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Every-so-often I bring you an interview
and giveaway with one of Clean's sponsors. It's a great opportunity to
discover a new small businesses and also a friendly reminder that there
are alternatives to the mass-produced products, big-box stores, and the
status-quo.
Each sponsor is carefully hand-picked and their interviews never cease to inspire me. Enjoy!
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I'm happy to introduce you to Mary of Positive Path Coaching today. Read on for some wonderful insights and your chance a free two-hour parenting coaching session. Mary is also offering an incredibly generous 50% off of your first coaching session.
What is your company and how long have you been in business?
am the proud principal at Positive Path Coaching (how's that for
alliteration?) which I started in 2012. As a Parent Coach I support
parents in creating the family life they desire. In today's world, with
industry-generated culture so pervasive, but support from extended
family and good parenting role models not readily available, parents are
hungry for affirmation and support to stay on track with what they
truly – in their hearts – want for their family.
What inspired you to go into this line of work?
many years of working with children in all sorts of settings – child
care centers, home child care, Waldorf nursery school, progressive
elementary school, Waldorf high school – I decided that to see the
change I dreamed of in children's lives, working with parents and
communities was the way to go.
(now 9, 12, and 19), I went back to school and did a year-long
graduate-level course through The Parent Coaching Institute to become a certified Parent Coach.
It
was the best decision I ever made! My work with parents is very
rewarding. My formal background in Early Childhood, time as an at-home
mama, homeschooling mama, single mama, working mama, and mama of three
quirky kids, has prepared me well to be an empathic and understanding
listener of what is going on in parents' lives.
The beautiful dreams
that parents have for themselves and their children frequently bring
me to tears. I help them get from the craziness of everyday life to
those gorgeous dreams by using questions to open up thinking, suggesting
tools to try, helping to shift perspective, and always, ALWAYS,
focusing on the positive and what is working right now.
To see them walk
out feeling excited to get to it is inspires me.
How do you believe you and your business are bringing good into the world?
changes in their family life during coaching: experiencing less
fighting, yelling, and resentment, building a stronger bond with their
child/ren, enjoying life more, finding time for self-care, feeling clear
about their family values and actually living them.
work with a parent or couple to guide them through the process. First,
we look at the current situation, both what is hard and what is good,
strengths of parents and children, and what supports are already in
place. Then together we identify their dream. I ask, If you woke up
tomorrow and life was just the way you want it in your family, what
would that look like? What would it feel like?
have a picture of this ideal life we start with baby steps in working
toward that dream. It seems like a pie-in-the-sky thing that is
unattainable at first, but with little steps, information on
development, new attitudes, new tools, appreciating what you love about
your life, taking care of yourself, all these little steps start to work
together synergistically to shift things and suddenly – and this is my
favorite part – it's like magic occurs and there you are living your
dream!
have said, "My 12-year-old son told me he loved me and asked if we could
do something together!", "My 5-year-old played at her violin recital
without any crying or complaining", "Our family had the most wonderful
time last night. We had a fire and read out loud and just enjoyed each
other. No one ever asked to turn the tv on!", "My toddler is no longer
hitting", "I feel like I'm not running on fumes anymore". In each case
these outcomes would have been unthinkable a couple months before.
the greatest things is that each family I have the honor to work with
becomes part of a ripple in the pond. If their lives improve and they
share the ideas with another family and it helps with their
relationships, and those kids grow up to be kind and caring parents who
share some insights with another…the ripples just keep moving out and
making the world a better place, one family at a time.
coaching is just as effective via phone or video chat as it is
face-to-face so location is not an issue. This model has been used with a
very wide variety of families and is very successful. Rather than
trying to fit everyone into the same mold, each coaching series is
tailored to your specific family dynamics, values, and schedule.
people in my neck of the woods (Northfield, MN) I also do public
speaking gigs and parent support groups. Please feel free to contact me
for more info about either private or group coaching.
Today Mary is giving away a generous gift of two hours of coaching to one lucky reader! Just leave a comment below for your chance.
Comments are now closed. We'll choose a winner by Monday.
And for all Clean readers, contact Positive Path Coaching before July 30 for 50% off your first session! Just mention that you found Mary through Clean.
Thank you Mary!
I just moved to Northfield a year ago and have been intrigued with Mary and what she does. Would be lovely to win. I’ve been a happy shopper of LuSa Organics for years and it’s nice to see Mary featured with this great company as well.
I love Mary and LuSa organics!
this sounds amazing. I would love a chance to talk to Mary.
I sure could use this!
What a prize! PRICELESS!
My family is struggling. A recent death, job loss and now medical concerns with my oldest have left us tapped out and unable to find our (happy, healthy, loving) center. What a wonderful thing for Mary to offer!
I’ve struggled to find resources to help us with our 4 year old. We want to have a peaceful, harmonious home, but at times this seems very difficult to achieve. I’d welcome the chance to try something new.
Wow, very neat. 🙂
We have two four year olds. My wife and one of our girls struggle in relationship and we would love some guidance to heal their relationship and work toward a more positive exchange. Many thanks for the opportunity!
pick me! pick me! what a great prize! thanks for the opportunity!
I think this opportunity could really benefit me. We are heading into a big change in the fall and I would love to talk through how to transition with grace. Thanks for the chance.
Just reading this has brought up a lot of emotions for me. I’m constantly asking myself how I can be the parent I want to be. Keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks for the chance.
What an inspiring story and great idea for a business. I’m sure we could all use a little help in the parenting realm to make our lives more serene with more of the good times and fewer avoidable bad times. I have my fingers crossed too!
Thank you for this amazing opportunity! Everyday I strive to be the parent I want to be, but feel I could really use some help and guidance! Thank you!!
How incredibly wonderful! Feeling like this would be rather helpful for our family on many levels.
What an amazing thing. Our family certainly could use the positive encouragement.
I love the idea of identifying your family dream! Thanks for the chance to have this amazing experience.
Mary and her coaching sound wonderful. What an opportunity! Thanks for such an exciting giveaway!
I am definitely not the patent I imagined being , I’m far more human and fallible. I’ve 3 kids 6 and under, one with sensory issues, and a partner who has a two hour commute every day. I have been actively seeking more clarity. This sounds wonderful.
We can all use a little help! Thanks.
What a great giveaway
Identifying dreams, goals, values together can only lead to a purposeful life. Thanks for the chance.
I’m struggling right now with my vision of my family’s future. I’d love some clarity.
What a fantastic business and giveaway. I have questions already!
Thank you for this interview and introduction. We have been looking for a parenting coach to help us on our path towards peace in our home. I will be taking advantage of the Clean reader discount for sure.
Thank you again!
Yes, please. I would love this opportunity.
Positive Path Coaching sounds wonderful. I just started reading a book based on a philosophy that sounds similar to yours: Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I would be so happy to have some coaching – I have two little boys with developmental delays – the love is not always flowing around my house the way I would wish it to . . . maybe some coaching would help . . . ?
At first I thought… that’s a nice giveaway.
after today, I thought, maybe I should enter!
wow. this sounds wonderful! what a service they are providing to humankind. and not putting any “copy right” on it either! wonderful spirit. God bless them.
This is such a generous giveaway! I am a single-mama with 3 children ranging in age from 31 to 2. I most definitely welcome your coaching. Thank you!
Our family could certainly use this! Thank you for the chance! Xoxo
Interested in this for sure!
Fingers crossed!! Thanks for this opportunity!
Thanks for the opportunity such a generous gift!
What a lovely give away! And it could not come at a more perfect time…fingers crossed!
I definitely can use this opportunity. Right now, I am just trying to keep my head above water. Thanks!
I would love the opportunity to talk to Mary. Thank you so much for the chance.