Welcome!!
I'm Ashley  Maylevi, MD

First thing's first, my parenting babes: I can't tell you how thrilled I am that you're here! You have entered my thoughtfully unconventional space of bravery, where progress, realization, embodiment, and authenticity become truly accessible. 😘

I created this parent coaching space after years of holding space for patients and families who were deeply struggling with disconnection and dysregulation, despite their best intentions and countless attempts to create change.

To boot...I kept running into that same feeling at home.

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Why were so many of us struggling with the same pain points, yet no one who felt truly accessible seemed to offer the kind of deeply supportive, nonjudgmental guidance that we could actually resonate with and embody?

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Why were we devouring podcasts, reading every parenting book we could get our hands on, seeking professional guidance, and dreaming about doing things differently...yet still finding ourselves stuck in the same patterns we desperately wanted to change?

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Like I said, I found myself facing those same painful experiences in my own parenting journey. And that part stung.

Even with all my training, experience, and nonconformist mindset, I could see that I was still getting caught. I knew what I wanted my parenting to look and feel like, but there was this persistent gap between knowing and actually living it.

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Why?

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Another question haunted me:

Do we really have to feel like we're doing this alone?

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Because parenting can be incredibly lonely without a deep, felt sense of support. And I hadn't found that support yet.

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There had to be a missing puzzle piece.

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I believed there had to be hope beyond simply collecting more information. I wanted to know how to actually live everything I was learning. I had a feeling other parents were searching for that missing piece, too.

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I've always cared deeply about raising good humans. I've always wanted our home to feel respectful, connected, and emotionally safe, despite many of the messages our culture and previous generations handed us.

But I kept running into roadblocks I hadn't fully understood.

I was stuck.

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And I didn't even realize how stuck I was...

...until I came across one thing.

Okay...two things. 😊

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My husband (thank goodness for a lifeguard),

and my training with the Jai Institute for Parenting.

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There.

It.

Was.

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Little did I know, many of my parenting thoughts, reactions, and behaviors didn't actually reflect the parent I wanted to be. They were inherited. Conditioned. Adaptive. Protective. They had been shaped by my own relationships, attachment experiences, and nervous system development. But many of them weren't truly aligned with my parenting values or goals. 

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Through Jai, I finally gained a holistic understanding of my internal operating system, how it had quietly shifted into survival mode, and how disconnected it had become from my deepest values, instincts, and hopes for my family.

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I was finally able to see where I had ended up:  An exhausted, confused, chronically activated, hypervigilant human just checking the boxes of survival while believing I was parenting as authentically as I possibly could.

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But that wasn't nearly the whole of it, and I was able to finally understand that after finding the missing puzzle piece with my Jai training. It wasn't until then, notably after decades of different forms of traditional therapy, that I began integrating and healing the parts of myself that had quietly been stealing my capacity for joy, peace, presence, and connection.​ It was then that I was finally able to embody the parent I had always hoped to be. One who could lead with presence, intention, patience, and the deeply human, connection-based values I'd carried all along. 🤗

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And the best part?

My kids...and now my circle (which includes you!) get to experience the fullest version of me. Not one dimmed by shame, blame, uncertainty, or fear.

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Whew.

Thank goodness.

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Now, standing here today...

I honestly can't express how grateful I am to share this transformational work with you through:

• Real, raw, deeply supportive coaching that is brave, sturdy, transparent, and honest. No blame. No shame. No judgment.

• A foundational understanding that many of us were never taught emotional regulation, nervous system awareness, or nonviolent communication. That's okay. We can learn together, and I'll help light the path.

• Compassion for the reality that so many parents are burned out, isolated, and trying to pour from an empty cup.

• A warm welcome, exactly as you are, with love, nurturing, and unwavering belief in your capacity to grow.

Your cup gets to fill here, too. 🤍