Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook

As a mom of a spirited child (and let’s be honest, some days all of my kids are spirited), this workbook was like a lifeline. The Spirited Child Workbook doesn’t just offer advice—it offers understanding. It helped me feel seen and gave me real, practical tools to handle the daily chaos with more patience, intention, and heart. What I love most is how it doesn’t shame or “fix” kids—it celebrates who they are while guiding us as parents to meet their intensity with calm, connection, and clarity. Each chapter feels like sitting with a wise, non-judgmental friend who just gets it. This should 100% be a book club trend for moms. Imagine getting together not just to talk about what’s hard, but to share insights, strategies, and feel a little less alone. It’s the kind of book that builds community and confidence. To every mom navigating big feelings, loud energy, and the beautifully challenging task of raising a spirited kid—this one’s for you. Buy it, read it, gift it, and start a group. You won’t regret it.

I have been struggling with my daughter and our relationship from the time of her birth. I have taken classes, participated in programs, and read books. I have done my research and tried to practice what I learned. Still I had no control over the everyday chaos that was our life. This workbook taught me the understanding of the "spirited" child and gives realistic tools that I was able to put into practice. After reading this book, doing the exercises and continuing to use the strategies within, I believe, that (with my help), my daughter will be able to positively utilize her personality and skills in ways that will benifit instead of harm her. Being a quieter, introspective, inrovert it was difficult for me to to understand and get along with someone with non stop energy and intensity. I am now able to interact with and enjoy my daughter in ways I never thought imaginable. She's not the "difficult" child I thought she was-just different from me.

This companion workbook was an enlightenment, and a validation! I don't have words to express my gratitude to the author for her insights and interventions...so glad I bought it! It deserves a 10, not a 5 star rating!

Think you have a child that consumes most of you - doesn't matter if your the parent or the teacher, as a matter of fact doing it together is better. Work through the book and try to apply one lesson a week, each week add one more lesson. Re-work the book every 6 months to gauge the small changes that come first, and to help keep u pushing along! One child with ADHD, and another that borders on Autistic - demanding 90% of a 24 hour day simultaneously - regardless if the attention was pos or neg. It didn't leave me with much for my "normal" non-demanding child or myself. By the end of the first week, I was getting a different kind of call from the schools - telling me how much change they saw in my all of my kids. If you have children like mine, then you cant afford not to have this book!

This book had good ideas but it took so long for the author to get to the point. I couldn't finish it because it was too annoying to read all of the superfluous and extraneous "set up" of each point. I do think there is wisdom in this book - I just lacked the patience to sift through and find it all.

Really good! It was very helpful. Alot of information about dealing with different personalities.

I love this workbook! It is a great suppplement to the book “Raising Your Spirited Child”. I have a background in education and many years of parenting experience with 7 children. I was frustrated and discouraged because all of my education and experience did not seem to apply when dealing with my spirited child. These resources have been invaluable! As I came to understand that my child is “ normal but more” I was able to adjust my parenting techniques to meet her unique needs and it has been life changing.

I downloaded "Raising Your Spirited Child" to Kindle but found it hard to do some of the exercises in a digital format. This workbook is a nice companion to the book and makes it easy to use for referencing later on. If you are like many parents of spirited child you may not have time to read the book. You can absolutely purchase the workbook and get valuable information from it without reading the companion book.

I discovered this book and Mary Kurchinka when I was so hopeless with my 2 yo boy. Now he is 5 and thi book helped me to understand his temperament and how to react in front of his tantrums. I hpo that sooner or later, it will appears also an italian version. I think lots of parents need to read this book, above all to know that we are not alone!

This arrived on time and exactly what I was expecting

Love this! Very helpful and written well. Easy to follow

This book helped me understand my spirited child better. The book is well written, and easy to understand. Worth the price.