Upcoming Workshop
Why Kids Stop Coming to Us
(And How to Keep Yours Close)
Sound Familiar, Mama?
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Asking about her day and getting one word back, every single time?
Watching your kid save all the silly stories and big feelings for daddy or grandma, while you get the leftovers?
Ending every evening in the same battle over teeth or homework, with nothing left for the snuggle by the time it's over?
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Inside Our Hour Together
During this workshop you’ll:
Learn why kids drift from us minutes at a time (and why it's never about how much you love them)
Decode what your kid's biggest, loudest behavior is actually asking for
Learn the Connection Flip: the 30-second move that turns a daily battle into a moment that pulls your kid closer
Watch a live coaching moment: drop your hardest daily flashpoint in the chat and see how I rebuild it in real time
Build your own Connection Game Plan for your actual kid, with my coaching live in the room
Get the five-word repair script for the days you blow it anyway (we all do)
My Story
Why I Teach This
I'm a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with 22 years of experience working with kids with ADHD, autism, sensory processing differences, and big behaviors. I've sat with hundreds of families and watched the same pattern play out: a mom who's read everything and tried everything, convinced she's failing, when the actual problem is that the advice was written for a different kid.
I'm also a mom of three, two of them neurodiverse. I know exactly what it looks like when the whole morning falls apart before 8am. And after all those years and all those families, here's what I know for sure: I have never met a bad kid. I've met a lot of missed messages.
That's what this workshop is. A live hour where you learn to catch the message inside the battle, then build a Connection Game Plan for your actual kid while I coach plans live in the room.
I'm Melissa Schulz, MS, BCBA, and #1 bestselling author of The Power of Connection. I run Confidently Mommin', where I help moms of strong-willed, highly sensitive, and neurodiverse kids stop surviving their days and start enjoying their kids again. This workshop is the fastest way I know to get the closeness back.
FAQ
My kid is 3. Or 9. Or 16. Is this for us?
Yes. The strategies I teach work for ages 2 to 18. What changes is the delivery (fewer sticker charts at 15, more doorframe conversations), and the live coaching pulls scenarios from across the ages so you see how it applies to yours.
My kid has ADHD or autism. Will this work for us?
This workshop was built with your kid at the center, not as an afterthought. Kids with big feelings and big behaviors are asking for connection the loudest. Most of my client families are parenting neurodiverse kiddos, and the examples in the workshop come from those real families.
I came to the July battles workshop. Is this the same material?
All new. July was about ending the power struggle in the moment. August is about rebuilding the closeness the battles have been eating. They complement each other, and neither repeats the other.
Do I need to buy anything else for this to work?
You'll hear about my two deeper offers at the end, and the workshop stands completely on its own. You'll leave with a finished plan for your hardest moment either way. The offers are for moms who want my personal coaching on their specific kid, and plenty of moms take the workshop plan and run.