Calming Your Inner Critic

Thursday Nights 2025

March 27, 2025 thru April 24, 2025

7:00 - 8:30 pm

Thursday Mornings 2025

May 22, 2025 thru June 19, 2025

10 - 11:30 am

Class Dates (3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24) or (5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12, 6/19):

Week 1: Understanding Your Inner Critic and Identifying Triggers
Week 2: Cultivating Self-Compassion and Reframing Harmful Self-Talk
Week 3: Strengthening Emotional Awareness and Mastering Self-Regulation
Week 4: Co-Regulating with Your Child and Improving Family Dynamics
Week 5: Integrating Skills and Building Sustainable Family Habits

Location:

145 W. Main Street, Suite 210

Tustin, CA 92780

Participation Fee:

$135 per person

$210 for two people (*)must be discussing the same child

Repeat Attendees:

$60 per person

$100 for two people

Scholarships & Tuition Assistance:

Anyone experiencing financial hardship should apply for a scholarship or tuition assistance. Funds for scholarships and tuition assistance are limited yet no-one is turned away because of finances. If you would like to request tuition assistance, please note that in the comments of the registration below.

urDiscovery Coach Lisa runs the parent class in-person. Classes consist of content that is highly interactive. The curriculum is sequential and builds upon the previous week.

A 5-week transformative journey led by Coach Lisa, a parent whose been there, designed for parents and caregivers of children with challenging behaviors, yet relevant for all adults.

This course equips you with practical tools to calm your inner critic, manage emotional triggers, and cultivate calmness in the face of parenting stress.

By learning how to self-regulate, you’ll discover how to co-regulate with your child, fostering a more peaceful and connected family environment.

Each week builds on the last, helping you develop sustainable habits that support long-term family harmony.

Class Details

Class is limited to 10 in person participants.
Pre-registration is required.
When registering, you are signing up for 5 Weeks.
This class is tailored for parents/caregivers and is taught by Coach Lisa, ICF ACC (Certified Professional Coach).
You will connect with other parents in a compassionate and non-judgmental setting.
You will learn from people who have actually been through what you are going through.

We invite all individuals to participate in our classes. HBCC & urDiscovery work to connect participants of those who identify as Black, Latinx/Hispanic, Asian, persons of color, LGBTQA+, persons with a physical and/or neurological disability, veterans, etc., to local community support groups here in Orange County for sustainability.

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Meet Coach Lisa

Coach Lisa

Lisa is a Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation, an author and program developer of "Taming the Inner Judge" and "Quiet Your Inner Critic to Stay Regulated", Lisa helps people transform destructive reactions into calm responses, fostering healthier relationships.

A compassionate professional with a diverse backgro

A compassionate professional with a diverse background, now devoted to self-development through understanding emotional intelligence, our inner voices and the role they play behind the scenes.

She has taken the Collaborative Problem Solving parenting course through HBCC and Stowell Learning Center, and has also completed the CPS Essential Training and the Advanced Concepts training. She is on the path to certification through Think:Kids.

As an individual who learned compensatory strategies to live with undiagnosed ADHD most of her life (now officially diagnosed and taking medication) she has lived the many sides of a complex life with her husband and 3 children (now adults). She understands the struggles and wins from an individual point of view (POV) and from the parent's POV.

After leading the Women's support group weekly throughout this past Summer, focusing on Quieting the Inner Critic, she is excited to continue this group at HBCC on the third Wednesday of each Month.

Lisa also is thrilled to lead the HBCC virtual Book Club.

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Helping the Behaviorally Challenging Child (HBCC) is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation whose mission is to enable children experiencing behavioral health challenges to lead more productive and inclusive lives. We work to transform these children's lives by deepening adults’ understanding of their behaviors, and promoting effective interventions that focus on connectedness, collaboration, and inclusion.

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