Calmer homes Secure sleep Connected kids
Conscious Parenting Coaching and Secure Sleep Support with Donna Moala, with over 21 years experience and Certified with the Dr Shefali Institute. Nurturing and never cry-it-out.
Based in Perth, supporting families worldwide, from Newborns all the way through to teens.
Donna Moala Turning chaos into calm
Whatever today looked like,
there’s a way through and to the other side.
Move from reacting to connection
Parent Transformation Coaching, for parents with strong willed kids, ready to break reactive patterns and build strong, respectful relationships, raising resilient, emotionally aware kids while staying connected to yourself. Grounded in Dr Shefali’s conscious parenting approach.
- Practical strategies
- All ages
- Break the cycle
Reclaim your nights in 21 days
The Optimal Sleep Package is a fully personalised, responsive plan tailored to your family’s values, with 1:1 unlimited access and support with your Sleep Coach. Never cry-it-out. No one-size-fits-all. Phone calls, personal sleep log app with your expert to analyse sleep daily.
- 21-day support
- Tailored plan
Tailored to your family and child's unique individual needs, never a one-size-fits-all template.
Every child is different and so is their sleep requirements. Age, temperament, and personality all shape what your child needs to rest well, and your package is built around exactly that.
Each package includes:
- A private family sleep & parenting portal, with life time access.
- A 60 minute 1:1 Consultation (zoom or in-home) and Personalised Sleep plan created for your child and family.
- 21 days of dedicated support, including unlimited 1:1 WhatsApp messaging and phone calls
- Your own Rested App Sleep login, so your coach can analyse your child’s sleep daily and adjust as you go
- FREE lifetime access to all of Parenting Collective ebooks, charts and downloadables.
A fully personalised plan
Written for your unique child, your home and your family's values. Never a script. FREE Life Time access to all of Parenting Collective ebooks, charts and downloadables.
In-home or Zoom
1-hour in-home consults across Perth, or via Zoom anywhere in the world.
21 days beside you
Dedicated 1:1 Support from your Sleep Expert for the full program, Unlimited Private WhatsApp messaging, scheduled phone calls. Logging into your personal Sleep App for daily analysis.
Never cry-it-out
Nurturing and responsive approach, where you are right beside your child during the changes, whilst they master the miracle of sleep.
0–3m Newborn Supportive, nurturing foundations
The fourth trimester is about rhythm, not rules. This package builds gentle foundations, helping your baby settle calmly, feed well, and begin telling day from night, while protecting your recovery and confidence as a new parent.
- Short naps
- Settling without stress
- Feed & sleep rhythms
- Realistic newborn expectations
4m–2y Baby & Young Toddler Night waking, catnaps, 4-month regression, feeding to sleep
The hardest season for most families, and the one Donna is asked about most. A responsive plan that teaches your little one to fall asleep securely and stay asleep, without leaving them to cry, and without undoing your bond.
- Catnapping
- Feeding to sleep
- Early rising
- Regressions
- Cot transitions
2–4y Toddler & Preschooler Bedtime battles, tantrums, boundaries, big feelings
Toddler sleep is parenting, not just sleep, which is where Donna's conscious parenting work meets her sleep expertise. Loving boundaries, calmer bedtimes, and a child who feels secure enough to stay in their own bed.
- Big feelings at bedtime
- Moving to a big bed
- Night visits
- Dropping the day nap
- Loving boundaries
4–10y Older Children & Teens Independent sleep, night visits, worries and screens at bedtime
It's never too late. For school-aged kids and teens still ending up in your bed at 3am, lying awake with worries, or running on a body clock that has shifted later, this package builds confident, independent sleep, with your child's voice and feelings part of the plan.
- Night-time worries
- Visits to your bed
- Wind-down & screens
- Teen body-clock shifts
- School-morning routines
Proof, not promises.
4.9
"We are one week in and my 3-month-old is now sleeping 11–12 hours every night. You have saved my relationship and my sanity."
- Kirsty
- Google review
- Read every review
“We don’t need perfect kids. We need present, connected parents.”
Donna Moala
The Heart Behind Parenting Collective
Donna Moala is a Certified Secure Sleep and Conscious Parenting Coach, certified with the Dr Shefali Institute, supporting families throughout the world via in-home consults and Zoom. A wife and mum of three girls, her approach was born from her own family’s journey: nurturing, responsive, evidence-based, and never cry-it-out.
- Certified Secure Sleep & Conscious Parenting Coach
- Certified with the Dr Shefali Institute™
- Certified with Sleep Sense™
- Host of the Parenting Collective podcast
- In-home consults across Perth · Zoom worldwide
- Sleep Consultations — Newborns to age 10
- Conscious Parenting Consultations — Toddlers through to Teens
Toddler - Teens
Certified Dr Shefali Conscious Parenting Coach
Newborn - 10 Yrs
Certified Sleep Sense
Secure Sleep Coach
Real advice on camera
Dr. Shefali on Conscious Parenting: Why Your Child’s Behaviour Is Not the Real Problem
When your Child Hits, Yells or Melts Down, what to do… | Real Parenting Tools
A Real, Authentic Conversation With Mum and Daughter Part 1
What It Was Like Feeling Different – Mum & Daughter’s Convo Part 2
Step Parenting with Love: Navigating Blended Families & Conscious Parenting
SCHOOL: Mainstream vs Homeschooling – How to Choose What’s Right for Your Child
Dr. Shefali on Conscious Parenting: Why Your Child’s Behaviour Is Not the Real Problem
When your Child Hits, Yells or Melts Down, what to do… | Real Parenting Tools
A Real, Authentic Conversation With Mum and Daughter Part 1
What It Was Like Feeling Different – Mum & Daughter’s Convo Part 2
Step Parenting with Love: Navigating Blended Families & Conscious Parenting
SCHOOL: Mainstream vs Homeschooling – How to Choose What’s Right for Your Child
The Parenting Collective Podcast really came from the conversations I was already having with exhausted parents. The mums who are running on empty and wondering why, after reading all the books, 2 am doom scrolling and trying all the things, they still felt like they were getting it wrong. I wanted to create a space where parents could hear real conversations, feel understood and know they are not alone. Not another place telling you what you “should” be doing.
I bring in incredible experts from Australia and around the world to talk about everything from baby and child sleep, behaviour and development to relationships, mental health, nervous system regulation, self care and conscious parenting. We go deeper than the surface-level stuff too. We talk about what is really sitting underneath behaviour, why our children can trigger things in us we didn’t even know were there, how our own childhood can show up in our parenting. There are real stories, honest conversations, plenty of laughs and absolutely no telling you what to do.
So whether you are holding a newborn who will only sleep on you, negotiating bedtime with a toddler, parenting a strong-willed five year old or sitting beside your tween while their big feelings come pouring out at the end of the day, there will be conversations here for you. Pop your headphones in while you walk, listen in the car or grab that coffee and come join me.
And if something you hear really lands and you would love some support with what is happening in your own family, you can book a free 15 minute chat with me. It is easy place to start and talk through what is going on and work out what support might feel right for you.
The Parenting Collective
podcast
It takes a village, so Donna brings you one. Brilliant minds in parenting, health and relationships sharing tools for calmer homes, stronger connections and more rested nights. 90+ episodes and counting.
Dr. Shefali on Conscious Parenting: Why Your Child’s Behaviour Is Not the Real Problem
Big Feelings, Boundaries and Better Parenting – What No One Told Us | Gen Muir Connected Parenting
Step-Parenting with Love: Navigating Blended Families & Conscious Parenting
Questions parents ask
before they book
Do you use cry-it-out or controlled crying?
No, never. I don’t use cry it out or controlled crying at all. My approach is nurturing, responsive and secure, so you stay right beside your child as they learn to sleep, keeping your attachment strong the whole way through.
How long does it take to improve my child's sleep?
Most families see meaningful change within the first week. The Optimal Sleep Package runs for 21 days of dedicated 1:1 support, with a plan personalised to your child's age and temperament, unlimited WhatsApp support and phone calls throughout, so you are never left alone to interpret a PDF at 2am.
What ages do you support with sleep?
Newborns through to age 10. Sleep support is grouped into four age bands, newborn (0–3 months), baby and young toddler, toddler and preschooler, and older children and teens (4–10 years) - because a four month regression, a cot to big kid bed transition and a teenager's bedtime screens each need a different plan.
My toddler has never slept through. Is it too late for us?
No. There is no age at which sleep stops being learnable. Older children who have never slept independently often move faster than parents expect, because they can understand the plan and take part in it. Donna regularly works with families whose children are three, five or ten and still waking overnight.
Do you offer in-home sleep consults in Perth, or is it all online?
Both. Donna Moala is based in Perth, Western Australia, and offers in-home consultations across the Perth metropolitan area. Families anywhere in the world work with her over Zoom, with the same personalised plan, private family sleep portal and daily check-ins through the Rested App logging system.
What is conscious parenting?
Conscious parenting treats your child's behaviour as communication rather than misbehaviour, and asks the parent to regulate themselves first. Instead of managing a child with rewards and punishments, you build the connection and steadiness that let their nervous system settle. Donna Moala is certified with the Dr Shefali Institute.
Will this work with a strong-willed or neurodiverse child?
Yes — strong-willed and neurodiverse children are exactly who this work is built for. Approaches that rely on compliance tend to escalate with these children, because the behaviour is a nervous system under stress rather than defiance. Parent Transformation Coaching focuses on co-regulation, predictable boundaries and repair, which works with your child's wiring instead of against it.
Does it still work if only one parent takes part?
Yes. It totally works just as well with one parent who attends. One steady, regulated parent shifts the whole household dynamic, and many families start with one and bring the other in later. It also supports staying united as parents even when co-parenting from different homes.
How is parenting coaching different from family therapy?
Coaching is practical, forward looking and focused on what you do tonight, where therapy typically works backwards through history and diagnosis. Parent Transformation Coaching gives you strategies, scripts and a plan for what you are actually facing — tantrums, talking back, fighting with siblings, a school-refusal week — with Donna alongside you while you use them.
How do I get started?
Book a free 15 minute chat. You will talk through what is happening at home, and Donna will tell you honestly whether conscious parenting coaching, secure sleep support, or a combination of the two is the right fit for your family. There is no obligation, and if she is not the right person to help, she will say so.
Tonight could be the
last hard night.
Perth, Western Australia · In-home & Zoom, worldwide