Welcome to Peaceful Communication solutions
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the increasing behavioral challenges in classrooms, homes, or workplaces?
As educators, parents, and professionals, how can we effectively support the emotional and developmental needs of those in our care while maintaining our own well-being?
Do you struggle to express your needs with clarity and confidence in difficult conversations?
Are you looking for practical, compassionate communication tools to foster understanding, connection, and resilience?
Addressing the Need for change
With over 25 years of teaching experience, I have seen firsthand how outdated approaches to behavior and communication—rooted in control and compliance—can unintentionally harm students, teachers, parents, and even professionals in the workplace. Traditional behavior management strategies often fall short, creating more stress and disconnection rather than fostering true growth and collaboration.
It’s clear: these methods are no longer working.
For the past decade, I have immersed myself in developing transformative communication skills that foster connection, collaboration, and mutual respect. These tools have revolutionized my approach to teaching—helping me prevent and reframe discipline challenges that once felt overwhelming. I have also found that these same skills are just as vital in corporate settings, where managers and teams struggle with conflict, miscommunication, and workplace tension.
Now, I am dedicated to sharing these insights with educators, parents, and professionals around the world. My mission is to create peaceful, collaborative environments—whether in schools, homes, or workplaces—where individuals can thrive, supported by communication strategies that honor the needs of all.
Are you ready to make a meaningful shift? Let’s build a future where communication fosters understanding, connection, and empowerment—at every level of life and work.
Listen to my podcast guest appearances where I address communication challenges at the workplace, schools, and within the home:
I will help you…
Understand why teachers and administrators are seeing an increase in defiant behaviours.
Learn what skills as educators we truly need that we did not learn in Teacher’s College
Experience and practise these skills in interactive and experiential workshops
Communication Workshops & Keynotes
"Why Aren’t They Listening? Shifting from Control to Connection in Education"
(For Educators and Parents)
Workshop Description:
Discover why traditional methods of discipline, like "Behavior Modification," are failing in today's classrooms and homes. This workshop explores the deeply ingrained “domination culture” paradigms that our education systems were built on—and why the strategies that worked for past generations are no longer effective.
Learn how these outdated approaches may be escalating the very challenges you’re striving to resolve.
Through this interactive session, you’ll:
Uncover the critical mindset shifts and practices necessary to cultivate empathetic, responsible, self-directed, and collaborative learners.
Gain practical tools and insights to address your specific challenges in real-time.
Leave inspired and equipped to create transformative change in education—turning frustration into connection and collaboration. Empower yourself to be part of the movement toward an education system that works with students, rather than against them, fostering a thriving future for all.
Compassionate Collaboration for Educators (and Parents)
In this workshop, we’ll explore practical strategies for making consensus-based decisions without relying on traditional power dynamics like “majority rules.” Designed specifically for those shaping young minds, this session equips educators and parents with empathy-driven and agile decision-making skills to navigate disagreements and create agreements that honor the diverse needs of both children and adults.
Say goodbye to the frustration of decision-making deadlocks and hello to a culture of trust, respect, and inclusion. Whether in the classroom or at home, you’ll leave empowered to foster collaboration, balance competing needs, and build environments where everyone feels heard and valued.
Building Resilience for You and Your Children
Are you feeling disconnected and depleted? Have you heard the phrase, “Stop taking things so personally” but wondered how to stop doing that? Are you wishing you felt more resilient and empowered? Do you want to know how to foster resilience in your students/children as well?
This workshop will not only teach you how to become more resilient, but will enlighten you into why the things that people do (or don’t do) are so triggering and what you can do about it. Shift from feeling disconnected and depleted to confident and resilient.
Private Sessions
One-on-Ones
One-on-one sessions are ideal for parents looking for personalized support from a parenting expert. If you need specific advice or have an issue you’d prefer to keep private, one-on-one sessions are ideal.
Through these sessions, you will:
- Learn how to consistently apply parenting strategies to your specific challenges.
- Get one-on-one time with parenting expert Jill McPherson.
- Gain the confidence to be the parent you truly want to be.
Schedule a session today—you're only a few clicks away from private, personal coaching with Jill McPherson.
Clarity Calls
Need a clarity call? What’s that?
Often when we are upset or something is bothering us, we don’t need to make an hour appointment. We often just need a quick phone call to help us in the moment with specific strategies when we are experiencing something challenging.
Clarity calls quickly help calm allowing you to gain more peace and clarity in order to navigate the challenge in the most effective and compassionate way for you.
How does it work?
Text to let me know you are wanting a clarity call.
In order to use the session most efficiently, you are welcome to send a voice memo explaining the situation that is triggering you.
I will respond with the first available time slot (within the same day or I will respond with strategies within a voice mail).
$240 for 8 clarity calls or $50 for a stand alone call.
Contact now for a free 20-minute session to experience the positive impact this will have on your life.
About Jill
Jill McPherson, B.A. Sc. B. Ed., specializes in teaching mental health skills. She has a degree in Child Psychology from the University of Guelph and a Bachelor of Education from Brock University, as well as training in counselling and Nonviolent Communication.
She has been a teacher for over 25 years—from kindergarten to grade 8, along with Special Education and the Arts. Teaching has provided her with a great deal of professional training, knowledge, skills, and experience when it comes to addressing the many challenges involving children’s behaviours and needs.
Jill is a mother of three girls and a boy ages 15, 19, 21, and 23. She credits them to be her greatest teachers in self-awareness and personal growth.
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