Because Every Child Has a Spark.
Pediatrician-led coaching to help you understand your child, trust your voice, and parent with more presence, confidence, and joy.
Understand the science of your child’s development, temperament, and spark
Find your unique parenting voice, rooted in your values and inner knowing
Create a relationship with your child that will impact the rest of your lives
Parenting is not just what we do. It's how we bring ourselves to our child.
There are so many things to learn when raising children.
Knowledge matters.
Development matters.
Strategies matter.
But every day we are faced with moments that no book, video, or checklist can fully prepare us for.
We can learn every technique and still come face-to-face with the uncertainty of 'now how do I handle this situation?'
In these new situations, children pay more attention to our state of being than any words or actions.
Aleli believes this uncertainty is not a failure of parenting.
It is the fertile ground where parenting truly comes alive.
It is where we begin to understand our child more deeply, trust our own voice, and connect with our child in the unique way that fits our relationship.
Aleli Coaching empowers you to cultivate confidence and clarity in these daily moments where things feel new, hard, and uncertain.
Aleli helps you identify your child's spark and bring the light of your presence to it.
That’s why Aleli exists.
I'm Jeff — pediatrician, father of four, and your guide at Aleli.
During my first year as a pediatrician, I sat with a mother and her toddler in the clinic room as the child experienced a huge tantrum. The mother looked at me as if to ask, "What do I do now?"
That moment ignited years of research, study, and partnership with families. I realized something essential that now guides Aleli: parents need more than just information.
They need a place to bring the real, uncertain, emotional moments of parenting – to feel seen and heard, and to remember that they have many of the answers within themselves already.
I created Aleli to hold both parts of parenting: the knowledge that comes from science, pediatrics, and child development, along with the deeper truth learned from families that children seek the fullness of our heart and presence.
Because every child has a spark, and that spark shines brightest when the parent is connected to their own wholeness and authenticity.
Learn more about Jeff→
Modern Parenting Has a Problem
You love your child deeply.
You want to understand them, support their development, and help them become fully themselves.
But parenting is full of uncertainty.
Children show us new parts of themselves every day - they grow, change, resist, cry, amaze us, cling to us, explore our limits, regress, refuse, and surprise us.
Growth brings children into the unknown. That is the nature of development. And this unknown often brings out big emotions and new behaviors.
Modern parenting culture tells us that if we learn enough, prepare enough, and optimize for the right strategy, we can be certain that we'll get what we want.
Our children will sleep.
They will eat well.
They will be off social media and love being outside.
They will behave, learn, socialize, play independently, and listen to us.
We will feel calm.
We will know we are doing well.
So we keep searching, trying new strategies, watching more videos, convinced this next tactic is finally the thing that works.
And still, the hardest moments remain. So we start to wonder:
Is this normal?
Am I failing as a parent?
Am I doing enough?
Is something wrong with my child?
This is where many parents begin to disconnect from themselves.
Instead of feeling safe enough to be curious, the pressure to "know what to do" moves us into fear, control, comparison, and urgency.
It's not that the strategy didn't work because it was a bad idea, but rather because parenting is not only about what we do.
It is about how we are when we do it.
A strategy only becomes meaningful when it is connected to your values, your beliefs, your body, your voice, and what you deeply know to be true.
Children feel that consistency. It helps them feel safe.
And when children feel safe, they have more freedom to discover their own voice, express who they are, and let their spark shine through.
What Aleli Offers
Aleli offers a different way.
Rather than exclusively focusing on scripts and strategies, Aleli helps you work with something deeper. Something more sustainable.
Aleli helps you understand your child more deeply — their development, temperament, personality, needs, and spark, based on their age.
And Aleli helps you understand yourself more deeply — your beliefs, values, triggers, preferred strategies, and voice. So you can parent from who you truly are.
Your state of being naturally shines when you parent from this place that feels true.
It does not have to be perfect or look like anyone else's parenting. But it does need to feel honest and aligned inside of you.
Together, we begin to look at daily moments with your child in a new way. We explore challenges not only as problems to solve but as opportunities to be curious about your child.
Through coaching, reflection, child development guidance, and mind-body practices, Aleli helps you move from fear, pressure, and uncertainty into a more peaceful, whole, authentic way of being with your child.
Aleli coaching is not therapy. It is not medical care. It is not a rigid parenting philosophy.
Aleli is a trusted place to be seen, heard, and guided as you bring your whole self to this sacred, messy, uncertain, beautiful work of raising your child.
The Aleli Coaching Plan
Learn About Your Child
- Understand your child's development, temperament, and unique spark.
- You begin to understand what may be developmentally normal, what may need more support, and what your child may be communicating through their behavior.
Center the Parent's State
- Learn about coregulation, how your child feeds off your state, and then explore the state of being you bring into parenting.
- Together we discover what helps you return to peace and authenticity, and we practice different techniques to see what fits for you.
- Aleli is different in that we explore your state of being in the moments that matter most — what you feel, what gets triggered, what stories come up, what your body does, what values you want to live from, and what helps you return to yourself.
Imperfect Practice in Daily Life
- We work with what is happening every day in your home.
- We discuss, plan, and then practice for real-life parenting moments to build confidence and enjoyment in parenting.
- Over time, you begin to feel less controlled by fear and more guided by presence.
- It starts to feel more natural.
- You become more comfortable in uncertainty. You trust your own voice more.
- You begin to enjoy your child more. And your child feels the difference.
Ready for a Different Way of Being?
Aleli coaching is designed as an ongoing relationship. We meet three times per month for one-hour sessions, with text support available between sessions. Together, we make space to understand your child, center your state of being, and practice in the real moments of family life. Choose the path that feels right for your family.
A focused beginning
3-Month Coaching
For parents who want support with a specific season, challenge, or pattern in family life.
- 3 months of coaching
- 9 one-hour sessions total
- 3 sessions per month
- Text support between sessions
- Scheduling at our shared convenience
$2,250paid in full
or $750/month for 3 months
$250/session
The recommended path
6-Month Coaching
For parents who want deeper support over time as they understand their child, practice new responses, and build more steadiness in daily parenting.
- 6 months of coaching
- 18 one-hour sessions total
- 3 sessions per month
- Text support between sessions
- Scheduling at our shared convenience
$4,000paid in full
or $667/month for 6 months
About $220/session
A year of support
12-Month Coaching
For parents who want ongoing guidance as their child grows, changes, and moves through new developmental seasons.
- 12 months of coaching
- 36 one-hour sessions total
- 3 sessions per month
- Text support between sessions
- Scheduling at our shared convenience
$6,500paid in full
or $542/month for 12 months
About $180/session
You may pay in full or monthly. You are always free to cancel at any time. If you cancel within the first month, you receive your money back.
Want to speak with Jeff first?
Schedule a free 15-minute intro call to share what is happening in your family, ask questions, and see if Aleli coaching feels like the right fit. There is no pressure to sign up.
Hear from other parents who did Aleli coaching
Rosemary & Santiago
parents of Kali (6mo)
"Hey, look, we're the gardener, and essentially she's the seed. So, if we don't take care of ourselves, we can't take care of the plant, right?"
Alex
father of Zosia (3yo) and Wylie (1yo)
"He was a really instrumental part of my understanding how to build and maintain very healthy relationships with my kids through that process."
Jessie & Bobby
parents of Karlo (11mo)
"That interpersonal attunement makes a real difference because... this is vulnerable territory... and I think he does a really wonderful job of holding that."
Words from Aleli families
"This in full sincerity is like the best investment in any parenting thing I've made by far."
Alex, father of 3yo & 1yo
"Aleli to me feels like a safe place. No, I didn't feel embarrassed or frustrated because [my daughter] had a tantrum. Because here is the time to learn how to handle the tantrum."
Genesis, mother of 2yo
"It has given me so much confidence. The way it has empowered me to be able to make choices from not always a place of fear."
Jessie, mother of 1yo
"You'll never feel alone during, like, these difficult moments."
Santiago, father of 6mo
"That experience of recognizing my own state was new to me... looking at where I was at instead of, okay, what's wrong with the kid?... let's check ourselves first."
Ericca, mother of 4yo & 3yo twins
"Jeff allowed me to explore and worked with me to find a way of parenting that feels natural to me... it makes everything downstream so much easier."
Alex, father of 3yo & 1yo
"It's very reassuring and stabilizing to have this weekly check-in... This feels a little bit like having waterwings for what is a very kind of unsettling, stormy, deep water."
Bobby, father of 1yo
"Because of him, I feel calmer, you know, I just feel more present. I feel connected to her."
Rosemary, mother of 6mo
"It's a complete 180."
EJ, father of 4yo
"I definitely feel more confident as a parent because of Jeff."
Rosemary, mother of 6mo
"This in full sincerity is like the best investment in any parenting thing I've made by far."
Alex, father of 3yo & 1yo
"Aleli to me feels like a safe place. No, I didn't feel embarrassed or frustrated because [my daughter] had a tantrum. Because here is the time to learn how to handle the tantrum."
Genesis, mother of 2yo
"It has given me so much confidence. The way it has empowered me to be able to make choices from not always a place of fear."
Jessie, mother of 1yo
"You'll never feel alone during, like, these difficult moments."
Santiago, father of 6mo
"That experience of recognizing my own state was new to me... looking at where I was at instead of, okay, what's wrong with the kid?... let's check ourselves first."
Ericca, mother of 4yo & 3yo twins
"Jeff allowed me to explore and worked with me to find a way of parenting that feels natural to me... it makes everything downstream so much easier."
Alex, father of 3yo & 1yo
"It's very reassuring and stabilizing to have this weekly check-in... This feels a little bit like having waterwings for what is a very kind of unsettling, stormy, deep water."
Bobby, father of 1yo
"Because of him, I feel calmer, you know, I just feel more present. I feel connected to her."
Rosemary, mother of 6mo
"It's a complete 180."
EJ, father of 4yo
"I definitely feel more confident as a parent because of Jeff."
Rosemary, mother of 6mo
"This in full sincerity is like the best investment in any parenting thing I've made by far."
Alex, father of 3yo & 1yo
"Aleli to me feels like a safe place. No, I didn't feel embarrassed or frustrated because [my daughter] had a tantrum. Because here is the time to learn how to handle the tantrum."
Genesis, mother of 2yo
"It has given me so much confidence. The way it has empowered me to be able to make choices from not always a place of fear."
Jessie, mother of 1yo
"You'll never feel alone during, like, these difficult moments."
Santiago, father of 6mo
"That experience of recognizing my own state was new to me... looking at where I was at instead of, okay, what's wrong with the kid?... let's check ourselves first."
Ericca, mother of 4yo & 3yo twins
"Jeff allowed me to explore and worked with me to find a way of parenting that feels natural to me... it makes everything downstream so much easier."
Alex, father of 3yo & 1yo
"It's very reassuring and stabilizing to have this weekly check-in... This feels a little bit like having waterwings for what is a very kind of unsettling, stormy, deep water."
Bobby, father of 1yo
"Because of him, I feel calmer, you know, I just feel more present. I feel connected to her."
Rosemary, mother of 6mo
"It's a complete 180."
EJ, father of 4yo
"I definitely feel more confident as a parent because of Jeff."
Rosemary, mother of 6mo
Begin a different way of being with your child.
Work with Jeff to understand your child, steady your own state, and create the kind of loving presence where your child's spark can shine.