Eaglevision
Parenting Support
Coaching and community for parents navigating medically complex early years
Tools and support for parenting through medical complexity
Parenting a preschooler is a big job.
Parenting a preschooler alongside medical complexity is a different world.
This Toolbox: Preschool Years course is for families navigating chronic health needs, hospital care, feeding or sleep challenges, and the constant alertness that comes with medically complex early childhood — across a wide range of conditions.
You’ll learn practical parenting tools and how to adapt them to real life when energy is limited, plans change, and stress runs high.
This 7-week course includes:
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the full Toolbox: Preschool Years programme
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a small, supportive group of parents who understand your world
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one additional session on nervous system regulation
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space to talk, breathe, and feel understood
By the end, you’ll feel clearer, steadier, and more confident in your parenting — even when the path isn’t straightforward.
Personal Support
Learn together with parents who understand reflux, chronic illness, and the emotional load of medical parenting.
Practical Tools
Evidence-informed strategies from the Parenting Place, adapted for families living with stress, uncertainty, and disrupted routines.
Safe Community
A gentle space where nothing is “too much,” and your story is welcomed with understanding.
Raising a child with extra medical needs can stretch your heart, your energy, and your confidence.
This course gives you time and space to pause, breathe, and understand what’s really going on beneath the daily pressures — both for you and for your child.
Across six core sessions, we look at the foundations of healthy connection, emotional development, behaviour, and your own parenting style. These principles are universal, and we take the time to apply them to families navigating hospital visits, uncertainty, appointments, sleep disruption, developmental delays, or long-term care needs.
You’ll learn how to:
strengthen connection when life is busy, stressful, or unpredictable
understand your child’s emotions and what they’re communicating
recognise your own stress patterns and respond with more calm
support behaviour in a way that protects your relationship
set practical boundaries that work for your family
create simple routines and rituals that bring stability — even when everything else changes
We also spend time talking together as a group, so you can hear from other parents living a similar reality.
You’ll leave each session with one or two simple tools to try at home, and a little more clarity for the next day.
Course Details
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Course Details
Format: Online via Zoom
Length: 7 weeks
Session Time: 7.30pm–9.00pm
Start Date: Wednesday the 6th of May 2026
Course Manual: Posted to you before the course begins
Hosted by: GRSNNZ & EagleVision CoachingPricing
We’ve reduced the cost to make it accessible for families navigating medical complexity.
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GRSNNZ members: $30
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HeartKids NZ families & general public: $50
(Usual Toolbox course fee is $95pp.)
Includes
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6 core Toolbox sessions
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1 additional session on nervous system regulation with Mathilde
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Course manual posted to your home
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A small, supportive group of parents walking a similar path
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Space for questions and shared wisdom
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Practical tools you can use immediately
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About Mathilde
Parent Coach | Facilitator | Researcher
I’m Mathilde, a parent support coach and group facilitator with over 20 years of experience walking alongside families in the medical system. I’ve stepped into hundreds of living rooms, holding space for parents in their hardest moments—with empathy, courage, and calm. My work centres on helping parents bond with their baby before birth, steady themselves through pregnancy and NICU, and find their way forward as a family. I’m not afraid of big emotions or difficult stories; my role is to create a safe, supportive space where parents feel seen, connected, and equipped for the journey ahead.
Gentle Tools
Simple, practical strategies that work in stressful moments.
Grounded Guidance
Evidence-informed support for emotionally overloaded parents.
Real Community
A group where your story is understood — because others live it too.
Pricing (Subsidised)
Parenting Place standard fee: $95
Our subsidised rate makes the course accessible:
GRSNNZ members: $30
HeartKids NZ families: $50
General public: $50
If cost is a barrier, please contact us — everyone is welcome.
Something You Can Use Today
If waiting for the course start date feels a little far away, here’s something gentle you can use today.
These 5 Simple Shifts are short, evidence-informed practices that help you steady your body, calm your thoughts, and reconnect with yourself in the middle of a busy or stressful moment.
Inside the guide, you’ll find:
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a simple breathing reset you can use anywhere
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an easy way to settle your nervous system when everything feels “too much”
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a small mindset shift that brings more clarity to difficult decisions
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a gentle grounding practice for overwhelmed moments
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one tiny daily habit that builds calm over time
Nothing big, nothing overwhelming — just small steps you can use while you’re getting ready for bigger change.
You’ll receive the guide by email, and I only send what’s genuinely helpful — no inbox clutter.
