Myrna Lapres has been a teacher, administrator and educator for over 25 years but her passion is working with parents--empowering parents to strengthen their connection in heart with their children by teaching practical strategies for reducing behavior problems, increasing motivation, and building assets which contribute to life-long responsibility and resiliency for their children.
Certified as a Family Relationship Coach through Generational Healing as well as a certified Love and Logic trainer, and strongly influenced by the principles of Real Love, Ms. Lapres is an experienced parent educator and coach who is passionate about supporting parents in raising awesome kids.
"Through speaking engagements, parenting workshops, virtual webinars and parent coaching sessions, I give parents tools and support to discover the love and abilities that lie within. I believe that being a parent and a grandparent allows us to re-parent ourselves as we grow in our ability to give and receive genuine, unconditional love.
Since many of these same tools can be used in the classroom to model and teach presence and respect as well as nurture self-efficacy, I share these skills and insights to groups of teachers as well. Connection in relationship is key. Modeling the things that we want others to inherit is the best way to teach.
As parents and teachers, learning to use empathetic phrases and guiding questions avoids arguments that shut down relationships and shares the thinking with our children/students. Giving choices shares the control and allows children to make better decisions and mistakes are learning opportunities. All this helps us to raise resilient, successful, happy individuals. "
Certified as a Family Relationship Coach through Generational Healing as well as a certified Love and Logic trainer, and strongly influenced by the principles of Real Love, Ms. Lapres is an experienced parent educator and coach who is passionate about supporting parents in raising awesome kids.
"Through speaking engagements, parenting workshops, virtual webinars and parent coaching sessions, I give parents tools and support to discover the love and abilities that lie within. I believe that being a parent and a grandparent allows us to re-parent ourselves as we grow in our ability to give and receive genuine, unconditional love.
Since many of these same tools can be used in the classroom to model and teach presence and respect as well as nurture self-efficacy, I share these skills and insights to groups of teachers as well. Connection in relationship is key. Modeling the things that we want others to inherit is the best way to teach.
As parents and teachers, learning to use empathetic phrases and guiding questions avoids arguments that shut down relationships and shares the thinking with our children/students. Giving choices shares the control and allows children to make better decisions and mistakes are learning opportunities. All this helps us to raise resilient, successful, happy individuals. "
Married for 38 years, Myrna raised three sons together with her husband Michael and recently became a grandparent. She enjoys traveling to new places with Michael, reading, taking walks in beautiful forests and playing her flute.
Education, Training & Experience
* Family Relationship Coach, Generational Healing
* Love & Logic Trainer, Parenting The Love & Logic Way
* Preschool & Kindergarten Teacher, 25 years
* Director of Children & Youth Ministries--Bay Area Family Church, San Leandro, CA
* Trainer, Coach & Mentor--Adult Leadership Training for Boy Scouts of America
* Chabot College, Hayward, CA--Early Childhood Education
* SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY--BS Sociology & Psychology
* Unification Theological Seminary--RE-Masters in Religious Education
* Family Relationship Coach, Generational Healing
* Love & Logic Trainer, Parenting The Love & Logic Way
* Preschool & Kindergarten Teacher, 25 years
* Director of Children & Youth Ministries--Bay Area Family Church, San Leandro, CA
* Trainer, Coach & Mentor--Adult Leadership Training for Boy Scouts of America
* Chabot College, Hayward, CA--Early Childhood Education
* SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY--BS Sociology & Psychology
* Unification Theological Seminary--RE-Masters in Religious Education