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Tell Me It Will Be OK: The Practice

Parenting has never been more challenging especially for empathetic parents of sensitive kids. TELL ME IT WILL BE OK: The Practice is a weekly, guided practice that gives quiet, calm, reflective space for you to connect with your wisdom and intuition, and to learn more about parenting anxious children in a worried world.

• This is not a list of things you’re doing wrong.
• This is not a bunch of one size fits all parenting advice.

This is a place to remember what you already know. (And to learn some new stuff along the way.)

Each session is approximately 30 minutes. I help us get grounded; share resources, inspiration, and information; and then using thoughtful prompts we journal together to move you forward in your understanding. It also includes access to our own private community.

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Our Story

Because you can’t change a child like you change a tire.

And you can’t build a relationship the way that you build an Ikea bookshelf.

If you want things to feel different for yourself, your child, and your family, sometimes the work isn’t about finding the perfect parenting strategy.

Sometimes the work is about slowing down enough to understand what’s happening underneath it all.

Reflective practices can help us develop greater self-awareness and insight — creating space for meaningful change rather than simply reacting to whatever happens next.

The Practice gives you protected time and thoughtful guidance to do that work.

What parents are saying

Testimonials

Thanks to the families who have generously allowed me to share their kind words here!
(Note: These are not their real first names because I’m all about confidentiality!)

★★★★★

It was the best investment in time because it checked all the boxes! Grounding techniques, Deep breathing, journaling and therapeutic insight into anxious parents and parenting anxious kids.

Daphne, parent to an anxious child

★★★★★

The Practice gave me space I didn’t even know I needed.

Marcus, parent to an anxious child

★★★★★

The Practice is a good way to uncover ways you may be unintentionally limiting both yourself and your child. It’s ultimately empowering to know you can do things differently and honor your individual respective journeys in the process.

Elise, parent to an anxious child

You don’t have to wait until you have everything figured out.

In fact, that’s exactly why this practice exists. Give yourself 30 minutes a week to stop. To breathe. To reflect. To listen to yourself.

To consider your child and your relationship from a little more spaciousness. And then take what you discover with you into the rest of your week.

Tell Me It Will Be OK: The Practice

$25 for the entire year
Your subscription includes:

✓ A new guided reflective journaling session each Monday
✓ Approximately 30–40 minutes of guided practice each week
✓ Access to the complete archive of sessions
✓ The ability to listen at your own pace and revisit your favorites
✓ A private community where you can share epiphanies, ask questions, and connect with other parents
✓ Ongoing resources, support, and guidance from me

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Join now for $25/year. Your rate is locked in when you join. The price increases to $45/year in 2027.

Yes — I want the practice

Not sure yet?

That’s exactly why you can try a session first.

There’s no need to decide whether The Practice belongs in your life based on a description. Listen to a free session. See what happens when you give yourself a little protected space to reflect. Then decide.

A note about what The Practice is — and isn’t

Why Reflective Journaling?

research informed and evidence based

Better Emotional Regulation

Reflective practices significantly improved affective control (and parent-child relationship quality).

Isfahani, R., Shahidi, M., & Dehghani, A. (2025). Examining the Effectiveness of Reflective Parenting Training on Emotion Regulation and Parent-Child Relationship in Mothers with Children Under 6 Years. Applied Family Therapy Journal.

Increased
Well-Being

Structured self-reflection practices can improve resiliency and capacity in parents under stress.

Fomani, F., Mirlashari, J., Nia, H., Begjani, J., Khoshakhlagh, F., Shiri, M., & Teymuri, E. (2022). Exploring the effects of self-reflection practice on cognitive emotion regulation and resilience among mothers of premature neonates. Nursing Practice Today.

Improved Child Outcomes

Parental reflective functioning is connected to more attachment security.

Camoirano, A. (2017). Mentalizing Makes Parenting Work: A Review about Parental Reflective Functioning and Clinical Interventions to Improve It. Frontiers in Psychology, 8.

Dawn Friedman MSEd

For more than 30 years, I’ve helped hundreds of children, teens, and families move through challenges — ordinary and extraordinary — by teaching parents to connect to their own wisdom and strengthen the relationship with their child. My passion is using evidence-based, research-informed strategies to help parents use the power of connection to cultivate ongoing growth and resilience.

You can learn more about my training and background by heading here!

Dawn Friedman MSEd

Gift yourself the time

30 minutes once a week and our private community space inside the platform to share your epiphanies, ask questions, and cheer each other on. I’ll be there to respond and support you every step of the way. Just $25 for the entire year!

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