Wouter van der Hall
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Parenting Expert

Wouter van der Hall Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- parenting, personal development, teambuilding and management
- Best Sellers
- The Parent Progam
- Career Focus
- Parent and Happiness Coach, Trainer/Educator and Speaker
- Affiliation
- CoachPro Programs Inc.
Wouter van der Hall, author of The Parent Program and a Parent and Happiness Coach, has worked in Child Welfare for decades, in Europe and North America.
Wouter uses his extensive experience and diverse education as a parent educator and coach to provide parents with easily accessible tools, skills and knowledge.
To help them to be the great parent they can be.
So their kids can flourish as they want them to.
Wouter combines his traditional social work education (BSW and MSW Management Education and Coaching) with the tools the business world pays big bucks for.
He is a certified The Human Element, Myers Briggs Type Indicator and True Colors trainer.
He had many (leadership) roles in Child Welfare, taught social work both in Amsterdam and in Canada, but it was as a management consultant that he truly saw how all parents want to be their best for their kids. His trainees, from executives to road crew foremen, ran home to use the tools he gave them for more open communication and better conflict resolution with their families.
He refocused on his life long passion for children and families and now dedicates himself full time to making these tools and skills accesible to parents world wide.
He has been fortunate to travel far and wide and has seen parents poor and rich, educated and illiterate, all try to make things better for their children. He dedicates his work to these millions of parents.
He developed The Parent Program, a 15 minute a day parenting program to give parents easy to access attitudes, skills and tools to work with at their home, at their convenience and involving their whole family.
Wouter is an extensively certified coach and educator, he has coached people since 1988.
You can reach wouter at wouter@theparentprogram.com or 1888 379 4222
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***Your Anger and How To Get Out Of It-Guilt Free!
Are you ever angry at your kids? I came home, tired, frustrated. My daughter was dancing, the music in the living room a few thousand decibels too loud. My wife was upstairs working and didn't hear me come in. My daughter gave me a look. I yelled "Turn down the music". She gave me another look. ...
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***The Three Things You Can Do That Turn Every Day Into A Good Day!
Can parenting be exhausting, nerve wrecking, challenging and a drain on every other aspect of your life? Yes it can. Parenting can also be rewarding, exciting, fun, a source of great learning and a means of staying young, energized and happy. We as parents are trained by media, politicians, TV, ...
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***Early Morning Blues - How To Get Up Feeling Cheerful and Happy You're Alive! O, and Them Too
Are you waking up listless? Are you tired of of getting up wondering how you will get them out of the door peacefully? You are not alone. Millions of parents get up every morning, knowing they will go into a struggle to get their kids out of bed, fed, dressed and ready to go to school. (Or to ...
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***Are You Teaching Your Kids About Happiness? Really?
Is happiness important to you? If you are like the vast majority of parents, you would say "yes". And even more, it is likely that when asked "What is most important to you for your children as they grow up?" you would say "Happiness" Albert Einstein said: "Success is not the key to ...
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***Parenting Isn't Always Easy! My Teen Wants To Know How Sex Was And Is For Me!
"Dad, you always said I could ask anything, right?" "Sure, shoot!" "Well I know all about how sex is explained in the book you gave me, but not how it really is. How was sex for you when you were young? Was it fun, scary? And how is having sex now? Because when you're my age, it is hard to ...
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*** Found: A Generation Of Children, In Need Of Hope
Her eyes were turned low and her shoulders slumped, as she listened to another lecture. “You’re not worth it. All the things we do for you and you just keep slacking off; under performing and making us look ridiculous to our friends. Why can’t you just be normal and do your work as we want you ...
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***A Very Special Teenager Celebrates
It is a great time as I will be celebrating my thirteenth birthday on the 29th of February. I will catch up with our daughter, who became a teenager last fall, for a little while and yes, then she will leave me behind forever. Most parents experience this grasping for breath in child raising ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Wouter van der Hall
"Happiness is a learnable skill. One you can learn and teach your children, too"
"When you look at what you like in your child, every day, every time you feel stressed, blue or at moments of conflict, there will be more happiness in your life than you could imagine"
"Every child is born wanting to love you and be loved by you, their parent."
"Every child always has a positive intention and wants to fulfill their own full potential"
"You have the power to be a great parent. In 15 minutes of positive attention to what you do, 15 minutes a day, you can unleash that power, by shifting from re-acting from old patterns to acting from what you want to achieve"
"Parenting is a life long relationship in which you are the guide, the teacher. But foremost you are a student, learning so much from being with your children, caring for them and answering to the challenges they pose you, the wisdom they offer and the lessons they bring."
"Love, joy and peace are qualities we can all have in our relationships with our children, when we allow ourselves to be open to receive them from our children, with our children. When we take the time to build a strong and open relationship with each of them, based in mutual respect, love and caring. And when we take the time to be open to loving, respecting and caring for ourself."
"Open communication and conflict resolution can be easy. By being curious about the other, by seeing the other as a partner in creating a great life and seeking to find solutions that help you both achieve that goal."
"Take a deep breath and slow down. That one minute being later doesn't matter, you can enjoy your life, your children a lot more by being just that little bit more relaxed, less pressed, less stressed. You may see their smile, notice a frown, share a happy story instead of push them forward as 'we are late'. When you slow down and see them, truly, then that minute may give you an unexpected feeling of joy. And then that minute really matters!"
Contacting Wouter van der Hall
Wouter van der Hall can be reached at
email: wouter@theparentprogram.com
phone: 1 888 379 4222 (250) 832 4222
How to get started
To learn more about Wouter van der Hall visit www.theparentprogram.com/AboutWoutervanderHall.htm.
The Parent Program, the 15 minute a day parenting program designed to give you easy access to skills and tools int he comfort of your home, is available at www.theparentprogram.com
For coaching sessions or packages go to www.theparentprogram.com/coaching.htm
Wouters coaching is 100% satisfaction guaranteed. If it isn't helpful, he doesn't want to be paid, as simple as that.
Other highlights
The Parent Program is a 15 minute a day parenting program made for easy use and access for you.
At your home, with your family, you will refocus on positive attitudes, learn and master skills and tools and build your own family framework. The last week is all about you, self care for Parents.
Wouter is a Parent Coach and Happiness Coach.
Wouter has been an accredited coach since 1988.
He focuses on giving you the tools fit for your situation and to help you find immediate relief and/or inspiration to move forward in your parenting, in your life.
He works with you, by listening carefully to where you are at right now and by quickly zooming in on how you can simply and effectively change your situation for the better.
He gives a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If it doesn't help you, he doesn't want to be paid. That simple.