Meet My Team
My amazing team has been working and training with me for years. You will absolutely love chatting with them! Go ahead and book today
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Maryam Munir
Founder and CVO
Maryam is the Chief Vision Officer (C.V.O) and founder of The Parent Empowerment Project (TPEP). She's been working with families and children for 10 years now and currently completing her masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from JMU in Virginia. She lives near D.C. with her husband and four children.
Sana Tanveer Malik
Parent Coach + (Special Needs Kids)
Sana is a certified Parent Educator from Positive Discipline Association of United States and a licensed ADHD Parent Coach from ADHD Parent Coach Academy (APCA). She is currently pursuing her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from UNT in Texas. Her mission is to help parents find the joy in parenting through embracing a respectful parenting paradigm, one that focuses on connection, compassion, and collaboration.
Sana believes self-healing is crucial to respectful parenting and thus approaches all parenting struggles through a trauma-informed lens. She recognizes mindfulness and self-compassion are key to healing and positive relationships, and has thus completed a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction certificate course. She has also studied under Dr Kristin Neff to learn about her evidence-based Mindful Self-Compassion model.
Sana’s particular area of interest is helping shift the mainstream perspective on children with special/ additional needs. To this end, Sana has received special training in helping explosive children with behavioral challenges, using Dr Ross Greene’s model of Collaborative and Proactive Solutions. She also has a certificate in introductory level DIR and DIRFloortime therapy, a compassionate and evidence-based model to support, and teach skills to children with higher support needs.
For the last 4-5 years, Sana has been working closely with Maryam to build a community of respectful parents worldwide. She resides in Texas with her husband, their two children, and a beloved cat who is the apple of her eye.
Garima Bisht
NLP Practitioner + Parent Coach
Garima's expertise is working with parents of babies and toddlers.
She works with her clients on dealing with children’s tantrums, focusing on raising emotionally balanced kids and enabling parents to identify their own triggers and unmet needs.
Afra Khurram
NLP Practitioner + Parent Coach
Afra is an Integrative therapist in training under CPPD Pakistan, and a certified NLP practitioner with a trauma-informed approach. She is a Clinically Certified Trauma Specialist trained by Dr. Robert Rhoton from Arizona Trauma Institute.
Afra aims to provide parents effective tools for them to be able to respectfully parent their children, and re-parent themselves to begin to heal from their own experiences. She strongly believes that as parents, people are trying the best they can for their children with the resources that they have. With ample support and guidance, we all have the innate potential to grow, learn and heal.
Afra supports parents in working with their own triggers and trauma, so they can show up for their children the way that they want to. She believes that the biggest gift a parent can give their children, is their own healing.
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Nabila Haris
Parent Coach
Nabila has been passionately practicing Respectful Parenting (RP) for the past ten years. She has completed a six-month ‘Parents’ & Teachers’ Certificate Course’ (PTCC) from Educational Resource & Development Centre (ERDC). She discovered true joy and healing in her own motherhood and believes in the value of parental efforts to break the generational cycles and hopes that together, we are able to create a whole new world, better than the present.
Aneela Anwer
Doctor - Trauma-informed Parent Coach
Aneela Anwar is a doctor and trauma-informed parent coach dedicated to making parenting joyful while ensuring a trauma-free childhood for children.
Her areas of focus include boundary setting and promoting autonomy, helping parents establish respectful limits while allowing children to make age-appropriate choices and decisions and be independant from a young age.
She emphasizes on addressing often-overlooked causes of childhood trauma, to help parents see their own triggers and give themselves compassion.
Having lived in a joint family, she provides insights into multi-generational dynamics. Currently residing and practising medicine in Ireland with her husband and two kids, aged 6 & 2, Aneela understands the challenges of balancing a career with parenthood, from toddler tantrums to endless curiosity of growing kids, and is committed to supporting other parents on their journeys with her warmth and compassion.
Sara Qureshi
Parent Coach
Sara is a certified trauma-informed parent coach who trained under the The Parent Empowerment Project (TPEP). As a passionate student of parenting and mother of four young children, Sara embarked on her parent coaching journey through the Anokhay Parents and Anokhay Mentors programs under the guidance of Sana Tanveer Malik. Over the past year, she has worked closely with Maryam Munir and Afra Khurram to achieve her parent coaching certification.
Sara’s client-centric approach as a parent coach is based on empathy, building trust, and accountability towards actionable goals. As a Pakistani Muslimah raised with a blend of East and West, Sara has a deep appreciation of the challenges facing Muslim parents in the West, particularly when navigating these challenges with little to no support. Sara takes immense pride in walking the journey of growth and parenting with her clients, one “small win” at a time.
Sara earned her Master's in Counseling from the University of New England in Australia before relocating to the United States. She now resides in Dallas, TX, with her husband and four beautiful children.
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Navira Nayaz
Parent Coach
Navira is a certified trauma-informed parent coach dedicated to helping families navigate the challenges of parenting. She loves her full-time job of working with young children as a teacher, and her mission is to equip parents with tools to create loving and safe homes.
Her primary focus is on co-regulation and sibling rivalry among young children, teaching parents how to manage their own emotions and help their children develop self-regulation skills. She offers simple strategies to reduce sibling rivalry, promote cooperation, and ensure that each child feels valued.
She is a mother of twins and a young child, residing in Texas. With this experience, Navira shares practical advice for raising two children at the same age, helping each child become their own person while nurturing their sibling bond. She creates tailored plans to meet each family’s needs, guiding parents to raise confident and connected children.
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Sakina Rizvi
Parent Coach
Sakina is a certified Trauma-Informed Parent Coach with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Karachi. As an advocate for children, she is deeply committed to creating safe and nurturing environments where children can heal, thrive, and feel valued. Focusing on working with parents of toddlers and young children aged 2 to 7, Sakina helps families navigate big emotions, co-regulation, and setting healthy boundaries. She empowers parents to create safer homes and supports them in responding to their children calmly. Understanding the frustration parents feel when seeking to improve without clear direction, Sakina tailors her approach to each family’s unique needs as they strive to be respectful parents to their sweet children.
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Ayesha Amjad
Parent Coach
Ayesha Amjad is a certified trauma-informed parent coach, Islamic life coach, and Tarbiyah Educator. She has over six years of experience working with pre-teens and teens, helping them grow emotionally, spiritually, and developmentally through practical, faith-based guidance.
She aims to help parents and children discover their resilience within an Islamic framework. Her coaching blends trauma-informed strategies with Islamic wisdom. She guides families to build a stronger connection with themselves and their faith, Insha’Allah (by Allah’s will).
Ayesha is currently pursuing a degree in Islamic Psychology from IOU with additional studies from Al Maghrib and Yaqeen Institute . She is based in Islamabad/Multan, Pakistan
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Fatima Sohwan
Parent Coach
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Fatima Sohawon is a trauma-informed parent coach dedicated to helping families navigate children's big feelings in healthy and developmentally safe ways. By empowering parents to understand the root of their child's difficult behaviour, Fatima helps them become a safe and loving space for their kids. Doing so, parents can successfully raise calm and resilient kids with healthy nervous systems.
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For the past six years, Fatima has advocated for Respectful Parenting, believing in guiding children without shouting, threats, punishments, or shame. Her techniques promote emotional regulation and cooperation, building deep love and connection. Having respectfully parented her son since birth, she sees the immensely positive impact on his emotional awareness and expression in all areas of his life.
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Fatima creates a safe and supportive environment for parents to explore their own patterns and supports them to set respectful boundaries, understand validation, and meet their children’s diverse needs. She invites parents to take the lead on what aligns with their values and supports them each step of the way with compassion, knowledge, and personalized techniques to create thriving family units.
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Born in Toronto, Canada, and now based in Dubai with her husband and four-year-old son, Fatima is a lifelong learner committed to personal growth and breaking cycles of trauma, and healing. She offers personalized coaching to clients globally and conducts local workshops to support parents.
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Remi
Parent Coach
Remi is a TPEP-certified trauma-informed parent coach and a mom of two children under 10. With over four years of experience in respectful parenting, she supports parents in slowing down, embracing their unique journeys, and building stronger connections with their kids.
Remi specializes in supporting busy parents with practical strategies to create flexible routines tailored to their family’s needs. Her coaching addresses everyday challenges such as sibling rivalry, bedtime, and mealtime struggles. As a full-time working mom, she understands the demands of balancing career and family and empowers parents to make the most of their time with their children.
Currently residing in India, Remi works as a software developer. Her coaching journey began with her own experiences of healing and personal growth, enriched by working with behavior change and intuitive eating coaches. An avid reader of books on healing, self-improvement, and time management, Remi uses these insights to help parents find more ease and fulfilment in parenting.
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Mahera Nasir
Parent Coach
Mahera is a Trauma Informed Parent Coach trained under Maryam Munir. A mom to a feisty 3 year old, she is dedicated to helping families create nurturing homes rooted in empathy and love.
Mahera helps parents understand their child’s needs, manage challenging behaviors, set healthy boundaries, and foster calm, supportive relationships.
Passionate about creating safe spaces where all children feel equally valued, Mahera also guides parents on practicing respectful parenting in joint family settings.
Born and raised in Dubai, Mahera later moved to Pakistan after marriage, giving her a deep appreciation for the cultural and emotional complexities parents often face. She recognizes the importance of emotional support and helps parents prioritize their own well-being, empowering them to be more present and compassionate for their children.