Karina is an experienced speaker known for her warmth, insight and positive energy that engages audiences and inspires change.
Evidence-based in her approach, which also draws on her personal experience, she loves to present on the topics of emotional intelligence, family relationships, wellbeing and mindset.
Karina's presentations are designed for parents schools, communities, not-for-profit and corporate organisations.
As well as travelling to present at conferences and workshops in person, Karina is very experienced at delivering her material online for virtual events.
Discuss your next event with Karina!
We are parenting in different times, with our kids experiencing different challenges and more complex needs. We can no longer rely on outdated techniques, that often do more harm than good. This means a new, smarter approach is required to ensure we're raising happy healthy, compassionate kids.
The mental health needs of our children have never been greater. They rely on us to give them the gift of EQ, which has been found to be more important than IQ for navigating the ups and downs of life. The good news is that anyone can learn how to coach children about their emotions.
It's time for a radical overhaul of how we view discipline and the techniques we use to guide behaviour. Many parents and carers continue to use behavioural tools that don't work, leading to frustration, distress and low confidence. Great discipline means using more effective techniques that successfully guide behaviour and help build healthy brains.
Today's teens need their parents and carers to guide and support them to become tomorrow's resilient and emotionally strong young adults. Discover how to engage with your teen and strengthen your relationship so they always feel safe to come to you with their feelings and challenges.
Children aren't great listeners but it is possible to get through to them without frustration and that talking-to-a-brick-wall feeling. Discover the best communication tools to use so that children hear you and follow through with your instructions.
Discover the secrets of calmer, more peaceful parenting and create family harmony that lasts the distance. How to reduce mental load, beat burnout and stress-proof family life so you can enjoy more happiness and harmony.
Karina Lane is a certified parenting coach, educator and author of Chilled Out Mum. She has spent more than two decades working in the field of behavioural change and emotional intelligence, working initially with inmates and offenders, and now with parents.
Karina spent 12 years working with inmates and offenders in a variety of settings, running groups on behavioural change, addiction, anger management and domestic and family violence.
This experience helped her understand the importance of parent-child interactions, meeting children’s needs effectively and emotion regulation. With this knowledge and four children of her own, she moved into the parenting field where she educates and coaches parents to raise emotionally intelligent, happy and healthy children. She also emphasises the importance of mental health and wellbeing for parents.
Karina teaches parents and professionals how to connect and communicate with children to build trust, develop emotional intelligence, and guide behaviour effectively. As a mother of four, she knows how demanding parents can be and it’s this personal experience that helps her communicate with authenticity, warmth and humour.
Karina self-published her first book, Chilled Out Mum in 2022. She also has an online parent coaching program that helps parents work on themselves and expand their parenting skillset.
Karina is an accredited parenting educator in Circle of Security, Tuning Into Kids and Tuning Into Teens. She has delivered early parenting classes for Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney and is a registered group facilitator for Corrective Services NSW.
Karina holds a Master's Degree in Criminology, a BA (Psychology), and an Advanced Certificate in Community Welfare.
Interested in booking Karina for your next event? Download her speaker's kit here.
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