The Knowing Family
For Families ready to lead with awareness and connection.
The way we lead our families shapes the way we lead the world.
Family life doesn’t come with a manual.
We’re all learning as we go, balancing expectations, emotions, and the constant pull between doing and being.
In the rush of everyday life, it’s easy to find ourselves managing our families instead of truly leading them; reacting, rushing, and missing the quiet moments that matter most.
But beneath every moment of frustration, disconnection, or misunderstanding sits something deeper, the unspoken drivers of our behaviour.
Our emotions, beliefs, and fears quietly shape how we show up, what we model, and how we respond to the people we love most.
In a world that looks nothing like the one we grew up in, where young people are navigating pressures we never faced,
understanding those drivers isn’t optional anymore, it’s essential.
Our intention is always to love, protect, and connect… but our impact can tell a different story when we’re reacting from what sits beneath the surface.
The Knowing Family is designed to close that gap.
To help parents and young people understand themselves and each other with greater awareness, empathy, and honesty, and to bring that awareness into every interaction at home.
This isn’t about perfection, it’s about presence, and personal leadership, and creating a home where everyone feels safe enough to be seen, heard, and understood.
What’s Included
Session One: Understanding Ourselves and Each Other
We all have reasons for the way we react, patterns shaped by our experiences, beliefs, and the stories we’ve carried without realising it.
In this session, you’ll uncover what drives your responses and those of your family, using the Iceberg and SCARF frameworks to explore the link between emotion, safety, and behaviour.
You’ll learn:
Why certain situations or tones trigger strong reactions , and how to pause before responding.
How the brain’s need for safety drives behaviour (for both adults and teens).
What’s really sitting beneath tension, defensiveness, or withdrawal, and how awareness can shift everything.
By the end of this session, you’ll begin to see your family dynamics differently, through the lens of understanding, not frustration.
This is where compassion starts to replace confusion.
(Backed by emotional intelligence research, neuroscience, and positive psychology, but taught in a way that feels real and relatable.).
Session Two : Communication That Connects
Once we start seeing what sits beneath behaviour, the next step is learning how to bring that awareness into how we communicate, because even with the best intentions, our words can land differently to how we meant them, especially when emotions are high.
This session helps you move from reactivity to reflection, building habits that strengthen trust and emotional safety at home.
You’ll explore:
The difference between hearing to fix and listening to understand.
Why tone and timing matter as much as words.
How to communicate in ways that calm, instead of escalate, when tension arises.
Simple repair strategies that rebuild trust and teach accountability to young people through example.
You’ll learn how to bring calm, honesty, and compassion into your conversations, even the hard ones, because connection doesn’t come from saying the perfect thing, but from creating space where honesty can be heard and received.
By the end of this session, you’ll have practical tools to turn emotional awareness into everyday communication; the kind that strengthens relationships, even in the messier moments.
(Grounded in emotional intelligence, positive psychology, and years of lived experience supporting families, and leaders.)
SSession Three: The Knowing Self Family Experience
This is the session where it all began.
After supporting my own daughter through significant mental health challenges, I found myself asking one powerful question:
What do our young people need to know and understand about themselves, and what do we, as parents, need to see differently to meet them where they are?
That question became The Knowing Self session, an honest, compassionate exploration of the inner worlds our children are navigating, and the emotions that often sit unspoken beneath their behaviour.
Now, adapted for families, this session opens the door to the conversations many of us wish we’d had earlier, about identity, pressure, belonging, friendship, shame, and expectations.
You’ll explore:
What’s really happening beneath the surface of behaviour, and how understanding it changes everything.
The emotional realities today’s young people face that didn’t exist when we were growing up.
How to recognise and talk about shame in a way that heals, not harms.
The difference between strength and self-protection, and what true emotional safety looks like at home.
This is a session that makes people pause.
It invites reflection, compassion, and honesty, and creates a bridge for families to reconnect in real, grounded ways.
This is the session to come together as a family, to press reset, to lead differently, and to give a voice to the challenges that so often go unspoken.
(Includes a downloadable Family Reflection Guide with prompts and conversation starters to help you continue these discussions with care and confidence.)
At the heart of every strong family is the ability to understand what drives us; the emotions, fears, and hopes that shape the way we show up for each other.
When we slow down long enough to notice those things, something changes: conversations soften, reactions turn into reflection, and connection starts to feel safe again.
That’s what The Knowing Family is really about, creating a home culture where everyone feels seen, valued, and heard, where leadership is modelled, not imposed, and where compassion replaces control.
How It Works
Everything about The Knowing Family is designed to fit gently into the rhythm of your life, no overwhelm, no fixed times, no pressure.
1️⃣ Access on Your Own Time
Once you purchase, you’ll receive immediate access to all three video sessions and downloadable resources.
Each session runs for around 45 minutes and can be watched at your own pace.
2️⃣ Reflect and Reconnect
You can watch the sessions alone, with a partner, or as a family.
The workbook and reflection guides help you put the learning into real conversations, one moment at a time.
3️⃣ Keep the Momentum Alive
You’ll have lifetime access, so you can revisit the sessions anytime your family needs a reset or reminder.
Many families choose to rewatch together once or twice a year, it’s a beautiful way to stay aligned.
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