The Masterful Parenting Podcast - Heal Your Childhood and Parent Better Through Relational Parenting

Anne Alvares is a parent coach, educator, and the founder of the Masterful Parenting Program, known for helping families build stronger, healthier relationships through relational parenting and healing from childhood wounds.

🧠 Background & Experience

  • Anne has over 20 years of experience working with families as a school counsellor, teacher, and parent coach.

  • She has spent 15+ years supporting teens and their parents, giving her deep insight into emotional development and adolescent challenges.

  • She’s also a mother of two, bringing firsthand parenting experience to her work.

đŸŒ± Her Story & Approach

Anne’s coaching is shaped by her personal healing journey—she grew up experiencing childhood pain, including abuse, controlling parenting, and being parentified. This inspired her to heal those patterns and not repeat them with her own children.

Her mission is to help parents understand how their own childhood experiences influence their parenting, and to guide them in building confidence, connection, and emotional awareness.

💡 What She Teaches

Anne specializes in:

  • Relational Parenting: Prioritizing connection and understanding over control.

  • Healing from childhood pain so parents don’t unconsciously repeat old patterns.

  • Practical strategies to strengthen communication and connection with children.

  • Support through one-on-one coaching, group programs, and online courses focused on emotional regulation and relational skills.

🎧 Public Presence

Anne also hosts the Masterful Parenting Podcast, where she shares insights into how parents can heal, understand triggers, and foster healthy, connected relationships with their children.

❀ What Makes Her Different

Rather than simple tips or behavior modification, Anne’s approach blends emotional understanding, self-awareness, and healing, helping parents not just change behavior, but transform relationships.

In short, Anne Alvares is a coach who helps parents move beyond outdated patterns and cultivate calmer, more connected family lives rooted in understanding, healing, and relational awareness. 

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Episodes

Tuesday Feb 20, 2024

Emmalou Penrod is a Show Host with Win Win Women. Her show is called Healing Your Families. She is a Family Relationship Coach with a Master of Arts in Educational Counseling. She is a retired schoolteacher and author of the book, Navigating the Educational System. She has been married for 50 years to David Penrod. They are the parents of 7 children and grandparents of 19.  Link to Emmalou's show is below 👇
https://winwinwomen.tv/show/healing-your-families

Tuesday Jan 30, 2024

Helen Verroux aka Coach Helen is a John Maxwell Certified Coach, an Educational Consultant, the Founder of the Raising Purposed Teen Leaders Movement (RPTL movement & Academy), The Author of The Success Guide For Teens and The Founder of the Success Guide For Teen Academy, the CEO of the vibrant international company called “The Keys For Success” that helps parents, youth organizations and schools to raise purposed teen leaders without compromising their moral values. She strongly believes that now is the time to equip young people to navigate effectively in this new economy with programs that not only revolutionize the educational system but that help teens to gain clarity on their purpose and understand the concept of financial freedom. She longs to help high school parents, educators and senior leaders to ignite their community, develop leaders and create meaningful connections. She has a passion for transformational leadership, personal growth, serving others and loves to discover different cultures.
Statement value: I help parents, youth organizations and schools raise purposed teens leaders
Join Facebook group: Set Up Your Preteen To Success
Instagram: @Thekeysforsuccess

Tuesday Jan 09, 2024

Jesse Sweed, fellow Parenting Coach,  is an American from Pennsylvania.  He has lived in South Korea, and now he lives in Spain. 
He believes that empowered parents raise empowered kids, so he has created frameworks to help parents of young kids to make parenting easy and fun.
#masterfulparenting #parentcoach #empowered #words #fun #kids

Tuesday Dec 19, 2023

Guest Alistair Moes is back for Part 2 where he will explain our blindspots as parents.
 
Alistair has run Moose Anger Management since 1995, and been in the counselling field since 1989. He leads a team of anger management therapists which include his partner in life and work, and co-owner, Alejandra Proaño, MPsy, MSc, MLit, PCC, RCC.
This experience includes working with anger and trauma, and historic abuse in a manner that honours each person and allows for deep healing, as well as looking at the practical tools of anger management.
During the last twenty-eight years he has worked with thousands of people, mostly men, who have made the phone call out of a desire to create change. Alistair helps people to connect to the intelligence that exists in their heads, hearts and bodies in a manner that invites a deeper connection with themselves, and those close to them. He works exclusively with self-referred clients, which includes those sent from the workplace, or strongly encouraged by a partner, family member, and unfortunately, sometimes, a lawyer.  His links are below:
Alistair’s Profile
linkedin.com/in/alistair-moes-2ba4048
Websites
angerman.online (Company)
healinganger.ca (Company)
Phone
6047235134 (Mobile)
Address
#203-402 West Pender Street www.angerman.ca
Email
alistair@angerman.ca
Twitter
LoseYourTemper
 

Tuesday Dec 12, 2023

Kelly has a passion for helping families, specifically moms. She spent the last 20 years educating, encouraging, and empowering families to be their best self and trust their strengths. She is a certified Gottman educator and Emotion coach as well as a certified positive parent strengths coach. She continues to support parents, coaches, and families through the various transitions that take place along the parenting journey. She is dedicated to helping parents step into their potential and become INCREDIBLE! 
Shine On!
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Kelly McGinnis / CEOIncredible FamilyMy LinkedIn Profile
 916.770.9394   kelly@incrediblefamily.com incrediblefamily.com/
   
 
#masterfulparenting #parentingcoach #parentcoach #children #strengths

Tuesday Dec 05, 2023

Jo is a Mum to a pre-teen and Step Mum to teenagers, a Parent Coach and the founder of UK based Invisible Thread.
Jo says “I know that parenting can be hard and I love helping parents find the balance and joy that they desire and deserve. Giving support to families is my passion without a doubt but gardening comes a close second and I can often be found knee deep in weeds in our very wild but heavenly garden. I often relate raising children to tending a garden especially the need to focus on the roots not the fruits. I support parents, like gardeners, to create loving, safe and nurturing environments for their children in which they can develop their sense of self and thrive”.
Jo works in partnership with the wonderful parenting support community Great Parenting Simplified which is a social care not for profit organisation that works internationally supporting parents through 1:1 coaching, parenting programs and longer-term parenting support groups.
Jo provides coaching on everyday parenting dilemmas such as screen time issues, bedtime struggles, school refusal and sibling rivalry as well as challenging situations such as children who have experienced trauma or received a mental health diagnosis such as Anxiety or PTSD. She offers a nurturing, attachment centred, trauma informed approach and holds an ICF accredited coaching qualification.
Jo is offering individual or group coaching online or face to face depending on your location. Contact Jo now for a free 30 minute ‘insight’ session.
Here is a link to a free parenting mini video series currently being offered by Jo’s partner organisation Great Parenting Simplified:
 Mini Video Series page to watch videos: https://greatparentingsimplified.com/mini-serieslandingpage 
Great Parenting Simplified Free Parent Support Session - booking link https://greatparentingsimplified.as.me/PSS
Jo can be contacted via email : jo@invisiblethreadpc.com or Telephone +44 7917784307
#masterfulparenting #parenting #bullying #supportforparents #children

Tuesday Nov 28, 2023

Jo is a Mum to a pre-teen and Step Mum to teenagers, a Parent Coach and the founder of UK based Invisible Thread.
Jo says “I know that parenting can be hard and I love helping parents find the balance and joy that they desire and deserve. Giving support to families is my passion without a doubt but gardening comes a close second and I can often be found knee deep in weeds in our very wild but heavenly garden. I often relate raising children to tending a garden especially the need to focus on the roots not the fruits. I support parents, like gardeners, to create loving, safe and nurturing environments for their children in which they can develop their sense of self and thrive”.
Jo works in partnership with the wonderful parenting support community Great Parenting Simplified which is a social care not for profit organisation that works internationally supporting parents through 1:1 coaching, parenting programs and longer-term parenting support groups.
Jo provides coaching on everyday parenting dilemmas such as screen time issues, bedtime struggles, school refusal and sibling rivalry as well as challenging situations such as children who have experienced trauma or received a mental health diagnosis such as Anxiety or PTSD. She offers a nurturing, attachment centred, trauma informed approach and holds an ICF accredited coaching qualification.
Jo is offering individual or group coaching online or face to face depending on your location. Contact Jo now for a free 30 minute ‘insight’ session.
Here is a link to a free parenting mini video series currently being offered by Jo’s partner organisation Great Parenting Simplified:
https://greatparentingsimplified.com/mini-serieslandingpage
Jo can be contacted via email : jo@invisiblethreadpc.com or Telephone +44 7917784307
#masterfulparenting #parenting #bullying #supportforparents #children

Tuesday Nov 21, 2023

This is Emmalou Penrod's interview with me on her show Healing Your Families. Thank you, Emmalou, for the opportunity to share my message to parents.
Having unrealistic expectations comes from our childhood. We felt unworthy and not good enough. Perhaps our parents had high expectations of us. So we strive for perfection and demand this from ourselves and from our children. This causes stress and anxiety in us and in our children.#masterfulparenting #healingyourfamilies #unrealistic #expectations #anxiety #mentalhealth #healthy #unhealthy #winwinwomen
 

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023

Michelle Mintz, M.S., CCC-SLP, The Early Development Expert's She has a background in Speech-Language Pathology for over 25 years, specializing in working with children from birth to 5 years old. Her therapy experiences inspired her to create her unique company, 
Baby Blooming MomentsŸ which empowers mom, dads, grandparents, siblings, and nannies with babies birth to three, to enrich the way they interact with their babies and toddlers. 
Through Baby Blooming Moments, available in the US and Internationally, families get one-on-one coaching experiences, virtually or in-person, to learn essential strategies that can be integrated throughout the day. Implementing her strategies and hands-on activities helps increase attention, communication, brain connections, emotional, social, intellectual, and physical development during those crucial early formative years when the most impactful brain development occurs – which helps all babies and toddlers bloom! Michelle also provides fun filled coaching experiences with the new baby's siblings about how to connect, engage and actually encourage ways to contribute to the new baby's growth and development. Michelle earned her B.A. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from U.C. Santa Barbara and her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Boston University before establishing her private practice in Santa Monica, CA in 1995, having decades of experience working with families. She is also the author of All Done Binky!, a book to help support families with babies and toddlers weaning off pacifiers.
#masterfulparenting #babies #braindevelopment #connection #eyecontact

Tuesday Nov 07, 2023

Christopher Mahan is a Family and Teen Life Coach, youth and Family Leadership Speaker and the author of Parental Leadership: 7 Principles to Lead Your Teen in the Digital Age.
After a 25-year career in the film and TV industry, Chris discovered his love of human behavior in 2011. In 2012 Chris began his BS in psychology with a concentration in child and adolescent development from Southern New Hampshire University. Chris co-founded Crazy 8 Freedom Inc., a non-profit organization to combat teen suicide in the Tampa Bay, Florida area from 2013 to 2014. Over the past 10 years, Chris has worked with several hundred young adults conducting over 6000 hours of his Empowerment to Employment workshops for ages 14-to 24. Chris teaches much-needed job readiness skills while assisting with emotional coping and self-advocacy skills, helping these young adults to become self-sufficient young adults in the workforce and life. Chris is the author of TAKE ONE! No Film School Required” now on Amazon. Chris is also a proud father to his two sons, Liam and Keagan. Social Media Podcast on Spotify LeadYourTeen. Leadyourteen.com Leadyourteen@gmail.com
 
#masterfulparenting #parentleaders #parenting #parentingcoach #parentcoach #teens #teenagers #suicideprevention #selfharm #emotions #weakfathers #expressemotions #labelling #mindset #warningsigns #beaware #helpingparents

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 Masterful Parenting

Does the pain from your childhood get in the way of you becoming the parent you want to be? Do you get triggered by what your child says and become over reactive and at times irrational. You are not alone, believe me. I too have carried pain from my childhood and I have struggled to be the parent I wanted to be. And parenting can be difficult at times. But what if I told you that there's a way to heal from your childhood pain, feel more energized, less reactive, more confident, and truly enjoy your children.



In the Masterful Parenting Program that runs for 8 weeks, I will help you become the parent you want to be. You will know how to heal from your own childhood, become more self-aware, learn how to connect better, and ways to communicate that touches your child's heart and ultimately have a healthy relationship with your child. I have helped many parents, as a high school counsellor, and I am also the mother of two boys, ages 23 and 13. My healing has come from by parenting and yours can, too.



If you want to heal, feel good about your parenting, less tired, more connected, and more appreciated by your kids, message me for a free 30 minute helping session and we will make a plan!



I truly believe parents can heal and raise healthy children and in doing this we will change the world. Let's do this!

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