SPEAKER: PARENTS, SCHOOLS, WORKPLACE
Your audience does not need another tip. They need a system.
Lorena Seidel, M.Ed, helps parents and educational leaders stop the daily power struggles with high standards and high support. Firm, practical and honest, with something your audience can do the same day.
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Lorena Seidel, M.Ed | Emotional Intelligence and Growth Mindset Expert | TEDx Speaker | MasterClass Instructor
MasterClass
Guest Instructor, "The Power of Mindset" (2025)
"10 to 25" Book
Recognized by top psychologists, David Yeager in his bestseller book.
20 Years
In education and emotional intelligence
Past stages include the 29th International Montessori Congress in Bangkok and TEDx Oneonta.
What Lorena tells every room.
An ice pack alone will not fix a broken bone.
Match the support to the intensity, the frequency and the duration of the problem. A little tip will not fix a big problem, and parents who keep looking for a quick fix stay stuck.
Discipline is kind and firm. Not punitive. Not permissive. Whatever you accept becomes what your child thinks is acceptable. Raise the bar and back it with real support.
Lorena is a coach, not a therapist. She works on the other 167 hours of the week, alongside the professionals in a child's life, never instead of them.
Who She Speaks to...
Parent communities
Parents leave with one concrete thing to do tonight and a way to judge how big their problem really is. No fluff, no guilt trips, no "you are doing your best."
Schools and educators
Teachers are worn out from managing behavior all day. Lorena gives educators and school parents the same language for staying firm and connected, so power struggles stop before they start.
Workplaces
Working parents carry the morning meltdown into the meeting. Workplace talks start with a short conversation about your people and your goal, then a talk built for that group.
Therapist groups
Therapy is one hour a week. Lorena speaks to clinicians about the other 167 hours, and how to hand parents a clear plan to carry the work between sessions. Coach, not therapist, working alongside the professionals.
Pediatric groups
Parents bring behavior problems to the pediatrician. Lorena shows parents how to size the problem by intensity, frequency and duration, and when it is time to go back to a clinician.
Libraries
Open community talks for parents of children, preteens and teens: one clear idea, a concrete takeaway, and honest answers in the Q&A.
Talk Topics...
Most requested for parent groups and conferences
Beyond the Parenting Tips: Matching Support to the Intensity, Frequency and Duration of Teen Behavior
For parent groups and conferences. Parents learn to size a problem by its intensity, frequency and duration, so they stop chasing quick fixes. They leave with one step to take tonight.
Keynote, 45 to 60 minutes
Why Most Parenting Advice Misses the Point
For parent communities and school audiences. Lorena shows why tips fail without a system behind them. People leave knowing what to change first and why consistency beats cleverness.
The Other 167 Hours
For therapists, pediatric groups and the professionals who see families one hour a week. Lorena covers the other 167. Attendees leave with a clear plan parents can carry between sessions.
Kind and Firm: Not Punitive, Not Permissive
For schools, educators and parents. No punishing, no pleading. Attendees learn the language that holds the line and keeps the connection, so power struggles stop before they start.
Formats...
Talk, 60 minutes
For rooms of 150 and up, or smaller groups that want a clear message.
Interactive workshop, 90 minutes
Parents work through their own situations with Lorena. Best for 30 to 150.
Series
A multi-week series for a school or parent group, with a talk and live coaching each session.
Ask about travel and location. Lorena prefers the largest room you can fill.
ABOUT LORENA
20 years in education and emotional intelligence.
Lorena Seidel, M.Ed, is an Emotional Intelligence and Growth Mindset Expert and family coach with about 20 years at the intersection of education and emotional intelligence. She started as a Montessori teacher, then worked with parents, and built her method from a master's thesis on growth mindset and emotional intelligence.
Her work is featured in a chapter of David Yeager's book "10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People," she is a guest instructor on MasterClass, and she gave the TEDx talk "Why Most Parenting Advice Misses The Point."
Lorena Seidel, M.Ed | Emotional Intelligence and Growth Mindset Expert | TEDx Speaker | MasterClass Instructor
