I am so thankful that I chose courage to gain fluency in this work. I am thankful I built consistent learning habits.

I am thankful I healed in ways I didn’t know I needed. Even when I felt overwhelmed, I did it! I showed myself I am capable!! I did it!!

This has absolutely changed the course of my family. When I found this work, I hated parenting & I didn’t want to do it anymore. I have a very strong willed child and we were aggressively fighting every day. When I found this program, it was a beautiful glimpse of hope. It was an answer to prayer.

One of the biggest blessings that I did not expect was that it changed my marriage in the most powerful way. I love my marriage now. We’re great friends & are working as a team. All of these skills we are doing as a family are all relationship based & just a way of life. And it’s just been so beautiful that all of my relationships have changed and it just started with being humble enough to start with myself.

I’m not an expert. I’ve just learned so much about how to keep showing up in those moments of imperfection. I am so much more aware of my mistakes. I’m compassionate about that. I just look at what I can do differently next time. My stress level is so much lower. And it’s trickling down to my kids & to my husband.

I’m passionate about changing the world and I think that it starts within our home. But first, it starts with us getting the help that we need. The Become a Parenting Coach program really helped me stay committed to this work to allow it to become a way of life so that I can now use my passion to help other families. Wendy has been a tremendous help in this journey & I couldn’t have been where I am without her. I am just so grateful.  

I am so proud of myself for doing this program that I felt called to even though I was scared, had scheduling stuff come up, had emotional stuff come up,  and often felt like the only person in my circle who thought this was legit…and I did it!

I am grateful that because of doing this I got so many aha moments, moments of closeness with my kids where before I know there would have been disconnection (and probably fear and hurt, too).

From chats with my tween that I wouldn’t have thought possible a year ago, to hearing my five year old say, “I don’t like that he said that” after a kid called him a belittling name, there’s evidence of this work pulsing through my family.

GEMS, I am statements, and win-wins are a natural part of us now and some of my favorite times with kids, not just tools to get to a closer relationship. I’m proud of myself and my courage, determination, and wisdom in completing this program!

I was a stay at home mom for years and never considered needing another job outside the home until I really dived into positive parenting. At one point, I remember just feeling like, “This stuff really works, and I think I want to help spread this to other families!” I asked Wendy about her own training and if she would have a certification program. She said, “One day…”

When I heard that Wendy was opening up her program for Becoming a Parent Coach, I literally shrieked with excitement! When I first met Wendy in 2017, I was so in love with the Fresh Start Family approach and everything she brought to the table.

Wendy’s program opening was the best thing that could have happened. I finally felt inspired and excited to get started because it was everything I had learned in the Foundations Course and at the The Fresh Start Experience and was already using in my own home. AND it would be with the one and only, fabulous, funny and totally authentic Wendy Snyder herself!

My husband was super supportive and encouraged me to pursue my interests and see where it led. I’m so glad I did. The program is so well thought out and really manageable to commit to.

Wendy was with us every step of the way and always ready to support and encourage us as we went through the training. The other parents I was in with were amazing to work with, too, and we found ourselves fast friends that could lean on and support each other the whole way through.

If you are finding yourself called to this amazing work, I wholeheartedly recommend Wendy’s program.

Helping families break painful generational cycles and really create a family of your dreams isn’t just a nice thing to say. It’s available to be a way of life and a shareable message we can help spread to families all over the world.

Anna: I feel so grateful that I really showed up these last seven months because there has been SO many shifts in life, at work, in my emotions, and still … I kept showing up.

I feel so thankful for positive parenting mastery because I now experience high levels of integrity day to day as I live life with my children.

Will:  As this program comes to an end, I reflect on how happy I am that I asked for help and received help, and the fact that I was WILLING to receive help to make this kind of parenting & connection based lifestyle work in our home.

I allowed myself to be taught despite the internalized belief that as a therapist, I already know this stuff. I worked hard, faced pain & also faced my own shame and chose compassion every step of the way.

I am thankful that I listened to God’s nudge that was telling me that life could be more peaceful because that’s exactly what has happened through this program.

Before I found Fresh Start Family, I did not think that was possible and I am just so proud of myself for saying “you can do this if you try & commit”. I am grateful that I did it, I have learned so much!