About Fiona Ng
About Fiona Ng | Parent Coach & Founder of Happy Me Parenting
Helping parents understand themselves, connect with their children and change the patterns that keep families stuck.
Hello, I’m Fiona Ng, founder of Happy Me Parenting and a parent coach with a particular interest in the relationship between our own experiences, our nervous systems and the way we parent.
Based in North Tyneside, in the north-east of England, I work with parents online across the UK and internationally.
My approach brings together conscious parenting, attachment-informed understanding and nervous-system awareness. Rather than simply giving you another set of parenting strategies to follow, I help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface of your family’s struggles, so that meaningful change becomes possible.
Because sometimes, the answer isn’t another parenting technique. It’s understanding why certain situations affect us so deeply, why we find ourselves reacting in ways we don’t intend to, and how we can begin to do things differently.
My journey into conscious parenting
My journey into parent coaching began when I discovered the work of Dr Shefali Tsabary, particularly her books The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family.
Her work challenged me to look at parenting differently. Instead of seeing my children as little people who needed to be shaped into a particular mould, I began to understand how much parenting invites us to look at ourselves, too.
I recognised that, growing up, I hadn’t always felt fully seen or heard for who I was. Like many of us, I carried experiences from childhood that influenced how I saw myself and how I related to others.
I began to wonder what might change if we could become more aware of these patterns rather than unconsciously passing them on.
Conscious parenting changed the way I understood my relationship with my children. It also sparked a desire to support other parents who wanted something different for their own families.
In 2018, I trained as a parent coach with the Jai Institute of Parenting and launched Happy Me Parenting.
What Sets My Parent Coaching Apart
Why I began looking beyond parenting advice
When I first started coaching, I worked with parents through a structured 12-week programme, supporting them to understand their children, reflect on their own experiences and develop more connected ways of parenting.
I loved this work. But over time, I became increasingly interested in a question that parenting strategies alone didn’t always seem to answer.
Why can we know exactly how we want to respond to our children, yet find ourselves doing something completely different in the heat of the moment?
Why can a child’s shouting, resistance or distress trigger such a strong reaction in us, even when we understand that their behaviour isn’t necessarily personal?
And why is it sometimes so difficult to put into practice the very things we believe in?
These questions became particularly important through my own experiences and my subsequent work with Somatic Experiencing, a body-oriented approach to understanding and working with stress and trauma. I began to understand the importance of what happens in our bodies, not just what we know intellectually.
We can read the books, learn the techniques and genuinely want to parent differently. But when we’re overwhelmed, frightened, triggered or stretched beyond our capacity, accessing that knowledge can become much harder.
This understanding has profoundly influenced the way I think about supporting parents.
A different approach to parent coaching
I believe parenting is about much more than finding the right response to a child’s behaviour.
It’s also about understanding the relationship between our own experiences, our emotional responses and the patterns that develop within our families.
My approach draws on my training in conscious parenting and attachment-informed work, alongside my experience as a qualified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
Together, these perspectives inform the way I understand the challenges parents bring to coaching.
Rather than focusing only on what you should do differently, we can become curious about what’s happening underneath the struggle.
That might mean exploring why you feel overwhelmed when your child refuses to cooperate, why you find yourself shouting despite promising yourself you wouldn’t, or why setting boundaries brings up feelings of guilt, fear or uncertainty.
We work with the real situations happening in your family, developing greater awareness of your responses and exploring different ways forward.
My approach is gentle, curious and grounded in the belief that lasting change doesn’t come from putting more pressure on ourselves.
Sometimes, slower is faster. Less is more.
The aim isn’t to become a perfect parent. It’s to develop a deeper understanding of yourself and your child, so that you have more choice in how you respond.
My own experience of motherhood
‘m also a mum to two daughters, and my own experience of motherhood has been an important part of this journey.
Like many parents, I’ve had to navigate the gap between the parent I wanted to be and the way I sometimes found myself responding under pressure.
I’ve had to look at my own childhood experiences, recognise patterns I didn’t want to repeat and learn to meet myself with more understanding along the way.
I’m not interested in presenting an image of perfect parenting. I don’t believe it exists.
What matters to me is our willingness to notice, reflect, repair and keep learning.
I know how much we can love our children while simultaneously feeling exhausted, overwhelmed or unsure of ourselves. I also know how easy it is to become caught up in worrying about whether we’re getting everything right.
My work is informed by both my professional training and the understanding that comes from being a parent myself.
Who I work with
I particularly enjoy working with parents who are thoughtful and reflective, who care deeply about their children and who want to understand the bigger picture rather than simply manage behaviour.
You might already have read the books, listened to the podcasts and tried to put different approaches into practice, yet still find yourself caught in familiar patterns.
Perhaps you want to respond more calmly but feel easily triggered. Perhaps you’re struggling to understand your child’s intense emotions, or you recognise that your own upbringing is influencing your parenting in ways you’d like to change.
You don’t need to have everything figured out before seeking support.
My role isn’t to judge you or tell you how to raise your children. It’s to help you explore what’s happening with compassion, curiosity and a deeper understanding of the dynamics within your family.
My qualifications and experience
I began working professionally as a parent coach in 2018 and have continued to develop my understanding of parenting, relationships, emotional wellbeing and the nervous system.
My relevant training includes:
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) — 2023-2025
Parent Coaching Certification — Jai Institute of Parenting (2018–2019)
Compassionate Inquiry — Level 1 training (2021)
Conscious and attachment-informed parenting — ongoing integration into my coaching approach
Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner — Communicating Excellence (2018)
Positive Parenting workshop facilitator training — Care for the Family (2019–2021; licence period has ended)
My Somatic Experiencing training was undertaken through Somatic Experiencing International and its associated training faculty.
My work has also included online consultations with parents internationally, parenting education and media appearances.
A little more about me
Outside my work, I’m a mum first. I live in North Tyneside, where I enjoy the coast, a good cup of tea and the quieter things in life.
I value depth, connection and having the space to slow down. These values are reflected in how I work with parents, too.
I believe we can approach ourselves and our children with more compassion without losing sight of boundaries, responsibility or the realities of family life.
If you’re looking for support that goes beyond conventional parenting advice and helps you understand the patterns beneath the surface, I’d love to hear from you.
Explore my parent coaching programme or get in touch to find out whether working together feels right for you.
