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Sheena Hill

Parenting Coach and Holistic Sleep Expert

Sheena Hill is a Responsive Parenting and Holistic Sleep Coach based in Pikesville, Maryland. With nearly 20 years of experience, Sheena empowers and educates families through workshops and consulting services, specializing in gentle discipline, co-parenting and building family emotional intelligence. She has experience supporting biological, adoptive, and step-parents, LGBTQ+ families, grandparents, and other caregivers, to navigate through challenges like birth, death, family blending, divorce, and other adjustments. Sheena has masters degrees in Social Work and Education.

Education

  • BA, Psychology, Antioch College
  • MS, Family Studies and Social Work, Miami University
  • MA, Education, Towson University

Professional Achievements

  • Has almost a decade of working with parents in non-profit family services and has been in private practice for 15 years
  • Works with families all over the world, and her expertise has been used in the creation of many family resources, including consulting on the development of the EQ app, The Happy Child
  • Releasing a workbook for grandparents and families, The "Grandparents' Guide to Responsive Childrearing Tools", in Nov. 2025 (R&R Publishing)
  • Has been a passionate CPST for 15 years and has helped thousands of families install and use car seats safely and correctly

Certifications & Organizations

  • Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) certified
  • Hand in Hand Parenting
  • Parent-Child Care (PC-Care)
  • Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST)
  • Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) parenting
  • Strengthening Families Program (SFP) and Nurturing Parenting Program (NPP)
  • NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM)
  • Collaborative Problem Solving
  • Polyvagal Therapy (PVT)
  • Play Therapy
  • Neuroscience

Favorite Piece of Advice

When parents understand that behavior is communication, they can resist the urge to take it personally and offer support that is actually helpful. Set yourself up for success by starting with identifying and meeting the child's needs and then distinguishing between follow-through tools, which help the child experience regulation and meet expectations in the moment, and the follow-up, where parents can support skills practice once everyone is regulated and ready to learn.

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Co-authored Articles (12)

The Best Co-Sleeping Safety Measures: Your Ultimate Guide

An evidence-based guide to help you make the safest sleep choices for you and your baby Co-sleeping is a great way to feel close to your baby. Co-sleeping is when you sleep in close proximity to your baby. There are two ...

How to Hold a Newborn Baby: Safe and Proper Techniques

Learn the right holds to soothe, feed, or interact with your baby Whether you're a first-time parent holding your baby or a proud relative snuggling the newest addition to your extended family, it's essential to learn ho...

How to

Install a Booster Seat

Once your child outgrows a car seat (child safety seat), he or she is still not big enough to use an adult seat belt in a vehicle. Booster seats are designed to raise your child up higher in your vehicle's seat. This dra...

How to

Install a Car Seat

Step-by-step guide to properly set up your car seat Drivers rely on car seats to keep babies and children safe, but some experts report that only 15% of car seats are properly installed. To install one, first recognize i...

How to Put an Infant to Sleep

Fast and easy ways to get your child to snoozeBabies: they're so cute and cuddly...but they are ''not'' consistent sleepers. If you're struggling to get a baby to sleep, you might be feeling stressed and overwhelmed. It ...

How to

Cope With Annoying Grandparents

We're all familiar with the cliché “You can't pick your family,” but it's a cliché for a reason. For better or worse, we find ourselves members of a particular family and we are left with the responsibility of deve...

How to

Talk to Your Parents

It's often hard for parents and children to spend time talking openly with one another. Parents often think they are overstepping their boundaries while children often think their parents may not be interested in what th...

8 Steps to Stop Lying to Your Parents and Tell the Truth

We’ve all been there: your parents are asking you (maybe even grilling you) about something and it seems like a simple lie could get you out of a big mess. The truth is it could actually end up getting you into more t...

How to

Deal With Annoying Parents

Sometimes parents are annoying and can be downright stress-inducing at times. Whether you’re dealing with your own parents, those of your significant other, or the parents of students in your classroom, it's important ...

How to

Talk to Parents So They'll Understand

Ever feel like it’s hard to get your parents to understand you? Even though they were your age once, you might feel that they simply can’t relate to you or your struggles. But, if you want to have a close relationsh...

How to

Make Your Parents Leave You Alone

Do you have the feeling your parents are hovering over you too much? It's normal for your parents to be involved with your life, but sometimes you need boundaries. As you and your parents grow, your relationship must a...

How to

Be a Good Grandmother

A good grandmother knows how to make her grandchildren feel special while teaching them a thing or two about the world. She also can provide a different role than the grandchild's parents and doesn't overstep her bounds....