Absolutely! In a course, you get access to a defined set of content, and perhaps support in implementing it over a short period of time. Courses work really well when you have very specific problem and information (workshops, downloads, etc.) is the primary thing you need to help you solve that problem.

In a membership, you're embarking on a journey that includes so much more than just learning concepts. Yes, you'll get access to all those educational workshops, but you'll also get access to live Q&A calls with Natalie to help you implement & integrate those concepts in your everyday life, you'll get access to our incredible Guest Workshops that dive deeper on the specific topics & challenges you may be navigating, you'll benefit from the multiple learning modalities we have inside Raising Us (video, audio, written summaries, live calls, recorded calls), and a community forum with some of the most amazing parents out there! Plus you get access to our living library of resources - meaning they're continually being updated and added to over time. Which you'll retain access to for as long as you're a current member. 

Think of Netflix, but with a group of badass parents you actually wish you could hang out with in real life! That's Raising Us.

Yes. Once you sign up you'll get an email with a link inviting you to setup a profile on our Raising Us platform, which is hosted on Circle. You can access the content from your computer, or you can download the Circle App and access it right from your phone. Once your profile is setup you'll be able to see all of our workshops, coaching call recordings, podcast episodes, resource library and community posts. You'll also receive new content as it gets released

Raising Us is a membership, not a course, which means that as long as you are a member you can access the content. However, as soon as you cancel your membership you will lose access to the content library, just like Netflix!

The best part of a membership, however, is that you get to pay a much lower fee for access to all the incredible content that would cost A LOT more if it was inside of a course. 

Because of the digital nature of the material there will be no refunds provided. It is also your responsibility to cancel your membership if you wish to avoid future charges.

This membership is not a replacement for therapy, nor is it considered mental health or clinical support. Raising Us is considered psycho-educational parent coaching, and while not therapy, is a great additional support to therapy.

Yes, you can absolutely go through Raising Us together with your partner and many do! You can watch the content together or each sign in on your own devices with the email you used to sign up. I just ask that you please not share the materials otherwise. You will only receive one login per family.

Oof, trust me, I totally understand! Here's the thing: Raising Us is built to accommodate busy parents with different needs and learning styles.

Which means that it's completely up to you how quickly or slowly you move through the content, whether you choose to show up for live calls or watch the recordings, whether you find yourself gravitating towards some topics or modalities more than others.

Think of it this way - there are 30+ hours of workshops & recordings inside of Raising Us (and more being added every month), but YOU GET TO CHOOSE which pieces of content are relevant and important to your parenting & healing journey.

But here's what I'll say, yes it takes work to get the most out of this membership. You'll probably spend a couple of hours watching or listening to the recorded content every month. There will also be between 3-6 hours of completely optional live calls every month (which are always recorded).

You get to choose how quickly or slowly you want to move through through Raising Us.

There is no "right" way to show up inside our membership.

And remember, there is no falling behind inside Raising Us.

And there is no pressure to get through every last piece of content inside of the membership. Instead, trust yourself to find your way towards the topics and types of content you connect with the most. 

Yes! The only thing that happens at a designated time is our group coaching calls, held on a weekday around the middle of the month at both 11am and 5pm Pacific. You can attend whichever call best suits your schedule - usually the 11am Pacific one for Europe/the Americas and the 5pm Pacific one for Asia/Australasia. Some super-keen parents do join both!

All the calls are recorded, so if you can't attend live you can watch the replay anytime you like.

We have ACTion groups that meet at all hours of the day and night. Even if you're the only person joining from your country we'll match you with people who are available at the same time, no matter where they are (one of our groups is called Cali 2 Kenya for this reason!).

Parents are often surprised at how well the online community functions asynchronously. Post your question in a special Need Help Now space if you are having a hard time, or post in a discussion space for less time-sensitive issues. Come back in 24 hours, and you'll have perspectives from folks around the world!

And of course all of the module content can be read / watched / listened to on your schedule.

Alright, I get it - you've read all the books, you follow all the parenting accounts, you've taken all the courses - so what else can Raising Us teach you that you haven't already learned?

Please do forgive me for being blunt, but if what you had learned from all those books and in all those parenting groups was actually working, would you have read this far down this page?

The gap between reading something in a book or a parenting group once (even if you completely agree with it!) and actually being able to implement it can be deceptively vast. It’s like the distance between your vomiting child and the open toilet: just a few feet in reality with the right support, but tantalizingly out of reach in the moment.

The membership provides the three critical components you need to make actual change happen: the right (research-based!) information, a supportive community, and (this is the really critical part) help when you get stuck.

Because you will get stuck. We all do. And when that happens you can either drop back into your old habits or figure out what didn’t go the way you’d hoped and why, and how to come back and try again differently next time. That’s why this is going to be different for you.

Yes, absolutely! This is a wonderful resource for anyone working with children, parents or families and the quantity and quality of the content I'll be offering, along with the opportunity to ask questions in the Q&A calls, makes it a no brainer of an investment if you're interested in bring more nervous system & trauma-informed tools into the incredible work you're doing in the world with sensitively-wired families.

At the moment there is no scholarship program for Raising Us. But it's something the team is working on for the future!

Natalie is a registered occupational therapist & psychotherapist based in Toronto, Canada. She has done extensive training, including: CBT, DBT, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, CBT-Insomnia, Internal Family Systems, Postpartum Support International, Emotion Focused Therapy, Sensory Integration Therapy, Baby Led Sleep & Wellbeing and more.

I get it. It might seem like this is a lot of money to spend on yourself.

And it can be doubly difficult when you see the value and promise of parenting methods that are grounded in peer-reviewed research and respectful parenting but your partner doesn't.
I would say two things in response to this. Firstly, you are worth it. It's so common for women, particularly, to not feel as though they can or should buy something for themselves. After all, are we really worth this much?
Shouldn't we save the money and spend it on something for our child? Will we really get enough out of it to justify the price (and couldn't we figure this stuff out for free by ourselves anyway)?
You're here reading this because you sense that there's a gap between the relationship you have with your child right now, and the potential for what this relationship could be. You really could spend thousands of hours like l've done reading books and peer-reviewed research over the last six years and come develop these tools yourself. But starting down that path hasn't yielded tools that work for you yet.
In these years while your child is young, ruptures in your relationship are more easily healed because your child doesn't have a choice: they need your love. As they mature they will seek out support in other places if they aren't getting it at home, setting the stage for some very difficult teenage years. The investment you're about to make in this membership will lay the groundwork for a relationship based on mutual respect that will help you maintain your own connection with your child as they age, as well as teach them how to treat others and how they want to be treated by other people for the rest of their lives. This is an investment in you, for sure.
And so my second response is that this is also an investment in your child. In fact, it might be the most important thing you ever buy for them.