In some cases, when there's an opportunity that presents itself the decision is an immediate yes. In others, there is a contemplation period where we figure out how a new life shift will fit into our lives.

Change is never easy, even if that change is a step in the direction of what we know we’re meant for. Whether it’s a transition to a new lifestyle, or a new career – there can be doubts, fears or resistance around a huge life decision.

Even some of our most passionate Jai community members initially hesitated to fully embrace the opportunity to become a parenting coach and receive our parenting skills training. Today, this story is about Michelle Landau, passionate mom and parenting coach who took three years to take the leap. We hope you enjoy!

“The greatest gift I gave [my children] was doing this work”

Jai Parenting Coach Michelle Landau (who is now Jai’s Director of Customer Care & Experience!) began her journey towards becoming a certified coach when she knew that she wanted a career that could keep her closely connected with her kids.

After being a stay-at-home mom for a few years, Michelle knew that she wanted to do meaningful work that wouldn’t pull her away from spending time with her children, yet would also allow her to be a contributor to the household income. 

Michelle began reading about conscious parenting and she knew that becoming a parenting coach would support her in becoming the parent she dreamed of being for her kids, while also being able to help other families gain more peace, cooperation, and connection.

Even though peaceful parenting and Jai’s transformational parenting method felt so at home for Michelle, she felt fresh in her knowledge and didn’t know how she could be a parenting coach when she still had so much she wanted to change in her own parenting.

Having grown up in a dominant home, Michelle struggled with changing her previously inherited power-over parenting habits with her kids, and knew that there had to be a better way to parent.

“I knew I wanted better [for my kids].”

Even though Michelle knew that parent coaching would be a lucrative, fulfilling, and flexible career for her, she still had doubts about becoming a parenting coach. Between hesitancy surrounding the financial investment, looming impostor syndrome, and questioning how she wanted to put herself out there as a parenting coach, Michelle considered the Jai Parent Coach Certification Program for three years.

Michelle explains, “The deciding factor for me when I finally decided to take the leap was that you don’t have to know the whole picture. I wanted it for myself and my family first, and knew the rest would come.”

She knew the possibilities for her parent coaching career were endless; but she felt clear that she first wanted to take action for the transformation of her own parenting and connection with her kids.

Michelle says, “I just wanted to know that no matter how my kids were that day, that I could rest my head on the pillow at night and feel good about the way I parented that day.”

“What had me choose Jai, versus the other programs that I also researched, is that the work is fully parent-centric. I knew that I couldn’t control my kids, but I could control me.”

As soon as Michelle started her time in the program, she immediately knew she made the right choice. The transformation she witnessed in the relationship she has with her children was instant, and completely changed her perspective on what was truly possible in her parenting – and what she could share with other struggling parents.

Michelle says, “The moment I could keep myself calm, cool, and collected when my kids were melting down and it was a long day, and I experienced that transformation, I wanted everybody to have this. That for me was everything. It started with me.”

Michelle reflects, “I feel that the greatest gift I gave [my children] was doing this work. There has been no more important investment in my parenting than me doing the work to shift unconscious generational patterns.”

You can find Michelle Landau on her website www.thesovereignchild.com, as well as her Instagram @ladylandau.

A career of impact and purpose is the dream of so many people, but that doesn’t have to stay just a dream!  If you’re desiring a better way to parent, or a career that lifts up your parenting while your parenting lifts up your career, consider becoming a Transformational Parenting Coach today!