About Elana
I’ve been supporting parents in fostering deeper connections with their kids for the past decade - work that I love! I have a lot of compassion for both parents and children, and feel it’s a great privilege to be a guide and witness to so many parenting aha! moments.
I take a strengths-based approach to parenting, focusing on your values, your gifts and your child’s gifts. I will help you explore what’s most important to you, and then work with you on strategies to achieve your most cherished family dreams.
I’m a big proponent of positive parenting, based on the simple yet profound notion that children do better when they feel better. (So do the rest of us!)
I am a Coaches Training Institute-certified coach (CPCC) with an MPH from UCLA and an undergraduate degree in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley. I’m also a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator (CPDPE).
My best training has come on the job over the past 30 years as the mom of three wonderful, now adult children. My son and two daughters continue to be my best teachers, and I am humbled by them and filled with gratitude for them every day.
If you’re interested in working with me privately, or in starting a parenting group, let’s connect.
My three teachers
“Elana is a gift to all of us blessed to have her in our lives. She is intelligent, insightful, loving, warm, caring, genuine and has an uncanny ability to understand one's intentions and emotions, then mirror them back in a comforting manner. You leave Elana's presence and feel as if you have been held...cradled in her arms... next to her warm heart.”
- T.F., mother of 2 teens
“Thank you for all your wisdom, your careful and deliberate communication and the love you shower on our little group. I so appreciate you and am learning so much by being in this group of sage women. I am inspired by you.”
- D.L., mother of 3 teens