Community Highlights: Meet Jessica Kraitzick of Atlanta Conscious Parenting

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jessica Kraitzick.

Hi Jessica, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
It was winter of 2015 and I had just moved into my new home with my husband and three children. The boys were 7 and 10 and my daughter was 3. I had always prided myself on my parenting skills and in fact, I would say I felt a little superior to other parents who had so much difficulty with their children. My boys were so easy to parent. So when my life started to feel difficult with my children, especially my 3-year-old, I began to feel confused and worried. Why weren’t the tools I had used with my boys working with my daughter? I could feel myself not enjoying parenting anymore, I could feel myself irritated all the time. I knew that my relationship with my daughter was suffering and thankfully, I knew it wasn’t her fault. I needed to find another way to parent her, I needed new tools to repair our relationship. That is when I stumbled upon Conscious Parenting and I realized that this method is the only way to parent all children. I got certified in the Conscious Parenting Method as a certified coach in 2020. This method doesn’t rely on punitive tricks but instead focuses on the root of the issues that are going on. It teaches parents to look inward and focus on connecting with their children instead of constantly correcting them. Conscious Parenting has saved my relationship with my daughter and has strengthened my relationships with my boys, my husband, my family, and my friends.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The struggles are balancing work and life, carving out the time to build my business as well as how to market to a broader audience.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Atlanta Conscious Parenting?
We coach parents and families who are struggling in their relationships. Parenting is hard and many parents don’t enjoy being a parent, they are often wishing the moments away to get through the day. I shine light on the issues that parents are facing and help them get back the joy in parenting. I teach them how to truly connect with their children while addressing the problem that they are dealing with. Parents today are bogged down by their own expectations for their children and societies expectations of their own parenting and family. Parents don’t realize that they are on a different plain that their children. Parents are most often living in the past or the future. They are worried about what is going to happen in the future and what wasn’t done in the past. Children are focused on the present moment. Parents expect their child to worry about what they believe is important and that misalignment is one of the biggest reasons that the relationship suffers. The best part about being a child is the fact that they do live in the present.

Once parents understand this, they can learn to live in the present moment too. To let go of the constant worries about the past or future and enjoy the moment that is happening right then. This is just one example of how Conscious Parenting looks at parenting struggles through a different lens. What sets Conscious Parenting apart from traditional therapy is that I can coach people who are willing to look inwards to see results quickly. Conscious Parenting challenges traditional parenting and brings more joy into the lives of those who can implement the tools. I feel so strongly about how important it is to heal the parent and child relationship that I want everyone to learn Conscious Parenting. I offer a free session to see if this method is right for the client as well as a sliding scale so that anyone who wants to work on their family and self can do so.

Who else deserves credit in your story?
My business partner, Julie Leavitt, introduced me to Conscious Parenting. She is not only a huge resource for me but also a wonderful support system. I also turn to Dr. Shefali Tsabary, who founded Conscious Parenting. Julie and I both learned from her and received our coaching certificates through her program. She has been practicing for over 20 years as a clinical psychologist. She is extremely wise and I turn to her constantly to re-read her books and listen to her classes. My husband has been an amazing cheerleader and supporter. He didn’t understand the methods in the beginning but eventually saw the difference in me and our children. He too decided to learn about Conscious Parenting and begin his own journey to heal his relationships with our children and me.

Contact Info:

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