Parentness: The Art of Conscious Parenting

Parenthood is a journey of love, responsibility, and self-discovery. We believe that preparing for parenthood goes beyond learning about diapers and sleep schedules—it is about understanding yourself, your emotional patterns, and how your past influences the way you will raise your child.

One of the most overlooked aspects of parenting is narcissism. While the term often carries a negative connotation, it is essential to recognize that healthy narcissism is a fundamental part of parenthood. Without a sense of self, confidence, and identity, a parent cannot provide the emotional stability a child needs. Healthy narcissism allows parents to take pride in their role, set boundaries, and guide their children with authority and love.

However, when unresolved wounds, insecurities, or an inflated ego take control, parenting can become a battlefield of unmet needs, where the child becomes an extension of the parent's self-image rather than an individual with their own path. This is where narcissistic scenarios emerge—when a parent unconsciously seeks validation, control, or admiration through their child, rather than fostering their independence and emotional security.

With the Parentness program, our mission is to help future parents recognize and break free from these unconscious patterns. Through therapy and coaching, we guide individuals and couples to:

✅ Understand the fine line between healthy and harmful narcissism
✅ Identify personal triggers and emotional baggage before it affects the child
✅ Learn to parent from a place of self-awareness, rather than ego or societal expectations
✅ Build emotional intelligence and resilience to foster a nurturing, non-toxic family environment

Becoming a parent is not just about providing food, shelter, and education. It is about creating a safe emotional space where a child feels seen, heard, and valued for who they truly are. Without preparation, it is easy to fall into patterns inherited from our own upbringing—sometimes without realizing it. This is why self-reflection, emotional work, and psychological support before and during parenthood can be the greatest gift you give to your child and yourself.

With Parentness, we are here to guide you on this transformative journey, ensuring that your child grows up in an environment where love is not conditional, and self-worth is not dependent on external validation.

Are you ready to break free from unconscious patterns and embrace conscious parenting? Let’s start this journey together. Your child’s emotional future begins with you.

 Therapy is a deep, introspective process that allows individuals to explore their childhood experiences, emotional wounds, and psychological patterns that may unknowingly influence their parenting.

✅ Healing Childhood Wounds: Many of our beliefs about parenting stem from how we were raised. Therapy helps uncover unresolved childhood experiences that may lead to repeating unhealthy dynamics with our own children.
✅ Understanding Triggers & Emotional Responses: Parenthood can awaken strong emotions—frustration, anxiety, or even unfulfilled childhood needs. Therapy helps future parents recognize these emotional triggers and develop healthier responses.
✅ Breaking Free from Narcissistic Cycles: By understanding how unhealthy narcissism manifests, therapy helps individuals prevent unconscious ego-driven behaviors that can impact their child’s emotional well-being.
✅ Developing Secure Attachment Patterns: Through therapeutic work, future parents can learn how to create a nurturing and emotionally safe environment for their children, fostering secure attachment and trust.

Therapy is ideal for individuals who want to heal past wounds, understand their emotional landscape, and prevent intergenerational trauma from shaping their parenting approach.

 Coaching, on the other hand, is a goal-oriented process that focuses on self-improvement, personal growth, and practical strategies for conscious parenting.

✅ Building Self-Awareness & Emotional Intelligence: Coaching provides tools to strengthen self-awareness and develop emotional intelligence, helping parents navigate the challenges of raising a child with patience and understanding.
✅ Ego Awareness & Mindful Parenting: By recognizing when the ego is driving parenting decisions, coaching helps future parents stay present and responsive rather than reactive.
✅ Creating a Personalized Parenting Vision: Coaching helps future parents clarify their values, intentions, and parenting philosophy to align with their long-term vision of the kind of parent they want to be.
✅ Developing Healthy Communication & Boundaries: Effective parenting requires clear, compassionate communication. Coaching provides techniques to foster open communication with children while maintaining firm yet loving boundaries.

Coaching is ideal for individuals who want to actively shape their parenting style, strengthen their self-awareness, and develop practical tools for conscious, mindful parenting.

Both therapy and coaching offer valuable support for future parents. While therapy helps heal past wounds and unconscious patterns, coaching focuses on developing self-awareness and intentional parenting strategies. Many of our clients find that a combination of both provides the deepest transformation.

Under the Parentness program, we offer both therapy and coaching to help you step into parenthood with confidence, clarity, and emotional balance. By preparing now, you ensure that your future child will grow up in a home filled with love, understanding, and conscious guidance.

Self-awareness is the first step toward conscious parenting. To help you gain insight into where you stand on the spectrum of healthy and unhealthy narcissism, we’ve developed a  The Mirror of Parenthood: A Self-Discovery Survey . This quick and insightful questionnaire will help you.

Total Score: Add up your responses. 

• 10–25: Low narcissistic tendency.
• 26–45: Moderate tendency. Reflecting on certain behaviors may be helpful.
• 46–74: High narcissistic tendency. Introspective work or professional coaching may be beneficial to adjust your approach.  

French version os the survey: https://forms.gle/XvXcLtMCikrRes518