This Is Not the Childhood I Imagined for Them, and That's Okay isn't a manual for parenting. It's a space to exhale, feel, and finally tell the truth: parenting rarely looks like the dream we once held. This book invites you to meet your kids (and yourself) as you are, not as you wish you could always be. It doesn't ask for perfection, only presence.

Through grounded reflections and embodied honesty, you'll explore what it means to parent without performing, heal without fixing everything, and lead your family from the clarity of your lived experience-not the noise of guilt, shame, or external expectations.

• Discover how your nervous system affects your parenting • Learn why honesty builds more trust than perfection ever could • Explore how inner kindness softens reactive control • Make peace with the roles you formed in survival • Reclaim realness as a valid parenting strategy

This is not about getting it right. It's about being real enough to stay connected-even when things get messy.