Kristi Saul holds a master’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma with a focus in Family Therapy. She is the cofounder of The Post Institute, alongside Bryan Post. The Post Institute has provided trauma informed education, support, coaching, and therapeutic homes for over 20 years.

Ms. Saul is a mother of 2 children. One child with complex trauma related to special medical needs, and the other an adopted child with a history of complex emotional and physical trauma. With over 30 years of experience in working with families and children, Kristi brings a wealth of experience, wisdom, and compassion to her work. Kristi is an author of numerous articles and podcasts related to trauma, the impact of trauma, and what we can do as parents, caregivers, and professionals to help create healing. Kristi also serves as the head parenting coach for the Post Institute, teaching and supporting families in their healing journey for over 20 years. 

Kristi’s deep, applicable, understanding of the impact of stress on the mind body system, and solutions the solutions she offers, have been proven effective by families across the globe in creating healing for children and adults. It is said by many that “the approach is simple, but not always easy.” Unraveling our own early life experiences, internal stories, and even our own traumatic experiences that we bring from childhood into adult hood, is an ongoing process of healing and Create your bringing peace to ourselves, our families, and our communities.

Interview Topic: Important principles of brain development, and the most important building blocks for your child’s healthy development. 

Dr. Dan Siegel is the foremost authority in the field of interpersonal neurobiology. He is a prolific author and a researcher who has published New York Times Best Selling books like The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline (with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D).

In this interview we delve deep into his new book The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired which he co-authored with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. The book was just released January 7th, 2020 so this information is literally fresh off the press!

Interview Topic: Understanding the brain basics and benefits of being present with your child.

I have followed the outstanding work of Dr. Rick Hanson for many years, which is why I was absolutely elated when he agreed to participate as an expert for this summit!

Dr. Hanson is a clinical psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and a New York Times best-selling author. His books are available in 28 languages and include Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture.

Dr. Hanson has bridged ancient contemplative practices with modern neuroscience in a way that makes it understandable and accessible for everyone. 

I LOVE his mission of bringing lasting well-being for everyone!

Interview Topic: Principles of peaceful parenting and how to begin to implement them in your home.

Dr. Laura Markham truly is an icon in the field of parenting. I am so glad having had this opportunity for a front-row seat in listening to her eye-opening talk about peaceful parenting approach. Dr. Markham is the founder of a must-see parenting website called Aha! Parenting which every parent is buzzing about.

She is also the author of: 

• Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How To Stop Yelling and Start Connecting
• Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How To Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life
• The Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook: Using mindfulness and connection to raise resilient, joyful children and rediscover your love of parenting.

Interview Topic: Alternatives to controlling your child.  

Sarah is an Aha! Parenting certified peaceful parent coach, speaker, and columnist. I value her message that “kids are doing the best they can” and  “our relationship is the most effective way we can influence our kids.” This interview is full of indispensable tools for how to stop yelling at your kids!

Interview Topic: Mindful Parenting.

Dr. Nicole Libin is a certified mindfulness educator, adjunct professor, and author of Sticky Brains (a mindfulness and neuroplasticity storybook for kids), Mindful Parenting in A Chaotic World, Discipline Your Kids with Positive Parenting, and 5-Minute Mindfulness Meditations for Teens. She has led mindfulness workshops, classes, and retreats for adults,  adolescents, and children and anyone else who will let her stop and take a breath with them. 

Nicole has taught and designed mindfulness curricula and other courses for Mindful Schools, Mount Royal University, and numerous private organizations. She seeks to help others remember that it's okay not to be okay and works to offer specific, doable tools to cultivate compassion, focus, peace, and well-being...one breath at a time.

Nicole lives in Calgary, Canada with her husband Cam and her daughter Aria, both of whom love salted caramel ice cream, Harry Potter, and unicorns.

Interview Topic: Become aware of the negative patterns that re-play and erode the relationship with your child.

Leslie Potter is a trained therapist, parent coach and mama extraordinaire. She supports parents to explore and deepen their conscious parenting journey, helping them to find their internal strengths as a parent instead of using techniques to control their child’s behavior, while opening hearts and minds to the power of healthy separation and connection.

She is the creator of “Parenting Paused” a parenting podcast sharing the journey of parents as they transform their relationships with their child as well as the founder and creator of the Purejoy Parenting model. Her greatest adventure has been riding the waves of relationship alongside her amazing daughter while learning to “grow” herself up to be the parent she always wanted to be.

Interview Topic: How to be centered and develop self-awareness as well as regulation to increase emotional connection to your child.

Genevieve joined this summit from New Zealand where she lives with her husband and two children. She is the founder of the Peaceful Parent Institute. She has over 20 years of experience as a parenting coach. Genevieve’s mission is to  create harmony, happiness and peace in families. In this heartfelt interview Genevieve shares how her own traumatic personal journey lead her to discover ways of being peaceful which is now the basis of her parenting approach. 

Interveiw Topic: The benefits of self-compassion in parenting.

Dr. Pollak started meditating as a child, and as an adult she became one of the pioneers in bringing meditation and mindfulness into psychotherapy practice. Despite many challenges, she persevered and is now one of the leading authorities in mindfulness and self-compassion.

Dr. Pollak is the co-founder and teacher at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Harvard Medical School/ Cambridge Health Alliance, and president of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. Her book Self-Compassion for Parents: Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself  is a great resource for parents looking to strengthen their self-compassion practice.   

Interview Topic: How to let your child be who they are and cherish their unique spirit.

Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. is a nagual (shaman), a Toltec master of transformation, and a direct descendant of the Toltecs of the Eagle Knight lineage. He is the author of The Five Levels of Attachment, Living a Life of Awareness and his latest book 7 Secrets to Healthy, Happy Relationships which he co-authored with Heather Ash Amara. In this deeply spiritual and intriguing interview, don Miguel Jr. reveals secrets to becoming more aware of your true Self, and the barriers for living an authentic life. You might want to watch this one twice to truly comprehend the depth of don Miguel’s teachings! 

Interview Topic: How to become an intentional parent and connect with your child through play.

Wendi McKenna, DPT, the founder of Move Play Grow,

transforms lives. As a mother, wife, pediatric Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Success Parenting Coach, she

approaches life from a foundation of unconditional love, wonder, and play. Wendi empowers parents to build strong foundations and connections through The Five Pillars of Intentional Parenting to create your child’s best beginning, and help you become the parent you want to be. Moms and dads who want to create a deeply connected family hire Wendi to help them lead with love, land their love, and nurture their children as they blossom into who they are. 

Wendi believes that being a parent is the most precious

opportunity to grow into ourselves and share the gift of life. She stands for all to be seen, understood, honored, and loved and welcomes you into her family.

Interview Topic: How to become a conscious parent.

Rhea Lalla is a Toronto based Conscious Parenting speaker, coach and author for parents who want to create dreamy relationships with their children and raise incredibly confident, happy, fully expressed kids who are thriving emotionally.

Rhea is NOT interested in telling you how to parent, but she IS interested in creating a world that pulls greatness from all our children.

She believes in inspiring and supporting parents back to their intuition and healing whatever holds parents and children back from living into their best selves.

Rhea has been extremely effective at sedding light on the subtle unconscious interactions that create more distance, frustration, resistance and power-struggles and helps guide parents back to creating deeply loving communication and epic experiences with their kids, so they want to listen and be guided by you.

Her articles, live events, courses and e-book have been featured on the radio, newspapers, TV and numerous magazines including Elephant Journal, Today’s Parent, CityLife, MindValley Academy, Pop Expert and Udemy.

Interview Topic: The power of positive psychology and practical strategies to gain control of parents own negative reactions.

Dr. Paul Jenkins is a clinical psychologist who is all about spreading the power of positivity. He helps people live the life they want through powerful positive psychology process. In fact, I felt uplifted by this interview where we touch upon the basics of positive psychology, and how to implement positivity practice into parenting.  

Interview Topic: Definition of positive discipline and how to take control of your parenting breakdowns.

Casey is an author, a positive discipline coach, and a trainer. She focuses on supporting parents in their own personal growth and development.

Casey’s book Joyful Courage: Calming the Drama and Taking Control of Your Parenting Journey openly addresses how “messy” parenting is and how to navigate the breakdowns when they occur. 

Interview Topic: Holistic approach to parenting and five keys to unlock better behavior naturally.

As a licensed clinical psychologist with advanced degrees in psychology, education, and nutrition, Dr. Nicole Beurkens is the world’s leading holistic child psychologist. She has dedicated her 23+ year career to providing parents with research-based strategies that get to the root of children’s attention, anxiety, mood, and behavior challenges so they can reach their highest potential. She runs a multi-disciplinary evaluation and treatment clinic and is a best-selling author, published researcher, award-winning therapist, and experienced mother of four.

Interview Topic: Benefits of yoga to both parents and children.

Megan Ridge Morris, E-RYT 500, RCYT, RPYT, YACEP, CD, is a co-owner of ChildLight Education Company. She is the author and creator of ChildLight’s Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training (also a Registered Prenatal Yoga School or RPYS). She brings her expertise off the mat as a Certified Doula. In addition, she facilitates the Yoga for Babies & Toddlers Teacher Training. 

Megan discovered yoga in 2006 as an acting intern after graduating from Bloomsburg University with a degree in Theatre Arts. She’s been studying yoga for over a decade and teaching as a full-time, professional yoga teacher since 2008. Megan completed a 500-hour teacher training through The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem and has been a co-teacher of their 200-hour teacher training program since 2009. She specializes in teaching yoga to beginners, expecting moms, babies and toddlers. She lives in Bethlehem, PA with her husband and two children.

Interview Topic: Become aware of your own stress response system in order to become a peaceful parents.

I asked Bryan to join this summit because of his amazing contribution to the love-based and family-centered approach to parenting. Bryan is one of the pioneers with regards to understanding how stress impacts both children and parents. He developed the Stress Model which, back in the day, was a new paradigm for understanding difficult and challenging behaviors of children.

In our conversation, Bryan speaks to the research findings that have occurred in this area since then citing his favorite quote from a book called The Emotional Brain by Joseph Ledoux: “In times of stress our thinking processes become confused and distorted, and our short-term memory is suppressed.” 

Interview Topic: Negative impact of family stress on children and the most effective ways of responding to a dysregulated child.

Samantha is a certified parent coach and a speaker who supports parents and adults working with “intense kids.” She has a powerful message that “there is nothing wrong with intense  kids.” Samantha is the creator of the Mad to Glad Blueprint, a revolutionary brain-and-nervous-system-based approach to positive communication and parenting that works to soothe and even preempt intense kids’ most challenging behaviors.

Interview Topic: The impact of toxic stress on parents and children.

Sarah Scott-Dooling is a psychotherapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S).

Sarah specializes in play therapy practice and continuing education, as well as treatment for anxiety and mood disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. Sarah empowers others to cultivate their inner resources for resilience and healing by exploring experiences and sharing personal stories. Sarah is passionate about self-care, so in this interview we discuss practical strategies that can be implemented immediately. 

Interview Topic: How trauma impacts our nervous system, as well as the parent-child relationships along with valuable tools for parenting a child with a history of trauma.

Helene Timpone LCSW, is an internationally recognized therapist, trainer, coach, and consultant, especially noted for her work with preteens and teens. Specializing in the areas of attachment, grief, and trauma, Helene’s expertise is in empowering parents with information and techniques focused on understanding and identifying the trauma that lies beneath the child’s severe behaviors, thus creating long-term healing and enhancing close, healthy relationships.

Helene’s programs are designed to reach the homes of children globally by providing workshops, teleseminars, webinars, coaching, nonconventional therapy, and consulting to families and/or professionals working toward healing children with a history of trauma.

Interview Topic: The 6-pillars of self-care.

Erin is the host for the Parenting Beyond Discipline Podcast which is one of the most popular parenting podcasts in Itunes with 100,000 monthly, and over 2.3 million total downloads. Erin has also created an incredible online resource called “Your Village” which offers parenting information and support. I LOVE Erin’s practical and solution focused approach to parenting!

Interview Topic: How to build resilient and authentic relationships with children through couragoeus communication.

Dr. Daniel Ellenberg is a psychotherapist, leadership coach, seminar leader, blogger and a speaker. Most importantly, he is a very real and authentic human being who is on a mission to create emotionally intelligent personal relationships. Dr. Ellenberg is the vice-president of the Rewire Leadership Institute, and he leads Strength With Heart men’s group. He co-authored a book with his wife called Lovers For Life: Creating Lasting Passion, Trust and True Partnership.     

Interview Topic: Tools for parents to nurture and be attuned to their child’s emotions, and how to raise confident and emotionally intelligent children.


Kim Lange is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the founder of Growing Up Confident. She's been guiding kids through their emotions for over twenty years. Her goal is to help parents, educators, and therapists explore new ways to think about, talk about, and respond to kids' emotions. I love Kim’s vision to “Create a  world where kids love themselves, and can be who they are.” 

Interview Topic: How to build resilience in your family so you can become "unshakeable".

Jen is the founder and CEO of the Unshakeable family.  Jen is a Relationship Coach who runs a group coaching program called “Be Unshakeable” where she teaches people to live their life in overflow so they can create the family relationships they always wanted.

Interview Topic: Secrets on how to become an extraordinary parent and brain hacks to increase peacefulness and gratitude in your life.

Dr. Sukhi Muker is an acclaimed wellness doctor, author, and global speaker. He’s spent 20 years in clinical practice and bridges Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Quantum Physics as it relates to health, healing, and actualizing human potential. He has an unwavering belief and knowledge in the body's innate ability to heal. Through his commitment to helping people heal, shatter their limits and achieve extraordinary results in their life he has developed a hands-on Neural Integration technique as well as two meditation, breathing, and quantum healing techniques called Neural Activation and Neural Coherence.

Dr. Sukhi is the founder of the Centre for Optimal Living, which has affiliate wellness centres located throughout North America that specialize in helping people integrate the root cause of their health concerns. He mentors wellness professionals globally to deepen their understanding of the body's innate intelligence and spread this message widely to the world. Dr. Sukhi has a loving, charismatic and endearing style that receives accolades.

Interview Topic: How to use the law of attraction to to positively influence people around you, including your children.

In this interesting conversation, Christy reaffirms the idea that we can create the life we want, and that we have unlimited potential. The only thing in the way is ourselves!   

Christy not only talks the talk - she truly walks the walk! She shares her inspirational personal story and how she changed to live the life she wants rather than the one that was expected of her. 

Interview Topic: Discover your unhealthy habits, and how to change them. 


This interview with Dr. Ryan Wohlfert just blew my mind with empowering information and strategies that can help upgrade our overall health, energy, and longevity. 

For example, did you know our skin has light receptors that can detect and respond to the smallest sources of light (i.e. the tiny “power” light on appliances such as a TV or modem box), resulting in worse sleep than we might have otherwise had? 

Interview Topic: Tips for effective parenting and how to master your mindset.

Barb Hudson is a long-time educator and the host of the Beyond the Behavior Event. 

As a behavior strategist and parent consultant, Barb is passionate about helping parents navigate the challenges of parenting and has helped many families over the past 25 years. 

She is a special education teacher and has 2 beautiful boys of her own. Barb loves to help parents dive into challenging behaviors with confidence and ease!

Interview Topic: Impact of screen time on your child’s development and alternative activities for children that support their brain growth.


Maggie Dent is known as the “Queen of Common Sense,” and I discovered that it is true! I loved chatting with Maggie and could have sat there all day listening to her very wise and common sense approach to raising children. Maggie is one of Australia's favourite parenting authors and educators. She has written 11 books, including the bestselling 2018 release “Mothering Our Boys.”  

Interview Topic: Help for parents of “Differently wired” children.


Debbie Reber is a parenting activist, New York Times bestselling author, and a popular public speaker. She is the founder of TiLT Parenting which helps parents raise “differently wired” kids from a place of confidence, connection, and love. Debbie’s book Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World gives parents tangible ideas on how to help a child with neuro-differences navigate the world in their own unique way.  

Interview Topic: Common struggles adoptive moms experience, and how to cope.


Kelli Belt is an adoptive mom turned adoptive mom empowerment coach. Kelli has dedicated her life to helping adoptive parents be happy where they are, in the middle of “what-ifs.” Kelli saw first hand how the struggles with connection between the mom and child have a lot to do with how the mom manages her own stress and adjustment. Kelli is passionate about helping adoptive moms develop their own confidence, as well as providing them support and community through her online membership called Beauty Is Rising. In this vulnerable interview, Kelli shares her own pain and triumph in the adoption process.    

Interview Topic: Simple 5 step process to get your picky eater to eat their food without tears and power struggles! 

Jessica is an Autism Behavior Consultant who is passionate about teaching parents positive behavioral strategies. 

She founded The Hope Education Services in 2015 when she discovered that many parents around the world do not have access to the information they require to help their children affected by Autism.

She is a New York Times Best Selling Author and a sought out expert who has been featured in Forbes, New York Times, and ABC. 

Interview Topic: How to negotiate the boundary between self-care and self-sacrifice.


Julie Burton is an inspirational author who has opened up her own experiences to  the public so that others may benefit from her life lessons. Her book “The  Self-Care Solution: Modern Mother’s Must-Have Guide to Health & Wellbeing is an incredible resource for busy and stressed-out moms. This compelling interview looks inside the book in detail and highlights the urgent need for self-care! 

Interview Topic: Learn how to recognize the warning signs “Mommy burnout”, and what to do about it. 


Dr. Sheryl Ziegler is a psychologist, an author, TedEx speaker, and a podcast host. She has done an in-depth investigation into the phenomena referred to as  “mommy burnout,” which she writes about in her book called, Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process. In this interview, Dr. Ziegler talks about the stress that moms experience, and she highlights how it is a hidden problem that  contributes further to moms feeling isolated and overwhelmed.