parenting & matrescence support

Parenting is deeply relational — and often far more complex than advice posts and quick tips make it seem.

Many parents come to this space feeling unsure, overwhelmed, or disconnected from their confidence. They want to support their child’s development and emotional wellbeing, but they’re exhausted by conflicting advice, unrealistic expectations, and the pressure to “get it right”.

Parenting support at Early Nurturing is designed to help you understand your child, trust yourself, and parent in a way that feels aligned and sustainable.

Parenting support is also about coming to understand ourselves and reflecting on how our experience of being parented deeply effects the way in which we parent our own children. This helps us to identify stressors, feelings of overwhelm and begin to make generational changes.

My work is also informed by an understanding of matrescence — the profound transition into motherhood. This lens recognises that parenting challenges often occur alongside significant changes in identity, nervous system capacity and emotional load. Supporting parents means supporting the person they are becoming, not just the role they are trying to perform.

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Common areas I support families with

  • Emotion regulation and big feelings

  • Toddler and early childhood behaviour

  • Boundary setting with connection

  • Parental overwhelm, guilt, or self-doubt

  • Supporting regulation during transitions such as daycare/preschool or siblings

  • Strengthening parent–child relationships and building secure attachment

Parenting support may include:

  • Exploring your child’s behaviour and emotional world

  • Understanding developmental stages and expectations

  • Support with boundaries, transitions, and cooperation

  • Strategies for supporting emotional regulation

  • Reflection on parental triggers and stress responses and the role of repair

  • Reflection on the role of guilt vs shame and societal expectation vs values

  • Support with communication skills and expressing our needs to our family

  • Busting the myth of the perfect parent and understanding authenticity is best

  • Practical tools that fit your family values and capacity

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I hold a Bachelor of Psychology with Honours, I’m a sleep scientist and have worked in both postgraduate sleep research and sleep medicine. I am a Registered Circle of Security Parenting™ Facilitator, an Accredited Holistic Sleep Coach (OCN Level 6), and a Certified Motherhood Studies Practitioner. I’m currently furthering my qualifications in child and family therapy so that I can have an even greater understanding of what families need to thrive.

Just as importantly, I am a mother of two young children, and I am dealing with the emotions, the mental load and the journey of parenting right alongside you.

My work is grounded in:

  • attachment theory

  • infant and child brain development

  • emotional and nervous system regulation

  • the social and emotional realities of parenting

Rather than focusing on surface-level behaviour, we explore:

  • what your child is communicating through their behaviour

  • what they need developmentally and emotionally

  • what you need as a parent to respond with clarity and confidence

This is not about permissive parenting or rigid control — it’s about responsive leadership grounded in connection.

Hi, I’m Sheridan

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What parents gain from parenting support

After working together, parents often feel:

  • calmer and more confident in their responses

  • clearer about what their child needs

  • more connected to their child

  • less reactive and overwhelmed

  • reassured that they’re not “doing it wrong”

Parenting doesn’t become easy — but it often becomes lighter.

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