The Consciously Parenting Project

03/29/2026

The Thrive Community is open for registration for only 1 more day!
https://consciouslyparenting.com/thrive-community/

I’ve gotten some questions from interested folks and wanted to take a few minutes to answer them here.

Registration closes on Sunday, March 29 at 11:59pm EDT (New York time) and we have our first live community call on Monday, March 30 at 7pm EDT. We will decide on the call together what time we will hold our calls. If you can’t make it and want to be included, hit reply to this email and we’ll make sure your voice is heard!

How Much Time Does This Community Take? I Don’t Have a Lot of Extra Time!

For the first six weeks, we’ll meet weekly to explore a different topic each week and get to know one another. After that initial six weeks, you’ll have content for three weeks in a row, about 10 minutes long, to help guide your journey, along with two calls per month.

We also have a Discord group where you can connect as often or as little as you’d like. It’s been a great lifeline for our members and a place for some fun, too!

Will I Be Able to Find My People in This Community? I Don’t Really Fit into Boxes.

Are you curious? Are you kind? Are you willing to look at yourself first? If so, you’ll probably fit in well. We are a community of creatives who defy labels and embrace our unique selves. If they’re parents, they’re raising children to be uniquely themselves, too.

This also means that some of our members and/or their children may define themselves as neurospicy, may be LGBTQIA+, have mental health diagnoses, physical challenges or disabilities, or are members of the global majority. We strive to keep this community safe for all our members as much as possible.

If you’re not comfortable being in a community with people who are different from you, this may not be the right community for you. But if you’re willing to be curious and find the differences and commonalities we share with our fellow humans, I think you’ll love it.

This community is full of real people who deeply care about one another, who struggle some days more than others, and who truly want to thrive just like you.

What Is Included and How Much Does It Cost Again?

You’ll receive information, tools, and support to help you and your family (whatever that looks like for you) thrive! You’ll start with weekly calls to get to know your new community and learn together, followed by bi-monthly calls to deepen your understanding of healthy relationships. No matter how long you stay, I know you’ll find new friends you’ll keep long after your time in the community. Membership is $35/month. While you can cancel at any time, I suggest staying for at least six months to learn, grow, and connect!

What If I Join and the Community Isn’t for Me?

I want this to feel good for everyone. If you try it out and it’s not for you, I will refund your money. Just let me know what isn’t working for you so I can ensure clarity for others considering joining.

Have Other Questions?​
Comment, and we’ll respond back to you.

Thriving Families’ membership closes on Sunday evening at 11:59 PM EDT. I hope to see you on the inside! Your new friends are waiting to meet you!
Learn More About Thrive: https://consciouslyparenting.com/thrive-community/

Registration will close on Sunday, March 29, as we will have our first live call together on Monday, March 30.

03/27/2026

The Thriving Families Community is now open! I hope you'll join us!
https://consciouslyparenting.newzenler.com/courses/cpthrive

When I became a parent, I knew I wanted to parent differently. I was determined not to repeat some of the patterns I experienced growing up. I didn’t want to resort to the same behaviors I had seen my parents use. However, once I became a parent, I discovered that my best-laid plans were much harder to implement than I thought and I found myself doing the very things I had said I would never do. Changing trans-generational patterns turned out to be a far more difficult than I anticipated.

It took me a lot of time, energy, effort, and money to find my way. I felt like I spent a long time wandering in the desert, searching for the right resources and the right people to help me. Eventually, and thankfully before my children grew up, I figured it out.

I want to assure you that thriving is possible for your family. However, we can’t do it alone, and that’s a lesson I learned early on. I was trying to be independent, thinking, “I can figure this out. How hard can it be? I just need to try harder.”

What I realized is that I needed a community of people around me who were doing the same things. When you’re trying to parent in a way that goes against the cultural norm, when you’re looking at patterns and attempting something different, you’re engaging in counter-cultural parenting.

If you’re trying not to yell because you were yelled at as a child, or if you’re trying not to hit because you were hit as a child, or if you’re striving to be a loving, nurturing parent while everyone around you is doing something else, it’s really hard to find your own way alone.

The first step is to get out of survival mode. When you’re overwhelmed and repeating patterns over and over again, you’re in survival mode. If you’re in fight mode and you're yelling. Or if you’re in flight mode and you want to leave. Or if you’re in freeze mode and you're feeling paralyzed or scrolling mindlessly... you’re not moving forward; you’re in survival mode, which is the opposite of thriving. To thrive, we often need to be with others who can assure us that we’re safe enough right now. If you’re not feeling safe, you’ll likely need additional support.

Next, you need to connect with your people- those in your home, the ones you care about, and the people you love. Once you’re out of survival mode, you can actually connect. I once heard Bruce Lipton, author of Biology of Belief, speak. He asked us to squeeze our arms, grit our teeth, and say, “I love you,” then turn to the person next to us and say, “I love you.” We all did it, and it felt forced. Then he said, “Now relax your muscles, open your arms, open your heart, and say ‘I love you.’”

This is the difference between survival mode, gritting our teeth and waiting for the next thing to happen, and opening ourselves to love and connecting heart to heart with our family members.

We also need to connect with other people- with community. We need a larger community of individuals who support our goals and are moving in the same direction, regardless of life stage. Whether you’re parenting young children, navigating the teenage years, launching your kids into the world, grand parenting, or you don’t have kids at all and are interested in being a healthy community member, you are welcome here.

If you want to be part of a larger movement where we all work together to make the world a better place, then you are welcome here. We need to connect with people outside of ourselves who are engaged in similar journeys.

Additionally, we need to learn skills together, not in isolation. We need examples, stories, and experiences to draw from. We need to practice different strategies and continue hearing them repeatedly so that when challenges arise, we have the skills to navigate them with our family members.

When you have these skills, they can support you and your loved ones, making it less likely that you’ll end up in survival mode. And when you do find yourself in that mode- which happens to all of us- we’ll have a better chance of getting back out of it more quickly.

What I see with my clients is that it’s not about nothing ever going wrong or everything being easy all the time. It’s about having the skills and community around them to support them when they lose their way, as we all inevitably do from time to time. It becomes easier to acknowledge what’s happening, to recognize what you need, and to understand what others need.

Instead of spending weeks, months, or even years lost in a relationship, you can recover, reconnect, and repair in minutes or hours.

If this sounds interesting to you and you feel a sense of excitement, a full-body yes, I would love for you to connect with us and be part of this community. We are open now for a short time, so check it out! Let me know if you have any questions, and hopefully, I will see you in the community soon!
Learn More About Thrive https://consciouslyparenting.newzenler.com/courses/cpthrive

Registration will close on Sunday, March 29, as we will have our first live call together on Monday, March 30.

03/18/2026

Do you feel overwhelmed or isolated in your parenting and relationship journey?
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Are you seeking a supportive community that understands your unique challenges and the challenges of parenting responsively in a world full of one-sized-fits-all approaches?
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Do you want to learn new skills to enhance your parenting approach?
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Are you open to exploring different perspectives on parenting and relationships, including your relationship with yourself?

Are you ready to find your way to thriving for yourself and your family?
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If you answered yes to any of these questions, we would love for you to explore joining our Thrive Community!

Hit reply to this email if you'd like to be included in a no cost preview call. This will be by invitation only as a meet and greet so you can see if it feels like a good fit for your family and your family a good fit for our community!
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​In our Thrive Community, we believe that:

Thriving means being out of survival mode. It's essential to define what thriving means to you, as it will vary for each person in the group.

External circumstances don’t solely dictate our ability to thrive. While they do influence our experiences for sure, they are not the only factors at play. This isn't about bypassing the great pain and suffering in the world or pretending it doesn't exist outside or inside of your own life, but finding where you do have choice is key- even if it is finding ways to express rage or other feelings.

Nurturing resilience is key to thriving. It's way better to build resilience together with the right people.

Co-creating supportive environments at home and in our communities enhances our well-being. Working with rather than power over is important here. This support improves our capacity to handle stress.

Thriving involves both giving and receiving support. We don’t always need to be available to give support in the community space; everyone will have their turn to give and receive.

The journey to thriving is a process of exploration. Be curious about yourself and what you truly need.

Awareness of our feelings and experiences is crucial. This awareness can be cultivated together.

Supporting our children is part of our own thriving. When our children thrive, the whole family can thrive. We have to protect the most vulnerable ones in our care and we need to do that together.

Here’s what one member has to say about her experience with Thrive:
“I'd say that Thrive is a rare opportunity in a culture where we are connected to devices rather than people, to actually use those devices to connect to people. Pairing the expert knowledge that's shared with the opportunity to connect with others and to perhaps share our personal stories as well as learn from others' stories and experiences is very valuable. It's also nice to join a community with others who are also interested in a better way, as opposed to a conventional modern way of relating to people that generally leaves people not actually supported.”

Creating Community and Connection Both Online and in Your Personal Life:

First 8-Weeks of Topics and Live Calls​
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​Week 1: The Importance of Reflection (Helping others feel seen, heard, and felt)
​Week 2: Checking in with Yourself, Your Needs, and the Pause
​Week 3: What Belongs to You? What Belongs to Someone Else? Feelings and Emotions
​Week 4: Consent and Confidentiality (Is it okay if I share this?)
​Week 5: Boundary Basics (Yes, No, Maybe… in a Group and at Home)
​Week 6: Curiosity Rather Than Judgment
​Week 7: Integration (Putting It All Together)
​Week 8: Meet the Rest of the Group and Transition to Monthly Themes

For the first eight weeks, you’ll be in a small pod with new members, learning shared relationship skills.

Why is this important? Because we’ve all been in groups where not everyone seems to understand the same things, leading to an unsafe environment. While we can’t guarantee safety, we invest time together at the beginning to learn the same skills, discuss them, and explore how they apply in our daily lives. This is about more than just building our community; these skills are essential for healthy relationships within the community and healthy families.

We meet weekly for eight weeks to get to know one another, share stories and experiences, and support each other as we apply the information in our homes. After the first 8-weeks, we shift to twice a month scheduled calls, weekly content, and bonus calls, interviews and more to support your parenting and relationship journey.

Each week, you’ll receive about 10 minutes of content, which is recapped during the live calls in case you missed it or need to hear it again. Then we practice skills related to each topic.
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Join the conversations on the Discord group (you’ll have access from the beginning, so please introduce yourself!) and connect with others between live calls!

​Click here- https://consciouslyparenting.com/thrive-community/ if you’re interested in learning more about our themes.

I’m looking forward to being with you and helping you connect with others on a similar journey!

03/08/2026

When I was parenting my young children, I recognized how important community was. However, finding the right community turned out to be more challenging than I anticipated. We did things that felt unconventional, like avoiding sugar, wearing our babies and toddlers in slings, restricting screen time, and choosing not to hit our kids during a time when those practices were the norm. Later, we chose alternative educational paths live homeschooling, Waldorf, and Sudbury school, followed by unschooling. We were striving to do things differently, aligning our parenting choices with our values as individuals and as parents to our unique children.

I personally didn’t want to be told to do things that didn’t resonate with my values, which happened frequently. Those individuals were not the right fit for my family's community. Sometimes, they were family members, which complicated matters even further.

We needed support, but it had to be the right kind of support.

This reminds me of the Shel Silverstein poem "Helping":

“Agatha Fry, she made a pie
And Christopher John helped bake it.
Christopher John, he mowed the lawn
And Agatha Fry helped rake it.

Now, Zachary Zugg took out the rug
And Jennifer Joy helped shake it.
Then Jennifer Joy, she made a toy
And Zachary Zugg helped break it.

And some kind of help is the kind of help
That helping's all about.
And some kind of help is the kind of help
We all can do without.”

Maybe you’ve had experiences with this kind of help, too?

Frankly, the "wrong" kind of support, support that didn't align with my values, put me more firmly into survival mode. You know that feeling of everything being too much, wanting to run away, knowing it can be different but not knowing how to get there? That's survival mode and I spent way more time there than I'd like to admit.

As my children grew, the need for supportive community did not diminish; in fact, it became even more crucial. As they attended different schools and we began traveling, our community changed, but our need for a supportive environment that met us where we were only grew. The more we engaged in activities that were outside the norm, the more we needed people around us who could encourage our growth and help us navigate the unique challenges of our parenting stages.

Many times, I felt alone and unsure of how to handle specific situations. I had knowledge about parenting and child development, but honestly, that didn’t help when I was triggered by something. From the time my children were small, I have been the one leading parenting groups, creating communities, and supporting others in connecting. I have gained so much from these experiences. Understanding that I am not the only one feeling unsure about what to do, who has clearly done the "wrong" things, or who has lost patience with a child has helped me connect with the humanity of parenting.

Looking back, I can see that I had some amazing experiences with in-person communities. However, the most emotional support for my parenting journey came from online communities. Both types of communities are important!

So, what’s the problem?

If you’re parenting differently than the people around you, it can be difficult to find your way alone. If you’re living differently than others, there is a longing for connection with those who can see you, hear you, and encourage you!

What if you could have a space where you could be yourself with all your beautiful quirks, where you can explore your serious questions about parenting, life, and relationships? A space with others who embrace their quirks, allowing you to co-create a community of connection, support, and thriving together?

What would it look like for you to thrive? What does thriving mean to you? Is it being compassionate towards yourself? Is it everyone getting along? Is it being able to leave the house without chaos? Is it having kids who are happy and doing well in school? What would it look like if you were thriving?

How do we get to the thriving part?

What I’ve learned from my own parenting journey is that we don’t achieve thriving alone. Especially when we experience challenges, triggers, or difficult developmental stages, we need others who can support us in finding our own way. That's what the Thrive Community is all about!

If you’re interested in this opportunity to be in connection to support your family to thrive, make sure you’re on the wait list so you are first to be notified when the community reopens on March 20. Or hit reply and tell me why you feel like this community is a good fit for you and we’ll make sure you’re added to the wait list!

Here's what one of our members recently shared about her experience in Thrive:

Question: What are the ages of the children in the families of the Thrive Community members? What life stages are parents at? Are they my people?

Answer: Some of the people in our Thrive Community are...

Homeschooling
Sending children to more traditional schools
Working through traumatic experiences as a family
Dealing with diagnoses (physical, mental/emotional)
Identifying as neuro-spicy or have children who are neuro-spicy
Perimenopausal with a child in puberty
Parents of young children
Parents of children in puberty
Currently launching children into the world
Having launched children into the world
Single moms
Couples
Grandparents

The children currently in the community range from ages 6 to 27, with grandchildren between 5 months and 18 years.

Everyone in the Thrive Community is interested in thriving at home with their families and learning to co-create a safe enough community space for one another. They are all committed to parenting responsively with connection and are eager to learn and grow as individuals and as parents. They’re all questioners, not taking information at face value, but willing to try different things to see what works best now and for their long-term relationship with their child.

What have your experiences been with community? Do you have a great in-person community? A great online community? Is your community helpful in certain aspects and not in others? Do you feel like they see you? What do you feel you're needing from community right now? Hit reply and tell me about your current situation! I’d love to hear from you.

Little background: In December, we began with a dozen hearty souls willing to help me launch the new Consciously Parenting Thrive Community. Over the past 2 months, we’ve experimented with different ways to connect, and I am grateful for their dedication and feedback! Now, we’re preparing to open the doors again on March 20 for parents looking to be part of a small, supportive community.

I truly believe there’s nothing more important right now than community to support us through the challenging world we are living in, especially while raising our children. When we have spaces that feel safe for our nervous systems, it helps us grow. And that helps our children to grow and thrive, too!

Registration Details for the Thrive Community

Registration for the Thrive Community will open on March 20. Be the first to be notified when it opens by joining the wait list!
Join the Wait List Here! https://consciouslyparenting.com/thrive-community/

Registration will close on Sunday, March 29, as we will have our first live call together on Monday, March 30.

Next week, I'm going to give you a sneak peek inside the Thrive Community.

See you next week!

Warmly,

Rebecca

P.S. If you think you might be a good fit for the Thrive Community, comment and say hi! Introduce yourself and share what excites you about this opportunity. We’ll make sure you’re on the wait list!

03/05/2026

Once upon a time, we lived, grew, and rested in community. This was how our ancestors lived- while community was essential for survival, the only way they could truly thrive was together. Being together provided opportunities to connect through daily activities, and rituals guided the year, marking significant life experiences like births, deaths, and coming-of-age ceremonies- all within the embrace of community.

Daily tasks, such as cooking, were done collectively, creating a natural space to share stories about the day. This allowed us to experience the warmth of each other’s presence and the comfort of our animal bodies. We could sense and attune to one another’s nervous systems, helping us regulate our emotions and feel connected. Today, many of us are fortunate if we connect with supportive people even once a week.

While I’m certain these communities weren’t perfect or utopias, the people knew how to be together, work together, and support one another. Over my 30+ years of working with parents, I’ve co-led many communities, both online and in person. Whether we gathered to learn how to responsively parent toddlers or teens or to dive into a specific course or training, the best learning always happens from each other. I am a huge advocate of learning, so I want to create spaces where the interactions and connections formed are the teachers.

To that end, we’re choosing to focus on community first in this next phase of Consciously Parenting, trusting that the learning will naturally follow. (As an aside, there is content, also: short 10-min videos each week. They're meant to help guide your experiences and help you learn to connect with one another.)

In December, we began with a dozen hearty souls willing to help me launch the new Consciously Parenting Thrive Community. Over the past 2 months, we’ve experimented with different ways to connect, and I am grateful for their dedication and feedback! Now, we’re preparing to open the doors again on March 20 for parents looking to be part of a small, supportive community.

I truly believe there’s nothing more important right now than community to support us through the challenging world we are living in, especially while raising our children. When we have spaces that feel safe for our nervous systems, it helps us grow.

Yet many of us don’t really know how to be in community. We may not understand our responsibilities or what belongs to someone else. We might have experienced communities that felt unsafe or have been unsafe. How do we ensure our own needs are met while in a group? What if people try to tell us what to do when we just need someone to listen?

This is part of the journey to thriving. We need to learn the skills to be in community, to know what we need, to navigate our feelings, to co-regulate our nervous systems.

This is where you come in. We’re looking to grow this community with the right people. We would love to include curious individuals who want to thrive but may be facing obstacles, whether related to how you’re showing up or challenges with your child, partner, or another important person. We want people eager to connect on a deeper level and dedicated to respectfully parenting their children, regardless of age or developmental stage.

We will also welcome people in different life phases, like grandparents, or others interested in being healthy community members and layers of support, even if they don’t have children of their own. Perhaps you’re a parenting professional or work with children in some capacity and want to deepen your understanding of community and connection. You are also welcome.

As a member, you’ll receive support and connections with others committed to this journey, all at a low price for as long as you remain a member.

Those already in Thrive love their little group so much and several people have said they selfishly don't want to add more people. But also they're ok if they're the right people! So I said I would do my best to find the right people! 🙂

Registration Details for the Thrive Community
Registration for the Thrive Community will open on March 20. You can join the waitlist here: https://consciouslyparenting.com/community/

Registration will close on Sunday, March 29, as we will have our first live call together on Monday, March 30.

I’ll be sharing more information over the next few weeks to help you determine if this community is right for you. In the meantime, you can learn more about the community here: Thrive Community https://consciouslyparenting.com/community/

Next week, I’ll discuss what thriving means, how to recognize if you’re surviving or thriving, and share something you can do to help you take a step toward thriving right now.

P.S. If you think you might be a good fit for the Thrive Community, comment and say hi! Introduce yourself and share what excites you about this opportunity. We’ll make sure you’re on the wait list!

10/15/2025

What will help you to get through power struggles with your unique child? It's not moving in the direction that you think...

10/15/2025

What does it mean to parent your unique child? If you're homeschooling and you're together all the time, you need the information that will help you make your lives better. And it's even more important if you or your child is neurodiverse! This summit is full of resources in bite sized videos with experts. Join us! It's free and happening now!

09/19/2025

I'm preparing to be with my daughter-in-law when she gives birth to our second grand baby. I would love to hear inspiration about the best thing someone did for you while you were giving birth and after. Tell me what helped you the most! Thanks!

Picture is me with first grand baby who is about to turn 2 this month!

09/11/2025

Did you know that how your child came into the world shows up when they're at all phases of leaving home? And it's not the only time these patterns show up!

If you're in the launching phase of parenting older teens and young adults, and you want to support your child to move into the world with love and respect; if you're raising a child with unique needs or you're on an unconventional path, this is for you.

This conversation explores the complexities of launching young adults into the world, emphasizing the significance of birth imprints and their impact on transitions and milestones. The speakers, Rebecca Thompson Hitt and Jen Gerardy, share their experiences and insights on how parents can better support their children during this critical phase of development. They discuss the importance of understanding individual patterns and sequences in behavior, and how empathy and communication can foster healthier relationships between parents and young adults. The conversation culminates in an introduction to a program called 'Launching with Love,' aimed at providing resources and support for both parents and young adults navigating these transitions.

This conversation explores the complexities of launching young adults into the world, emphasizing the significance of birth imprints and their impact on tran...

09/08/2025

What does birth have to do with how your child leaves the house or how they move out into the world? We have a no cost call tomorrow. Early life imprints don't just go away but you can learn to work with them and help your child to also learn to work with them. Registration link in the comments!

04/03/2025

Are you a homeschooling parent? Are you parenting a neurodiverse child? Please join us for the Neurodiverse Homeschooling Summit April 20-May 6. Rebecca Thompson Hitt and Jen Gerardy are both speakers! Join us! Register here: https://www.mlccoaching.com/summit-registration/

02/21/2025

Help! I'm stressed out! If this is you, read on.

We have a no cost series of calls happening every Tuesday to support you and your family with practical tools to regulate and express your story of what is happening in your world, especially for marginalized groups and those who care about them.

Are you and those in your community worried, stressed, scared, or paralyzed by anger? Do you want to make the world a better place but feel overwhelmed in the face of the number and magnitude of problems you can’t solve? Do you feel alone and isolated in the struggle to meet your own or your loved ones’ needs in the face of systems or people that feel hostile and unsupportive?

It doesn’t have to stay that way.

It’s time to get unstuck, feel nourished and grounded, find clarity about what is most important, connect with community, tap into joy and resolve, and direct passion and dedication into sustainable action for the long haul.

Part 1: Connection and Grounding (Tuesday, February 25 at 11am EST)
Part 2: Values and Intentions (Tuesday, March 4 at 11am EST)

Sign up to join us. Link in the comments. There is no cost. We want to provide you with tools and resources to support yourself and your family right now. We hope you will join us! Please share and invite loved ones who can benefit from this series.