Parenting a child with big emotions doesn’t have to feel this hard.

Private parent coaching for families with deeply feeling, strong-willed, sensitive, or sometimes explosive children — so you can stop walking on eggshells and start feeling calm, confident, and connected again.

Certified Peaceful Parenting Coach • Virtual Sessions • Personalized Support

Does this sound familiar?

• Your child has intense reactions to seemingly small things, and it’s starting to impact the whole family dynamic.
• You feel like you’ve tried all the parenting strategies, but nothing seems to work for your child.
• You’re tired of waiting and hoping your child will “grow out of it.”
• You sometimes feel like you’re walking on eggshells in your own home.
• You love your child deeply, but you feel drained, resentful, guilty, or unsure what to do next.
• You want to parent peacefully, but in the heat of the moment, your own nervous system takes over.
• You’ve read the books, listened to the podcasts, and watched the trainings — but you still need help applying it to your exact child and your exact family.

You’re not alone. And your child isn’t broken. You just need a clearer map, compassionate support, and practical tools that actually fit your real life.

Meet Dajana

I understand because I’ve been there too.

Hi, I’m Dajana Yoakley — pronounced Diana — founder of Delight in Parenting and a certified Peaceful Parenting Coach.

My peaceful parenting journey began when I was a first-time mom of a strong-willed toddler. I felt completely ineffective. I wanted my child to listen. I wanted to be calm. I wanted to parent differently than the threats, punishments, yelling, and control I had seen around me — but I didn’t know how.

I would try to control my child’s behavior, my child would resist, I would get triggered, and then I’d raise my voice. Afterward, I felt guilty, ashamed, and confused. I knew my child wasn’t bad. I knew I wasn’t bad. But I felt stuck in a cycle I couldn’t seem to escape.

Peaceful parenting helped me see that neither of us was broken. My child’s big emotions weren’t an emergency, and my reactions made sense given my own nervous system, history, and stress. Slowly, through self-compassion, connection, and practical tools, I began rewiring my own responses and creating more peace in our home.

Now I help parents do the same — not by becoming perfect, but by learning how to show up with more calm, clarity, confidence, and love in the moments that used to completely overwhelm them.

Parenting is heroic work. You shouldn’t have to do it alone.

Influences & Trainings

Rooted in personal experience, refined by research, and grounded in peaceful parenting, neuroscience, and self-compassion.

A Compassionate, Practical Approach

In private coaching, we look beneath the behavior. We explore your child’s needs, your nervous system, the family patterns that keep repeating, and the specific words and actions that help your child feel safe enough to cooperate.

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Transform your home so you can feel...

Confident in how you respond to your child. Hopeful about your relationship. Encouraged by meaningful progress in your home.

You don’t have to figure this out alone. Let’s start turning the pattern around together.