TRAINING ITSELF WAS A GREAT SUCCESS - WE EVEN FOUND THE POTTY TRAINING PROCESS REALLY ENJOYABLE AND OUR TODDLER HAD FUN TOO! WITHIN A WEEK IT JUST BECAME PART OF OUR ROUTINE AND DEFINITELY LESS HASSLE THAN NAPPIES. I’M NOW WONDERING WHY I DIDN’T POTTY TRAIN MY TODDLER MONTHS AGO!"

    Jenni, mum of three, January 2020

  • "THE WORKSHOP WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE AND GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO POTTY TRAIN MY SON 'EARLY' - AT 21 MONTHS. THE APPROACH WORKED JUST AS MARU SAID IT WOULD, AND WE ARE VERY HAPPILY NAPPY FREE. IT FELT QUICKLY ESTABLISHED AND IS SO MUCH EASIER THAN NAPPIES!"

    Eloise, March 2020