Reparenting Ourselves as Parents
Parenting challenges often trigger parts of our own childhood experience, shaping how we react, connect and set boundaries. By understanding and healing those patterns, we can become calmer, more intentional parents.
Reparenting Ourselves as Parents
📅 Tuesday Dec 2nd
🕡 6.30-7.30pm
🎥 Recording Available Afterwards
Suitable for parents, teachers and professionals
Parenting often brings up old patterns, emotions and experiences from our own childhoods... moments when we find ourselves reacting in ways we promised we never would, or struggling to stay calm and connected when our children need us most.
Reparenting is the process of understanding, soothing and supporting the parts of ourselves that didn’t get what they needed growing up, so we can parent our own children with greater compassion, balance and confidence.
Many parents find that stress, guilt or self-criticism stem not from what’s happening in the present, but from long-standing beliefs or unmet emotional needs. By learning to reparent ourselves, we can break intergenerational cycles, regulate our emotions and create the nurturing relationships we want our children to experience.
Research highlights that self-awareness and self-compassion in parents are key predictors of positive parenting practices, stronger parent-child bonds and lower stress (Moreira et al., 2015; Neff & Germer, 2018).
Who should attend?
- Parents and carers who notice that parenting triggers strong emotions, guilt or patterns from their own upbringing
- Professionals working with families, such as teachers, counsellors and psychologists, who want to understand and support parents’ emotional development
- Anyone seeking to cultivate calmer, more connected relationships with their children... and with themselves
- If you ever feel stuck in reactive patterns or want to parent with more empathy, patience and presence, this webinar will give you practical, evidence-based tools for healing and growth
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify how early experiences and attachment patterns influence parenting styles, emotional triggers and responses to stress
- Recognise the signs of unhealed patterns - such as perfectionism, emotional withdrawal or harsh self-criticism - that can affect parent-child connection
- Apply evidence-based strategies for self-regulation, self-compassion and emotional healing, including mindfulness, inner dialogue work and reframing old narratives
- Evaluate how to build healthier relational patterns that model emotional safety, authenticity and empathy for children
Remember: reparenting isn’t about blame - it’s about awareness and choice.
When we learn to nurture ourselves with the same patience and care we offer our children, we create homes grounded in safety, understanding and genuine connection.
If you’re a parent or carer who wants to break old cycles, respond rather than react, and build a calmer, more connected family life, make sure to book this webinar so you can begin reparenting yourself and transforming how you show up for your child and for you.
What you’ll receive
- CPD Certificate
- Copy of worksheets and summary slides
- Lifetime access to the recording and all materials
Your Instructor
Dr Lorraine Lynch is the Clinical Director of the Child Psychology Institute (CPI). She holds a Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology from London Metropolitan University (LMU) and is accredited by the HCPC and BPS. Her research thesis was based on the lived experience of children with Dyspraxia/Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) from the perspective of their parents. During her doctorate training, she completed placements in the private sector working on breastfeeding advocacy and support, and also within the NHS (Kidderminster Hospital, Birmingham) working on the promotion of digital health solutions. Dr Lorraine has won numerous awards within the social innovation and enterprise space, receiving a Social Entrepreneurs Ireland award in 2014, Enterprise Ireland's New Frontiers Award in 2021 and Network Ireland 'Power Within Champion' Award in 2022. Dr Lorraine is also the author of two books designed to promote children’s wellness - #100happydays4kids and Closing Saor’s Day.
Her most important role is a mother to three smallies, who serve as a constant reminder of how much potential exists within each child.
“Even the tallest trees always begin as a seed.” A. J. Darkholme