Hi! I’m Talia. I help parents raise resilient kids.

I was the oldest of four girls in a loud, chaotic house — we moved six times before fourth grade. My parents, both raised by Holocaust survivors, were loving but emotionally unavailable. I nearly failed out of high school at 15, and for a long time, I believed I was the bad kid everyone said I was.

I became a teacher to reach kids like me. After a master's in education and years in classrooms, I spent years running around the country teaching teachers social-emotional skills for the classroom, and eventually became the CEO of that consulting firm — spending a decade obsessing over why some kids buckle under pressure while others bounce back.

Then loss hit all at once: my mom, my grandmother, several miscarriages — all while running a company. I had to build resilience from scratch. That experience, combined with everything I'd learned in classrooms, became the foundation of what I now teach parents.

Here's what I believe: the problem isn't your kid. The problem is that no one gave you a real framework — not scripts or a feelings journal, but an actual framework. I also believe we've overcorrected as a culture. You can hold space for big feelings and hold the line. Boundaries aren't the opposite of warmth. Structure is how kids feel safe.
And the fastest way to shift what's happening with your child is to start with yourself.

I work with parents of elementary-age kids who know things could be calmer — who are losing their temper more than they want to, and who sense their child is more capable than the daily meltdowns suggest.

They're right. If that's you — you're in the right place.

about me

I was the reason my parents fought.
At least, that's what it felt like growing up.