I am an independent parenting practitioner, author, speaker and consultant. Nothing gives me more satisfaction than supporting parents and helping them improve their parenting style and ultimately, improving the relationship with their children.

 

However, my path has been long, involving much inner work, many setbacks, gains in resilience and ultimately, profound transformation.

 

Growing up, I was on the receiving end of what can only be described as the best and worst of two polar opposite parenting styles, so I know firsthand the impact that both positive and negative parenting can have on a child.

 

Like millions of parents who parented the way they were parented, I was no different.  My parenting style would pivot between strict and soft depending on the circumstance with no clear strategy or direction.

 

Needless to say, I made countless mistakes.  So much so that it propelled me to study the business of parenting and to research “what was the difference that made the difference”.

 

After 17 years of study and work, my parenting style is now completely different, however, it took much self-reflection and a deep dive into the parenting style of my parents and how they were parented. My lived experience has enabled me to empathise and understand when parents are feeling overwhelmed and under significant pressure.

 

My life as a parenting support professional started in 2008 when I became a Parent Support Advisor at Northwood Secondary school in Hillingdon.  There, I was able to see firsthand the impact of the internationally acclaimed, evidence-based Triple P Programme.  I provided extensive parental support through one-on-one consultations and spearheaded the Triple P Programme in partnership with Bell Farm Christian Centre, significantly bolstering parental competencies and the school's parent engagement ethos.

 

I went on to become the manager of the Pro-Parenting Department in 2011 at BFCC and became accredited in a wide range of the Triple P interventions.  During the early 2000s, I was involved, with my business partner, in Brilliant Women, a women’s networking social enterprise and in 2012, as a passionate advocate for children having happy lives, I launched Brilliant Parents, as the parent-support arm of that organisation. In 2017, Brilliant Parents was incorporated as a separate social enterprise and then became a charity in 2021. 

Over the 12 years that I was CEO of Brilliant Parents, I managed a team of five staff, 15 independent Triple P practitioners and a further 15 volunteer parent champions.  I was able to help hundreds of parents and thousands of children to live happier, more stable lives.  The charity delivered the Triple P seminars, discussion groups and courses in the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Harrow, Haringey and Chelsea and Westminster.  Over the course of seven years, Brilliant Parents was the sole approved parent-support provider in the London of Borough of Hillingdon.  In addition, I supported parents via the North East London NHS Foundation Trust and female inmates at HM Holloway and Downview prisons.
 

I am proud of my work to date, but there is still much to do as I recognise that improving children’s lives by supporting parents is my calling.

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