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Your family is growing.
Let’s help everyone find their feet.
Specialist support, tools, and resources for parents navigating the new sibling transition — with nervous system science, conscious parenting, and a lot of heart.
“Most support focuses on the new baby. But your older child is going through something big, too. And so are you. Shine Om is here for the whole family.”
How We Help
Where would you like to start?
The Joyful Parenting Project
Boutique 1:1 coaching for families navigating the new sibling transition. Practical tools, nervous system support, and daily Telegram access to Rachel — delivered at your family’s pace.
Learn MoreFamily Yoga — Canberra
In-person family yoga classes that nurture connection, co-regulation, and sibling bonds — through movement, breath, and play.
Book a ClassMindful Tools for Families
The Family Gratitude Journal and Mindful Colouring Book — simple, screen-free tools to reconnect with your children in 10 minutes or less.
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In-Person Classes
Family Yoga in Canberra
Playful, connection-based yoga for parents and little ones. Build body awareness, co-regulation, and joyful movement together in a warm, welcoming space.
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Breathe, Laugh, Parent
Honest conversations about the beautiful mess of raising small humans. Each episode explores practical strategies for emotional regulation, mindful parenting, and building deep family connection — without the pressure of perfection.
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“The podcast that makes you feel like you’re having a cup of tea with a wise friend who just gets it.”
Words from Our Community
“We recently completed eight weeks with Rach through the Joyful Parenting Program, and it has genuinely changed our family life. She gave us practical tools, but more importantly, the confidence to use them. We can now recognise when a situation may be dysregulating for our son and have really effective techniques to support him through it. Rach supported us as parents too — helping us understand our own nervous systems and create simple habits that help us feel more regulated and connected as a family. We’ve noticed such a positive difference in our home.”
Google review · The Joyful Parenting Project
“I came to Rachel feeling stuck and like I’d lost myself. Six months later I have more ease, more energy, a better relationship with my kids, and a better relationship with myself. I found the confidence to leave a toxic relationship, meet the love of my life, and land my dream job — all while doing this work. I still can’t fully put into words what this experience gave me. Rachel helped me become myself again.”
Shine Om client · 6-month 1:1 coaching
“Everyone is sending their kids to psychology to help kids learn strategies to self-regulate and find their calm, but I think your sessions are way more powerful. Psychology tells you the strategies, but you tell, show & implement on the spot.”
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Why Shine Om
Why families come to Shine Om
Because the new sibling transition is one of the most significant — and most underserved — seasons in family life.
Most support focuses on the newborn. But your older child is going through something enormous. And so are you.
Shine Om is here for the whole family — with nervous system-informed tools, conscious parenting practices, and the kind of warm, practical support that actually fits into a real family’s life.
Created by Rachel Whytcross — yoga teacher, mindfulness coach, primary school educator, and mum of two — on Ngunnawal Country, Canberra.
Shine Om acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, the traditional custodians of the land on which we work, connect, and play. We pay our respects to the past, present, and emerging elders and extend this acknowledgment to any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples we communicate with or work with.