--- title: "Coaching for Parents & the Connected Family Course | Ana Vidmar Laharnar" description: "Stop the shouting, stay close to your teen, and break the patterns you inherited. Coaching and the Connected Family course for parents who love deeply and want calm, connected homes." url: https://anavl.com/parents/ language: en updated: 2026-09-18 --- For parents · Connected Family # Stay close to your child — *especially when it gets hard.* For parents who love deeply, yet find themselves shouting, nagging, or shut out behind a closed bedroom door. The moments you miss with your children don’t come back — and it is never too late to come closer. [Book a free discovery call](https://anavl.com/contact/#book) [The Connected Family course](#connected-family) What parents bring to me ## “I love them so much, *but I don’t always show it well.* ” ### Calm instead of reactive You promised yourself you wouldn’t shout like your parents did. Then the morning rush, the homework, the tone of voice — and there it is again, followed by guilt. ### Connection with your teen They used to tell you everything. Now it’s one-word answers, eye-rolls and a phone. You’re afraid that one day they simply won’t want to talk to you. ### Time and presence Even at the dinner table your mind is on the next thing. You don’t want to miss your child while you are busy providing for them. It starts with you ## In the kindest *possible way.* Children don’t need perfect parents. They need parents who can regulate themselves, repair after a rupture, and stay present. And that is almost impossible when you are running on patterns from your own childhood — patterns nobody chose on purpose. What used to be a village raising a child now has to be built consciously. Whatever is good for you as a parent benefits your child’s development. When adults remember their own aliveness, homes get lighter and children feel safer. **I don’t teach control. I teach connection.** Not techniques to make your child behave, but the inner work that lets you respond instead of react. 15 years working with children, teens and families 1,000+ children and their families supported 1.5 years of training with Jesper Juul, founder of FamilyLab 6 modules in the Connected Family course Two ways to work together ## Choose the support *that fits your family.* 1:1 coaching ### Personal coaching for parents The fastest and deepest route. We work on the pattern that gets triggered at home — often the one you absorbed as a child — with the same root-cause approach as all my 1:1 work. - Deep-Dive Session — €200 - WISE Premium, 3 months — €1,890 - Starts with a free discovery call [Book a free call](https://anavl.com/contact/#book) Online course Connected Family ### The Connected Family course €690one-time payment A self-paced programme with group coaching, for parents who want calm, connection and emotional safety at home. - 6 modules of short video lessons - Reclaiming time and presence for what matters - Staying calm instead of reactive - Emotional safety — especially when teens shut down or talk back - Group coaching with Ana [Join Connected Family](https://anavl.com/contact/?topic=Connected%20Family%20course#message) Not sure where to start? ## Start with *yourself.* The Connection Compass shows how you connect and where you lose yourself under stress — as a parent, as a partner and as a person. [Take the free quiz](https://quiz.anavl.com/)