JENN DEAN
Jenn Dean is a parenting coach who founded Families Matter Most, an organization that helps families thrive. Having faced difficulties and challenges in her own parenting, she knows firsthand just how tough it can be! Jenn speaks online and all over Canada offering practical tools to families through private coaching, seminars, camps and workshops. Families Matter Most material is tailored to reach the heart, and the tools really work. Jenn's teaching style is lighthearted and empathetic- no judgment here! Find her at: www.familiesmattermost.com
2024 CONFERENCE SESSION
PAST CONFERENCE SESSIONS
SESSION: KEEP CALM WHEN YOU ARE FEELING HOT
You want to reach the hearts of your children, but this is impossible when negative emotions get in the way. This workshop teaches parents how to stay calm in any situation. You'll learn to recognize your own emotions such as anger or guilt and then assertively relate with your children in a way that doesn’t escalate emotions. This one session will change your relationship with your kids, and you'll have more peace in your homeschool day.
SESSION: OVERCOME NEGATIVITY AND DEVELOP A POSITIVE MINDSET
Being the parent AND the teacher puts you in a precarious position- you want to reach your child's heart, but you also need them to graduate! This tension can push ALL our buttons, and we can overreact, take everything personally and feel like a failure. Family Coach Jenn Dean will help you develop a positive mindset in the daily struggle of being both parent and teacher.
SESSION: SIBLING SQUABBLES - TURNING CONTENTION INTO COOPERATION
There are three huge roadblocks that make peace difficult in family life. Family Coach Jenn Dean breaks down how these roadblocks hurt relationships and gives practical solutions to increase cooperation in siblings. Also, stay to the end for some fun strategies to help brothers and sisters get along. You will change the atmosphere in your home today!
SESSION: THE LIES WE BELIEVE
Do you worry you’re ruining your child? Struggle with mom guilt? We all have emotions and issues we would avoid if we could. However, if we fail to deal with them in a healthy way, we won’t get out of the Pit of Despair. Let’s get freedom from the guilt, and homeschool from a place of peace.
SESSION: REAL ME
This is a workshop for preteens and teens to explore what makes them who they are.
Part of healthy resilience development is accepting ourselves wholly- our strengths and weaknesses, and learning to be kind to ourselves. For this activity kids will need a paper bag, or gift bag, or box, and markers. *if none of those are available pen and paper will do.