The Inner Work of Parenting with PARR

In this intimate and practical conversation, Albiona Rakipi invites you into the heart of the PARR Process — a simple yet powerful framework for transforming how you show up in any relationship, not just with your children, but with your partner, your work and yourself.

Albiona will explore the four core reaction types that quietly shape our behavior in moments of stress, conflict and overwhelm. You’ll learn how to recognize your own patterns, understand what triggers them and gently dismantle the stories you’ve been telling yourself that no longer serve you.

Through real-life examples and guided reflection, Albiona will introduce the PARR Journal as a daily practice for creating space between stimulus and response — helping you pause, regulate and choose a more intentional way forward. You’ll walk away with practical tools to steady your nervous system, deepen your self-trust and respond to life with greater clarity and compassion.

This is not about fixing yourself or your child — it’s about learning how to meet yourself differently, so everything else can begin to shift.

The Workshop Includes:

Each attendee will receive a complimentary PARR Journal ($27 value) to write in and reflect. Purple pens will also be provided.

Location:

Michigan Central Station

Literary Lounge, 5th Floor

Tickets:

• $40 early bird until March 23
• $50 general admission
• Detroit Writing Room members receive 20% off with their member code!

Tickets are nonrefundable. Registration closes at 7 p.m. on April 22. Tickets are not available at the door.

Albiona Rakipi is on a mission to broaden the way we define parenting. With over two decades of experience supporting children and families as an early childhood educator and pediatric speech-language pathologist, Albiona Rakipi has become a trusted voice in the parenting world. Her parent coaching programs are celebrated for helping parents reframe their understanding of their child's behavior, leading to tangible solutions for daily struggles and deeper reflection on their parenting journey. A passionate advocate for emotion regulation for both children and adults, Albiona empowers parents with easy-to-implement approaches that foster cooperation and connection, emphasizing the crucial act of pausing. She teaches her 4-step process, PARR (Pause, Acknowledge, Respond, Reflect), to help individuals shift from reactive to thoughtfully responsive in all of their relationships. Her expertise resonates with a large online community of over 300,000 followers and readers of her Substack, The Parenting and Life Reframe. Through The Parenting Reframe and its podcast, Albiona champions the belief that effective parenting involves truly seeing the child before you while embracing your own continuous growth and healing.

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