I’m Susanne Benton, a preschool teacher, Board Certified Massage Therapist and Certified Parent Coach. I’m the founder of Mind Body Bedtime, a parent resource that combines my expertise in child development and teaching with my expertise in the relaxation process and mind-body health. My goal is to be a cheerleader and a resource for mental health/ life balance for parents, as well as a co-creator of strategies that help parents teach their children through delight and play.
I am a Parent Coach through the Jai Transformational Parenting Institute. This program emphasizes the newest research on the brain and nervous system and how it influences our parenting strategies. We studied the work of Dan Siegel(The Whole Brain Child,) Tina Payne Bryson (The Power of Showing Up,) Mona Delahooke (Beyond Behaviors) and Marshall Rosenberg (Non Violent Communication,) and more. I want to offer effective and accessible ways for parents to learn this valuable information.
I developed Parent Pit Stop as a way to share this information in small bites, while providing the much needed chance for parents to be seen and heard in their current struggles. Each week I bring a concept or model for reflecting on ourselves as parents, on our children’s behavior in a way that brings movement, flexibility and growth.