“The world needs Casey!”
SleepHappyJessica, Apple Podcasts review
“You can’t be in a group like this and not feel lifted up at the end of every session.”
Val, Immersion Week and LJC Inner Circle member
“I have become a calmer, more effective parent thanks to Casey.”
Eydie K, coaching client
“Casey is one of the most dynamic presenters I’ve ever worked with or learned from.”
Aisha Pope, President, Positive Discipline Association
“This is the parenting podcast I recommend most to friends.”
cassthurston, Apple Podcasts review
20+
years of working with parents
650+
episodes and over 1.5 million downloads of the podcast
4.8 ★★★★★
rating on Apple Podcasts
4.9 ★★★★★
rating for the book on Amazon
International
speaker
Support for building an intentional ecosystem at home, one that puts your relationship with your teen at the center and leans on the kind and firm tools of Positive Discipline.
Pardon the dust
Welcome to the new home of Joyful Courage! I’m building it as we go, and the full site launches January 1, 2027. A few pages are still on their way, so thank you for your patience while it all comes together. In the meantime, you can find the Joyful Courage Podcast wherever you listen, and you can always reach me at casey@joyfulcourage.com or book a free Explore Call.
How we work together
Four questions to keep in your pocket
The work starts with you. You hold the relationship, the relationship holds the way your house runs, and all of that holds the hard moment.
Am I okay?
Your own growth and the values you live by.
Are we okay?
The relationship between you and your kid.
Does our house actually work?
Systems and routines you create together.
What do I do right now?
Tools for the hard moment: communication and problem solving.
When things get hard with our teens, most of us go looking for the “right thing” to do or say in the moment. Those tools matter, and they’re most useful when the rest of your home is holding them up. That’s the heart of the intentional ecosystem: the parts of family life are connected. It starts with you and how you’re doing, because you hold the relationship. The relationship holds the way your house runs, and all of that holds the hard moment.
You might be running on empty right now. Maybe you and your teen feel more like roommates than you’d like, or the routines that used to give your family a rhythm fell apart somewhere along the way. Wherever the gap shows up in your home, that’s a good place to begin. Tend one part of the ecosystem and the others start to steady too, so nobody has to fix everything at once.
Everything I offer is built to help you tend these gaps. If you’re not sure where you fit, a free Explore Call is a good place to start.
Every parent of teens needs a support system, and this is precisely what Casey provides.
Sylvia D, coaching client
“Casey O’Roarty is the authentic friend who tells the truth about the struggles of parenting, and is the wise guide who provides powerful tools to help us be our best selves as parents.”
Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, co-author of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline
Ways to work with me
Find the support that fits
Learn in community
Immersion Week and the Living Joyful Courage Inner Circle Membership: live teaching and a community of parents who understand what you’re carrying.
“We CANNOT parent our children especially our teens in a silo.”
Katie Lowry, group program parent
1:1 coaching
Private coaching for your family, starting with a free Explore Call.
“Casey has completely changed my family’s life for the better!”
Leisha, coaching client
The Joyful Courage Podcast
650+ episodes on raising teens and young adults, and on taking care of yourself along the way.
“My husband says the temperature in our house has definitely lowered.”
Ashrobe123, Apple Podcasts review
Speaking
Parent talks and keynotes for schools and organizations.
“By the end of two days, she felt like a trusted best friend to our attendees.”
Pauly Barker, founder of VIDA Marketing and creator of the Sexy & Regulated Mama Summit
Over the years I’ve walked alongside families at every stage of growing up. With middle schoolers, parents often come wanting to tighten up routines and agreements before adolescence fully arrives. Once kids are in their teens, the work can shift to struggles at school or worry about risky behavior, and how to stay connected through all of it. I also work with parents of launched kids who are figuring out what the relationship looks like now that they’re no longer running the show.
Parents learn in different ways, too, and what you need can change from one season to the next. Immersion Week is a five-day live deep dive. The Living Joyful Courage Inner Circle Membership (LJC) is a year of learning and coaching with other parents who get it. When you want support shaped around your own family, 1:1 coaching with me is the most personal option. And the Joyful Courage Podcast is always there, free, whenever you have a few minutes and want a little support in your ears.
Wherever you’re starting from, I know there’s something here for you.
In parents’ words
What changes when you don’t do it alone
“For me, the LJC Community and personal coaching have been the perfect combination.”
“The best and most important outcome is that my relationship with my son, though not perfect, is strong and genuine.”
Lori K, LJC Inner Circle member and coaching client
“I’m so happy to say the relationship with my son is wonderful now thanks to Casey’s amazing coaching and my willingness to work hard to do better and own my stuff.”
Kristi P, coaching client
“If you’re looking to level up as a Dad, do your future self a favor and reach out to connect with her.”
John Harington, coaching client and dad of three
★★★★★
So much wisdom and heart!
“Casey creates conversations that are honest, thoughtful, compassionate, and incredibly real.”
Layne Burkette · Apple Podcasts
★★★★★
Practical and Encouraging
“I love that she will often model what the language might sound like when actually talking to your teens.”
BWArizona · Apple Podcasts
★★★★★
Just listen!!!! Trust me!
“I find myself quoting her all the time!”
Robinchap1 · Apple Podcasts
Meet Casey
Hi, I’m Casey
I’m a Positive Discipline Lead Trainer, parent coach and the author of Joyful Courage: Calming the Drama and Taking Control of YOUR Parenting Journey. I host the Joyful Courage Podcast and train other parent educators in Positive Discipline, and you’ll also find my writing in Raising Teens Who Talk to You. I have an M.Ed. from the University of Washington and live in the Pacific Northwest.
For nearly 20 years I’ve worked with parents of tweens and teens. I raised two of my own, who are grown now, so I’ve been in the thick of these years myself. That’s a big part of why I love this work.
“Casey has an approachable, no-nonsense approach to parent coaching. She’s very real and acknowledges her own challenges. Casey has ‘been there done that’ with her own kids and brings a wealth of knowledge, wisdom and insights to her clients. Plus, she’s light, funny and easy to be with and that’s a bonus!”
Parent, coaching client
Fiercely committed, lovingly unattached.
Not sure where to start?
Book a free Explore Call. We’ll talk through what’s happening in your family and what kind of support would help most.
“From the first 15 minute explore call, I felt that Casey really listened and validated what I was feeling.”
Kristi P, coaching client