Free to Fly is a parent coaching program from Nicole Runyon, LMSW, a psychotherapist with a 22-year career working with children and adolescents. The program teaches parents to address the root causes of a child's struggles instead of the symptoms. Coaching is delivered virtually, nationwide, for parents of young children through young adults.
Parent Coaching · Free To Fly ™️
Parent Coaching
Ready to see massive changes in your children more quickly than you ever imagined possible?
Using the principles of understanding root causes, this parent coaching program creates a tunnel out of the darkness and into the light. Children get better faster, and clinical care often is not necessary.
Parents are more powerfully positioned to connect to their child than anyone.
The Program
What Is the Free to Fly Parent Coaching Program?
Free To Fly ™️ — root-cause parent coaching.
A Parent Coach Who Is Also a Psychotherapist
Finally, a parent coach who spent 22 years treating children and adolescents as a psychotherapist. Nicole saw firsthand why kids struggle.
About 70% of the children in her former practice did not need therapy. Their parents needed coaching.
Coaching gives parents the psychology behind their child's behavior, not another list of tips. When parents change the environment a child develops in, the child changes too.
Who Parent Coaching Helps
The Free to Fly program serves parents seeking family healing and real improvement in their child's behavior or emotional well-being.
It covers the full age range, from toddlers refusing preschool to young adults who will not leave their room.
Even if therapy has not helped your child, coaching can. Therapy treats the child one hour a week; coaching equips the parent for the other 167.
Virtual Coaching, Nationwide
Every session happens over live video. A family in Detroit and a family in Dallas get the same parent coaching, delivered nationwide.
The Process
The Four-Part Free to Fly Formula
A four-part formula that moves a family from stuck to steady.
The Free to Fly Formula is the four-part process at the center of the coaching program. Each part builds on the one before it, moving a family from stuck to steady.
The formula starts where the struggle starts: with root causes. Root causes, once a parent understands them, point to changes that work faster than years of appointments.
The four parts are not published here by design. Nicole explains the full formula on your discovery call, where she can connect it to what is happening in your home.
Parent Stories
What Parents Say About Coaching with Nicole
"When my daughter turned 3, I felt completely overwhelmed and defeated as a mother, with our lives revolving around her mood. Nicole stepped in and provided invaluable support, collaborating with medical, educational, and extended family teams. She listens patiently, offers non-judgmental support, and allows us the time to find solutions at our own pace. Acting as a thoughtful partner, she provides research-based interventions that have been instrumental in our journey."
"I feel more at ease. I feel like I have less guilt. I used to feel more guilty about not having enough time with my kids. I think no matter where you are in your journey as a person, the tools that Nicole gave us apply to kids of all ages. The benefit is priceless! We are all here because we want to do better for our family, and I'm just very happy with the experience. Even my husband, who didn't want to do it, was happy we did it."
"Nicole gave us the tools we need to help better parent our boys. The teenage years are very hard, and it's been invaluable to have Nicole as a resource for both our kids and for us parents."
The Book
The Bestselling Book Behind the Program
Nicole Runyon wrote the bestselling book Free to Fly: The Secret to Fostering Independence in the Next Generation. The Free to Fly book shares the same formula that powers the coaching program.
Read the book to understand the thinking. Join the program to apply it to your child, with Nicole beside you.
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Some parents want to read first, and that instinct is sound. Start with a free parenting guide and get to know how Nicole thinks about children, connection, and parental authority.
When you are ready, the discovery call will still be here.
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My signature coaching program will send you on a path to family healing sooner than you thought possible. Book a discovery call with me to learn more about the four-part process I use to get you unstuck!
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