A 4-Week Live Online Course to Help You Stop Meltdowns, Reduce Reactivity, and Become the Calm Safe Parent Your Child Needs Most
Dajana Yoakley, MHA
Certified Parenting Coach
Stop The Chaos and Help Your Child Learn Calm for Life
Without yelling, threatening, or walking on eggshells — ever again.
Limited Spots for Personalized Support
You have lifetime access to the course and recordings!
Starts Monday, May 4th, 2026
8 Pre-Recorded Modules
8 Live Coaching Calls
Wednesdays + Thursdays at 12 PM Central
Replays Included
Even if the meltdowns have been happening for years — and even if you’ve tried everything already.
“I used to feel dread every afternoon because I never knew what mood my child would come home in. One small thing could turn into a huge explosion, and I felt like I was constantly bracing myself. Now I understand what’s happening underneath the meltdowns, I know how to respond, and our home feels calmer than it has in years.”
-Ivana, mom of two
“I thought I needed to be stricter, but that only made everything worse. This course helped me stay calm, stop escalating the moment, and actually reach my child when they were overwhelmed. They’re opening up more now, and I finally feel hopeful again.”
— Layla, mom of three
YES — I Want Calmer Days in My Home »
Over 1,000 parents joined our recent parenting trainings and workshops.
The Big Feelings Intensive is the next step for parents who are ready for real change—not just more information.
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Does Your Home Feel Like This Right Now?
You never know what mood you’re going to get — calm one moment, explosive the next
One small disappointment turns into yelling, tears, slamming doors, or total shutdown
You say something simple like “not right now” — and suddenly the whole house is in survival mode
You try to stay calm, explain, or help… and 20 minutes later everyone is dysregulated again
One child’s big feelings spill onto siblings — and everyone ends up tense, reactive, or hurt
Your child says “leave me alone,” pushes you away, then seems miserable and unreachable
Screens feel like the only thing that calms them — and taking them away starts another battle
You feel guilty — like you’re somehow causing it, failing them, or not doing enough to fix it
Same trigger. Different day. Same spiral.
.....And none of it means you're failing.
Big feelings don’t happen randomly.
They come from unmet needs.
And needs can be met.
"Am I still lovable when I’m struggling?"
"Do I lose connection when I have big feelings?"
"Am I too much for you?"
"Can I come to you when life feels hard?"
"When I fall apart, do I have to handle it alone?"
That’s the question underneath almost
every meltdown.
When kids aren’t sure they can feel deeply and stay connected, they fight, shut down, avoid, or explode.
And that uncertainty turns into chaos — every single time.
WHAT'S KEEPING YOU STUCK
Three Things Parents Believe That Keep the Cycle Going
Belief #1:
“My child is just manipulative, dramatic, or doing this for attention.”
Big feelings are rarely a child trying to control you — they’re more often a child who lacks the skills to manage overwhelm.
What looks like defiance is often dysregulation.
What looks like disrespect is often distress.
When you understand what’s underneath the behavior, your response changes — and so does theirs.
Belief #2:
“This is just their personality. They’re always going to be this way.”
Some children are more sensitive, intense, strong-willed, or reactive by temperament.
But temperament is not destiny.
A child can be deeply feeling and emotionally skilled.
Strong-willed and cooperative.
Sensitive and resilient.When children are given the right support, their hard-wired traits become strengths instead of daily struggles.
Belief #3:
"I've tried everything. Nothing works for more than a day."
Tips and tricks often fail because they address the moment — not the pattern underneath it.
Without a framework, every meltdown feels like a new emergency.
You keep reacting, second-guessing, and starting over.
This course gives you the framework — not random strategies — so you know what to do before, during, and after hard moments.
WHAT'S POSSIBLE
Imagine This Being Your Normal...
✓ Your child gets upset — but recovers faster, with your support
✓ Hard moments become chances for connection instead of full-family chaos
✓ Your child comes to you when they’re struggling instead of pushing you away
✓ You stop dreading mornings, bedtime, transitions, or the next meltdown
✓ Siblings feel safer because one child’s emotions no longer run the whole house
✓ You know exactly what to do when emotions rise — and it actually helps
✓ You stay grounded instead of getting pulled into yelling, panic, or guilt
✓ Your child begins building real emotional skills that will serve them for life
✓ You end the day feeling like you gave them something that will last
"After I learned how to respond differently to the meltdowns instead of escalating them, my child started calming faster and coming to me again when things were hard. Now I see more connection, more trust, and real progress." —
Emma, mom of two
INTRODUCING
Big Feelings, Challenging Behavior Online Course
Stop the Meltdowns and Help Your Child Feel Safe With You for Life
A 4-Week Course + Live Coaching Experience for Parents Who Want More Than Just “Getting Through the Day”
This course is built on one core insight: Big feelings are not the real problem.
They are signals of skills, needs, stress, and patterns that can be understood and changed.
The Big Feelings Intensive gives you a complete framework — not a list of tips — for understanding what’s actually driving the meltdowns, shutdowns, aggression, or emotional chaos in your home, and how to shift it at the root.
Step 1 — Track the Triggers to See the Pattern: Recognize what’s really driving the explosions in your home — not random, but predictable.
Step 2 — Regulate Yourself First: Learn how to stay grounded so you stop getting pulled into the spiral.
Step 3 — Respond in a Way That Actually Helps: Know what to say and do during hard moments so your child feels safer and recovers faster.
Step 4 — Build Long-Term Emotional Strength: Help your child grow resilience, trust, empathy, and the ability to handle life without falling apart.
Emotional regulation isn’t something you force. It’s something you build.
THE COURSE FRAMEWORK
Where Most
Big Feelings Begin
The 3 CORE Big Feelings Patterns
Pattern #1 — When Limits Feel Huge (“No!”)
One simple boundary, disappointment, or change of plan turns into yelling, tears, screaming, slamming doors, or total overwhelm.
What looks sudden is often stress building beneath the surface.
You'll learn: How to hold limits calmly, interrupt escalation early, and help your child regulate before the meltdown peaks.
Pattern #2 — When Simple Requests Turn Into Battles
(“Brush your teeth.”)
You ask for something normal — get dressed, start homework, come to dinner, turn it off — and suddenly everyone is in a power struggle.
What looks like defiance is often overwhelm, lack of flexibility, or a child with no skills for transitions.
You'll learn: How to get cooperation without yelling, reduce resistance, and make everyday life smoother.
Pattern #3 — When Hurt Turns Into Shutdown (“Leave me alone.”)
The slammed door. The silence. The screen escape. The child who pushes everyone away.
This is where children often learn to hide pain instead of process it.
You'll learn: How to reconnect without chasing, reduce emotional withdrawal, and help your child turn toward support instead of away from it.
THE CURRICULUM
What You'll Learn - 4 Weeks + 8 Modules:
Phase 1 (Weeks 1):
Track Your Triggers to See the Pattern
• Identify the specific triggers underneath your child’s most common meltdowns, shutdowns, or explosive reactions
• Understand the deeper question driving many big feelings: “Am I safe and supported when I’m struggling?”
• Learn why emotional blowups are often predictable — and what that means for changing them
• Recognize early warning signs before things fully escalate
Phase 2 (Weeks 2): Work With the Feelings Instead of Fighting Them
• Learn what to do in the moment when your child screams, refuses, hits, or falls apart
• Understand how temperament, ADHD, anxiety, high sensitivity, sensory needs, or stress can intensify reactions
• Hold firm limits without creating bigger power struggles
• Help your child recover faster after hard moments
Phase 3
(Weeks 3):
Become the Calm Leader in the Storm
• Learn how to regulate yourself when your child’s emotions trigger your own
• Break yelling, threatening, guilt, or panic cycles
• Know exactly what to say and do in real time — not 2 hours later when it’s over
• Become the safe, steady presence your child can borrow calm from
Phase 4
(Weeks 4): Build Long-Term Emotional Strength + Closeness
• Help your child process feelings instead of stuffing them, acting them out, or escaping into screens
• Teach resilience, empathy, repair, and frustration tolerance
• Create the daily small moments where trust and emotional security are built
• Raise a child who learns: “Hard feelings do not cost me connection.”
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Everything Inside-
Everything Inside The Big Feelings Intensive
4 Weeks of Live Group Coaching Calls
Join us live twice per week for 4 weeks for real-time coaching and support
Bring your real situations — not textbook scenarios • Led live by Dajana Yoakley
• Wednesdays + Thursdays at 12 PM Central (90 minutes each)
All calls recorded — watch anytime if you can’t attend live
Ask questions in advance if you know you’ll miss a session
8 Pre-Recorded Video Modules
Clear step-by-step lessons you can watch at your own pace
Learn the full framework outside of live call time
Revisit modules anytime during the program
Perfect for busy parents who need flexibility
Scripts and Practical Tools
Exactly what to say when Pattern #1, #2, or #3 shows up
Printable practice tools and reflection exercises
Real dialogue examples — not abstract advice
Calm scripts for meltdowns, shutdowns, resistance, and sibling spillover
Live Coaching + Q&A Support
Get coached on your child, your family, your real patterns
Hear solutions for other families that often apply to yours too
Leave each week knowing exactly what to try next
Parent Community + Shared Momentum
Connect with parents walking a similar path
Share wins, ask questions, feel less alone
Build momentum with support instead of trying to do it all yourself
Here's Everything You Receive
Lifetime Access to The Big Feelings Intensive —
8 Module Online Course (Value $497)
4 Weeks of Live Group Coaching Calls (8 Total Live Calls)
2 calls per week for 4 weeks (Value $400)
Scripts, Practice Tools & Reflection Exercises (Value $97)
Parent Community Access/Facebook & WhatsApp (Value $97)
Replays of Every Live Session (Value $97)
Bonuses - Included FREE (Value $344)
BONUS 1: BONUS #1: 60-Minute Live Parent Coaching Session with Dajana (expires at Midnight on April 22nd for enrollment in course) (Value $247)
BONUS 2: Meltdown Emergency Toolkit: Scripts + Step-by-Step Calm Plan for Hard Moments (Value $97)
Total Value: $1,532
Yours Investment Today
$547
Only $247
2 Weekly
Payments of $127
OUR PROMISE TO YOU
Try It Risk-Free for 7 Days
(If you go through the material, do the work, and don't find value — reach out within 7 days and we'll refund you in full. No complicated hoops to jump through. Just show us you gave it a genuine try. We're confident in this material — we've watched it shift families who were completely stuck Your only risk is staying exactly where you are.)
DON'T WAIT
Why Acting Now Matters for Your Kids
The emotional patterns children build around big feelings often deepen the longer they repeat
It is far easier to teach regulation, trust, and healthy coping now than to undo years of chaos, shutdown, or shame later
Children are learning in hard moments whether home is a safe place to bring their struggles
The live coaching cohort is intentionally small — meaningful support requires limiting spots
Bonuses ($591 value) are available only during the enrollment window
Childhood is moving quickly.
The window to help your child build emotional strength, trust, and lifelong coping skills is open right now.
Secure My Spot Before Enrollment Closes »
What Other Parents Have to Say...
Real Families. Real Shifts.
“I used to feel like I was constantly bracing for the next meltdown. One small thing could throw off the whole house. After learning how to respond differently, my child started calming faster and coming to me again when things were hard.”
Emma
Mom of Two
“Before this, our days felt unpredictable and exhausting. I never knew what would set my child off. Within weeks, I saw fewer explosions, faster recovery, and a calmer energy in our home.”
Marilyn
Mom of Two
"Dajana offered me a safe, compassionate space that allowed for open and honest communication without criticism or judgement."
Sarah
Mom of Three
Trusted by Leaders in Peaceful Parenting
Dajana has a deep understanding of the human mind, and the role that self-compassion plays in healing and recovery
Dajana Yoakley is both empathic and brilliant. She has a deep understanding of the human mind, and the role that self-compassion plays in healing and recovery. She knows what both parents and children need to thrive, and how to support parents to become their best selves.
- Dr. Laura Markham,
Founder of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids
Author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids, Peaceful Parent Happy Sibling, and Peaceful Parent Happy Kids Workbook
Dajana showed an outstanding ability to understand and use the principles and practices of playful parenting.
"Dajana successfully completed the Playful Parenting for Parent Educators Program through Playful Parenting International. She showed an outstanding ability to understand and use the principles and practices, both in her work supporting other parents and in her own growth as a parent."
- Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD, President, Playful Parenting International,
Author of Playful Parenting, The Art of Roughhousing and the Opposite of Worry
Your Instructor
Dajana Yoakley, MHA
Peaceful Parenting Coach and founder of Delight in Parenting and
• Certified Peaceful Parenting Coach & Parenting Educator
• Trained directly under Dr. Laura Markham and Dr. Lawrence Cohen
• Master's Degree in Leadership, University of Florida
• 10+ years in senior corporate leadership
• Founder of Delight in Parenting — delightinparenting.com
• Mom of three kids, ages 14, 10, and 7
• Host of the over 6 Virtual summits attended by over 10,000 parents
Is This Course Right for You?
This is a great fit if...
✓ Your child has frequent meltdowns, explosive reactions, shutdowns, or intense emotions that affect the whole home
✓ You feel like you’re walking on eggshells and never know what mood you’re going to get
✓ Simple things like transitions, limits, homework, bedtime, or being told “no” often turn into major battles
✓ You want to understand what’s driving the behavior — not just keep reacting to it
✓ Your child is sensitive, strong-willed, anxious, ADHD, neurodivergent, or easily overwhelmed and one-size-fits-all parenting hasn’t worked
✓ You want your child to feel close to you in hard moments, not distant or defensive
✓ You’re willing to look at your own patterns too — not from blame, but from growth
This isn't the right fit if...
✗ You want a quick fix that doesn’t require any real change or practice
✗ You’re only looking for punishment systems, rewards charts, or surface behavior tricks
✗ Your child’s struggles are mild, rare, and not creating stress in family life
✗ You’re not open to examining how your own responses may shape the pattern too
You now have two choices...
Choice #1: Do what you've been doing.
✗ The same meltdowns. The same walking on eggshells. The same exhausting Tuesday evening.
✗ The emotional patterns in your home become more familiar and more automatic over time
✗ Your child may keep learning to explode, shut down, blame, or escape instead of process feelings
✗ The window to build trust, regulation, and emotional safety in childhood does not stay open forever
Choice #2: Learn a framework that shifts the whole dynamic.
✓ Know exactly what to do and say — in real time, not two hours later
✓ Help your child feel safe enough to regulate instead of spiral
✓ Stay grounded instead of getting pulled into yelling, guilt, or chaos
✓ Build a child who turns toward you when life gets hard
✓ Give your child emotional skills that will serve them well into adulthood
A Quick Reminder of What's Inside
Lifetime Access to The Big Feelings Intensive — 8 Module Online Course
(Value $497)
4 Weeks of Live Group Coaching Calls (8 Total Live Calls)
2 calls per week for 4 weeks (Value $400)
Scripts, Practice Tools & Reflection Exercises (Value $97)
Parent Community Access (Value $97)
Replays of Every Live Session (Value $97)
Bonuses - Included FREE (Value $566)
BONUS 1: BONUS #1: 60-Minute Live Parent Coaching Session with Dajana (expires at Midnight on April 22nd for enrollment in course) (Value $247)
BONUS 2: Meltdown Emergency Toolkit: Scripts + Step-by-Step Calm Plan for Hard Moments (Value $97)
Total Value: $1,532
OUR PROMISE TO YOU
Try It Risk-Free for 7 Days
(If you go through the material, do the work, and don't find value — reach out within 7 days and we'll refund you in full. No complicated hoops to jump through. Just show us you gave it a genuine try. We're confident in this material — we've watched it shift families who were completely stuck Your only risk is staying exactly where you are.)
Frequently Asked Questions
The free webinar gave you the overview — why big feelings happen, the common patterns underneath meltdowns, and what most parenting advice misses.
This course gives you the full framework, live coaching support, and step-by-step implementation so you can actually apply it to your child and your family.
Inside the intensive, you’ll get:
✓ The complete system for what to do before, during, and after hard moments
✓ Live coaching twice per week to help you with your real situations
✓ Scripts for meltdowns, shutdowns, resistance, sibling spillover, and daily battles
✓ Week-by-week support so you don’t just understand the ideas — you create change
✓ Accountability, community, and momentum during the hardest part: applying it in real life
The webinar helps you see the problem clearly.
The course helps you solve it.
Yes. The core dynamics behind big feelings — overwhelm, frustration, disconnection, shutdown, and the need for emotional safety — show up across a wide range of ages.
A preschooler may melt down through tears and screaming.
A school-age child may argue, refuse, or lash out.
A teen may withdraw, shut down, or become reactive.
Different ages, same underlying patterns.
This course is designed for families with children roughly ages 4–17, and the tools can be adapted to your child’s developmental stage, temperament, and unique needs.
Yes — often especially relevant.
Many children with ADHD, high sensitivity, autism, anxiety, sensory differences, or other neurodivergent traits experience emotions more intensely, become overwhelmed faster, or have a harder time shifting states once dysregulated.
That means traditional parenting advice can miss the mark.
This course helps you understand:
✓ Why your child may react faster or more intensely than other kids
✓ How sensory overload, rigidity, transitions, executive function challenges, or nervous system stress can fuel big feelings
✓ How to respond in ways that reduce escalation instead of increasing it
✓ How to hold limits while still honoring your child’s unique wiring
✓ How to build skills without shame, constant correction, or power struggles
This is not a one-size-fits-all parenting course.
The principles are flexible and especially helpful for families whose child needs a more nuanced approach.
All calls are recorded and available in your course portal within 24 hours. You can also submit questions in advance.
Yes — 7-day money-back guarantee if you've done the work and don't find value. Just show me you gave it a genuine try.
Live coaching calls take place twice per week for 4 weeks:
The course starts on May 4th with access to the pre recorded material and resources.
✓ Wednesdays at 12:00 PM Central
✓ Thursdays at 12:00 PM Central
Each call is 90 minutes and focused on real-life support, coaching, and Q&A.
If you can’t attend live, all calls are recorded so you can watch anytime.
Your child’s emotional world starts changing the moment you do.
Let’s get started.
Have more questions? Email dajana.yoakley@delightinparenting.com
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