I'm a parent, a teacher, and someone who has sat exactly where you are now

My background

Based in Dubai, I work with parents across the UAE and internationally - online and in person. I'm a former primary school teacher with over 20 years in education.. as a primary school teacher. I worked with hundreds of children - watched them thrive, struggle, shut down, and open up. I learned a great deal about how children develop, what they need, and what gets in the way.

But it wasn't until I became a parent myself that I truly understood how hard this is. Because knowing the theory and living it, in your own home, with your own child, with all your own history - that's a completely different thing.

There were moments I wasn't proud of. Moments I lost my calm, doubted myself, or felt like I was failing the very thing I'd spent my career preparing for. That experience changed the direction of my work.


Why I became a parent coach

I trained as a conscious parenting coach with the JAI Institute for Parenting - one of the most respected training programmes in this field. That training, combined with my background in education and child development, shapes everything I do.

I work at the intersection of attachment science, nervous system awareness, and real family life. Not idealised parenting. Not scripts and strategies that fall apart the moment your child has a meltdown in a supermarket. Real, grounded support that meets you where you actually are.

I'm based in the UAE and work with parents here in Dubai and across the Gulf - as well as online with families around the world.



What I believe

You don't need to be a perfect parent. You need to be a present one. And you deserve support to get there — without shame, without scripts, and without being told you're doing it wrong.

My approach is not about fixing your child. It's about strengthening you - your confidence, your calm, your capacity to stay grounded even when things are hard.

This work is honest, warm, and practical. I'll never give you advice I wouldn't give a close friend.


Conscious Parenting Coach

Accredited through one of the world's leading conscious parenting training programmes. This approach is rooted in attachment theory, emotional intelligence, and the parent-child relationship as the foundation for lasting change.

M.Ed

Postgraduate study with a focus on metacognition - how children think about their own thinking and learning. This underpins my understanding of child development, particularly in the early years, where play-based learning and literacy lay the foundation for everything that follows.

Irish and International Schools

Two decades working with children across the primary years and into secondary school, in Ireland and internationally. This real-world experience of how children develop, regulate, and respond to the adults around them shapes everything I bring to my coaching work

Institute of Child Psychology, Canada

Regular continuing education with one of the leading child psychology institutes in the world. This keeps my practice current, evidence-based, and grounded in the latest research on child development, nervous system science, and family wellbeing. I am committed to ongoing learning because the research never stops — and neither do I

A little more about me

Outside of my work, I'm a mum navigating the same beautiful, messy reality as you. I live in the UAE - a cold-weather girl who has somehow made a life in the heat. I believe in repair over perfection, honest conversations over polished ones, and the idea that the most important thing you can do for your child is to do your own work.


Feedback

I had a couple of long phone calls with Louise about my situation at the time, my feelings, my children and what she did for a living. I had no idea about what a parent coach does and how it could benefit me. I was sceptical! Something inside of me said that I had to do something for me as a parent for the sake of my children and family. Something had to change. She made me feel heard during those two phone calls. It felt like water being poured on a wildfire. I decided that I should invest in this course and give it a go, for myself as a parent and for my children. - Ameneh, Root to Rise client

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