Understanding that there's no "right" way to parent. There's just the way that feels right to you and your family.

Discovering ways to cultivate your inner knowing and tools for helping your children stay connected to their own inner knowing.

Learning how to tune into yourself and your children in ways that will help you navigate family life and foster life long connections.

Carrie Contey, PhD is a nationally recognized early parenting coach, consultant, speaker, educator and author who has appeared on The Today Show, CBS Radio, National Public Radio’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook and in publications including Time Magazine, The Boston Globe, The Star-Ledger, among others. Her passion is providing parents with the support, information and tools to create conscious, connected and balanced lives in all stages of early parenting from before conception through childhood.

She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a specialty in prenatal and perinatal psychology, as well as an M.A. in prenatal and perinatal psychology from Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. Contey also holds M.Ed. in health education and health promotion from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. in psychology from Hamilton College. Carrie served on the board of directors of the Association of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH) from 2004-2009. She is the co-author of CALMS A Guide To Soothing Your Baby, and the soon to be released What Babies Want: Calming and Communicating with Your Baby. She is also the co-founder of Slow Family Living. Carrie lives, works and plays (literally, she's a drummer in a rock band!) in Austin TX. You can learn more about Carrie at www.earlyparenting.com and www.slowfamilyliving.com