Mari Stevens, M.Ed. LMHC

03/24/2026

I have been hacked. Ignore weird messages.

05/29/2025

Big emotions are hard - even for adults!

12/04/2024

12/04/2024

Being a parent who came from an abusive childhood and trying to break that cycle with your own children has got to be one of the journeys that’s hardest to navigate. I see you💙

09/30/2024

“Will and Harper” on is totally worth the watch. So good. 💜

09/24/2024

An amazing educator has opened her coaching business that can support parents, teens, and schools. Jenell Kheriaty has been at Seattle Prep for over 20 years and has SO much knowledge!

Thrive Consulting and Coaching LLC empowers parents and teens to thrive in the high school years and beyond with individualized coaching for parents, group coaching for parents and teens, and parent and teen workshops. Thrive empowers P-12 educational institutions to thrive through leadership coachi...

06/19/2024

I have reached 200 followers! Thank you for your continued support. I could not have done it without each of you. 🙏🤗🎉

02/29/2024

This parent coach is an amazing writer. This post is so on point. I used to say that 90% of parenting was not saying what I actually wanted to say. We have to have impulse control as parents. Their inner voice starts with the words they hear from us.

This is from Meghan Leahy:

Sometimes, it is enough to NOT DO HARM.

Keeping your mouth shut...

Telling the voice that says, “you better teach that kid a lesson,” to HUSH....

It can feel like weakness. It can look like giving up. And it is not the way you want to parent all of the time...

But NOT destroying your child is a powerful parenting move.

You will never get accolades for this.

No one will congratulate you for NOT DOING HARM, but trust me: every time you kindly walk away or stop your sarcasm or decide to NOT dig in, you have made a non-violent choice.

You have chosen peace.

You have chosen maturity.

You have chosen non-reaction.

You have chosen love.

So, if you have done that today? I SEE YOU.