No More Monkey Business
A practical guide for parents to bring calm, clarity, and confidence into everyday parenting moments. Packed with real-life tools, insights, and support for raising emotionally healthy kids in a busy world.
Vered Harel
Vered is a dedicated single mother of two who has made a meaningful impact in her community since moving to Australia. Passionate about health and well-being, she has led community initiatives, founded a charity, and built research collaborations to enhance public and mental health.
With a Master of Science in Professional Communication, a Diploma in Adlerian Life Coaching and Parenting Coaching from the Adler Institute, and a Master’s degree in Psychotherapy and Counselling, Vered has guided parents, individuals, and young adults through various challenges. She founded the Parenting School to strengthen parent-child relationships, promote positive discipline strategies, and address the challenges parents face today. Vered is also a natural leader and a gifted spiritual singer, bringing comfort and inspiration through her voice.
Vered’s personal journey is one of resilience. After relocating to a new country and facing the end of her marriage, she raised her two daughters on her own while managing financial hardships and multiple jobs. Despite these challenges, Vered has remained committed to helping others, using yoga, meditation, and nature to maintain her own inner peace.
As a psychotherapist, Vered’s goals are to support individuals in understanding their emotions, overcoming challenges, and fostering personal growth. She aims to help her clients develop resilience, improve mental health, and find clarity in their lives by providing a safe and compassionate space for exploration and healing. Through tailored therapeutic approaches, she guides clients in achieving greater self-awareness and well-being.
Debbie Reichard
Debbie is a mother of 3 beautiful boys aged 9 to 20. Trained initially as an ESL and language teacher, later as a Remedial Masseuse, Loss to Joy Coach & Trauma Counsellor (TRTP) Her interest and intuition with people have led her to work with emotional and transformational healing. She has spent time in the birth space too supporting women in their own empowering birth and postpartum journeys. Debbie has been inspired by Hatha and Ashtanga yoga, Yoga Nidra and Meditation which have all been tools of support, learning and guidance through child loss, anxiety, panic attacks and relationship upheavals.
Currently focusing on a specialised trauma-informed therapy (TRTP training), she is adept at creating a safe and supportive environment for clients dealing with the aftermath of all kinds of trauma and grief. In addition to her hands-on therapies, Debbie is a certified NTT (NeuroTransformational Therapy) coach. This coaching approach helps clients rewire their neural pathways to achieve profound personal growth and transformation. Debbie’s integrative approach ensures a comprehensive path to wellness, addressing the body, mind, and spirit. Her goal is to guide each person towards profound personal growth, inner peace, and to find a happier place to work by boosting confidence, building on strengths and creating a vision to find greater joy in life regardless of past life experiences.