The Holistic Parent
Support, Guidance & Resources for Modern Family Life
..because even parents need parenting too, sometimes..
are you thinking of starting your family and want to create a blueprint for your parenting journey?
The Preparation for Parenthood in Pregnancy programme is for you, as it sets out a plan, not just for parenting but for your new life on your terms.
Has your baby just arrived and you would really like to start as you mean to go on?
Sign up for the Nurturing Newborns programme and grow with your newborn into the life you both deserve.
are you constantly running, constantly deciding for others, constantly in demand and there isn’t enough time in the day?
Try out The Holistic Parent Parenting Support programme, to gain fresh perspective on daily routines, everyone’s roles and the necessary tasks that make life easier.
The Holistic Parent Programmes
Choose the programme that best suits your current situation by clicking the box below
Preparation for Parenthood in Pregnancy Programme
Nurturing Newborns & New Parents Programme
The Holistic Parent Family Support Programme
Who and What is The Holistic Parent?
Parenting Support and Advocacy for Parents, from a Parent
Sinead has been involved in parenting support from a young age. She has spent over thirty years supporting families, her own included, as a DV survivor, a solo parent herself for for twenty years, and having spent as many years working with parents of young children. Through teaching, tutoring, advocacy and therapeutic work, Sinead has gained great insight into childhood and human growth and behavioural development.
Her academic background is in psychology, learning and development, holistic health and education and so Sinead has a unique perspective when it comes to raising kids and providing for them in the best way possible.
Her approach is that children are only on loan to us as adults and our job is to raise them for handover at adulthood, as well-adjusted, capable, competant and confident human beings. Sometimes that means tough love; sometimes that means parenting and not mothering or fathering a child; it also means being a friend at times (in the early years) and being a safe, confidente throughout.
Communication & Facilitation
The main component that Sinead advocates is communication, throughout the years, from newborn right up to adulthood. Creating a means of communication that is respectful, mindful, loving and realistic is imperative in teaching your children how to thrive in the world of 21st century living, This is a time many activities of daily living are carried out mechanically and digitally, at a loss to the essence of human connection.
Parenthood is a lifelong role and will be as joyous as it is jolting, at times. Starting as you mean to go on, is the best advice anyone can give and to do that you need to have a plan – a blueprint.
We are the safety net while we encourage our children to take to the trapeze of life. We cannot and must not live vicariously through them. Similarly we cannot shield them from the dangers and complexities of the world. We are their guide, their safety and their greatest champion.
Without facilitating the opportunities for them to grow and stretch, how will they survive in a world that is demanding, judgemental and critical? We must raise them with resilience, a true sense of automony, the ability to demonstrate self-efficacy and above all else, to understand their own locus of control and aim for one that is internalised and not externalised.*
*internalised = have the ability within
externalised = seek out the abilty from others
Working with Sinead looks like …..
If you are parenting little ones, teenagers or aging parents, or perhaps all three at once, be assured you are not alone.
Sinead and The Holistic Parent service options were initially created during the pandemic to provide support to those navigating family life during real crisis.
At a time when we were all confined to the home place, preparing for parenthood, parenting, creating end of life plans and everything else that life threw at us, was challenging to say the least and we all needed support.
It was the time where we discovered, if we didn’t already know, what our modus opernadi looked like.
Now Sinead offers 1:1 sessions or workshops which can be booked individually or tailored for groups, support services, and community organisations across Ireland.
*modus operandi = a particular method or way of doing things
What clients say about The Holistic Parent
Preparation for Parenthood in Pregnancy
WHAT IS THE PROGRAMME ABOUT?
Parenthood is a lifelong role and will be as joyous as it is jolting, at times. Starting as you mean to go on, is the best advice anyone can give and to do that you need to have a plan – a blueprint.
The Preparation for Parenthood in Pregnancy is an indepth look at your own way of doing things, why – as in where those ways come from; how all that aligns with others who may be raising your child with you, and how to get everyone on the same page. It is also about looking at your values and ideas about life. Think of it as a milestone check-in for this next phase of life.
HOW DOES THE PROGRAMME OPERATE?
Following a clarity call with Sinead, you will decide on dates for your programme to take place. It is available online or in person if you are in proximity to Navan, Co. Meath.
The programme consists of three 90minute sessions, which follow a structured approach, tailored to your own particular needs and situation. The sessions take place fortnightly on the same day and time.
After each session you will have follow-up exercises to do which will form the basis of the next session. This programme can be taken up to four times before and during your pregnancy, as the experience progresses and additional topics surface.
The Preparation for Parenthood in Pregnancy is the first of The Holistic Parent‘s programmes which form building blocks towards your parenting journey.
Nurturing Newborns & New Parents
HOW DOES THE PROGRAMME OPERATE?
Congratulations and welcome to your new parenting role!
The Nurturing Newborns & New Parents programme in an indepth look at your own way of doing things, why – as in where those ways come from; how all that aligns with others who may be raising your child with you, and how to get everyone on the same page. It is also about looking at your values and ideas about life. Think of it as a milestone check-in for this next phase of life.
HOW DOES THE PROGRAMME OPERATE?
Following a clarity call with Sinead, you will decide on dates for your programme to take place. It is available online or in person if you are in proximity to Navan, Co. Meath.
The programme consists of three 90 minute sessions, which similar to the Nurturing Newborns Programme follow a structured approach, tailored to your own particular needs and situation. The sessions will take place fortnightly on the same day and time. After each session you will have follow-up work to do which will form the basis of the next session.
The Nurturing Newborns and New Parents programme is the second of The Holistic Parent‘s programmes which form building blocks towards your parenting journey.
The Holistic Parent Family Support
HOW DOES THE PROGRAMME OPERATE?
Welcome and well done for recognising you may need some support for you and your family. That is the hardest part and now it’s done! S x
The Holistic Parent Family Support programme is in recognition that parenting is not only a full-time role. It also is possibly the most difficult, emotionally intense and joyous role you will even have in life.
The purpose of the Family Support sessions and programme is to provide you space and the addition of perspective from someone who is there for you, your benefit, your family’s enrichment. So, no judgement, no unsolicited input, no tuppence worth.
HOW DOES THE PROGRAMME OPERATE?
Following a clarity call with Sinead, you will decide on dates for your programme to take place. It is available online or in person. Home visits carry a travel surcharge which is dependent on location.
The programme consists of three 90 minute sessions. The Holistic Parent Family Support programme follows a structured approach, tailored to your own particular needs and situation. The sessions will take place fortnightly on the same day and time. After each session you will have follow-up work to do which will form the basis of the next session.
The Family Support programme is the third of The Holistic Parent‘s programmes which form building blocks towards your parenting journey.