Meet Becky Jennings! Becky is based in Los Angeles with her 2 kids, husband, and dog. Becky is a certified parent coach who specializes in helping parents understand their reactivity while giving them the tools to choose a more aligned response.
For more details, visit their website here.
Here we sit down with Becky, to know a bit more about her journey as an entrepreneur.
Q. What inspired you to become an entrepreneur?
Becky: I’m driven by impact and the idea of what could be. When I’m passionate about something it’s a part of every waking moment. Being an entrepreneur allows me to embrace that passion and grow a business that lights me up and creates that maximum impact.
Q. How did you get started?
Becky: I started parent coaching out of a personal need to connect with my older son. I was struggling to understand some of the behavioral challenges that were coming up in school and I was parenting from a really rigid place. I’d read countless books, listened to podcasts, etc. but couldn’t figure it out.
Becoming a parent coach allowed me to realize how my own childhood was informing my reactivity with my son. I was able to do the work and build the skills to transform our relationship. Now I help parents connect their own dots and make truly meaningful shifts in their home.
Q. What was your biggest startup challenge? What steps did you take to overcome it? What did you learn?
Becky: Comparison. Comparison can stop you in your tracks. It’s so easy to see how far ahead others are ahead of you and you can feel very small in their shadow. I overcame that by studying those ahead of me.
Finding the similarities between people and businesses, and beginning to recognize myself along their path. I have learned to embrace the discomfort of comparison and use it as a moment of reflection. What specific action can I take in the area that I’m comparing myself? When I do this I no longer feel trapped in the pitfall, instead I’m using it as motivation.
Q. What is the most memorable thing you’ve done since you started your business?
Becky: Starting my parenting community membership. Having an affordable place for parents to go to find support, get answers to tricky parenting questions, and learn skills is life-changing. Parenting can feel very isolating and endlessly triggering at times. This space allows parents to breathe. To know they aren’t alone in their struggle.
Q. What is one book you recommend, and why?
Becky: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg.
Every single one of us has needs that need to be met. And we often react from this frustrating place of unmet needs.
Learning how to look for the unmet need is critical when it comes to effective communication. It’s one of the greatest gifts we can give to someone. Truly hearing them without our judgments or labels.
Embracing the skill of nonviolent communication not only transforms your relationship with your children but it benefits every interaction you have in your day.
Q. What are your top 3 favorite online apps, tools, or resources and what do you love about them?
- Circle App – it’s an incredible platform for community building.
- Canva – I use it daily in my content creation. It allows me to create seamless branding across platforms.
- Notes – I keep a running list of all my podcast ideas, video topics, contacts, etc.
Q. In terms of legacy, what is the mark you’d like to leave on the world?
Becky: It seems like we are always in a state of reactivity. Reacting to something that happened in the news, to a co-worker who said something rude, to a car cutting us off, to an email received from school, to our kids throwing a tantrum. It feels like we are at the mercy of what is going on around us. Our days are being sucked up by external forces and we are growing more and more defensive, dysregulated, and distracted.
My mission is to teach a generation of parents how to take back control and consciously choose how to respond vs. react. We can choose an aligned response when we understand the root of our reactivity. When we take time to break generational patterns we can choose how we show up in this world. Teaching people that they can choose their responses changes the world.
Q. In one sentence, what’s the best advice you’d give to someone just starting on their entrepreneurial journey?
Becky: Your idea is the exact solution someone is looking for right now.
To keep up to date with Becky and her journey, connect with her on Instagram.