The Space Between Us.
Co-parenting when you do not parent the same way.
Children do not need two identical parents. They need adults who can manage difference without making the child the messenger, battleground, or judge. This course focuses on the relationship system between parents.
The work beneath
The Space Between Us.
This course is designed to help you understand the psychology underneath ordinary family moments and turn that understanding into practical action. It is not about perfect parenting. It is about creating patterns that are safer, clearer, and more useful over time.
Children do not need two identical parents. They need adults who can manage difference without making the child the messenger, battleground, or judge. This course focuses on the relationship system between parents.
5 Modules. 15 practical lessons
Each lesson combines accessible psychology, a realistic family example, a word-for-word response, reflection, and one practical step to use at home.
Understand how history, temperament, and role shape perception. Move from character accusations to specific behaviours and outcomes. Prioritise safety, predictability, and freedom from adult loyalty conflict.
Keep adult communication between adults. Protect authority without pretending false agreement. Avoid using a child’s distress or preference as a weapon.
Identify the deeper goals beneath different strategies. Agree on a small number of safety and dignity standards. Use time-limited trials and observable outcomes.
Stop discussing child problems while either adult is flooded. Address moments when one parent reverses or mocks the other. Treat contempt, fear, and coercion as system problems requiring support.
Use a short agenda before problems become emergencies. Allow children to experience each parent’s authentic strengths. Measure success by reduced triangulation and increased clarity, not total agreement.
The Space Between Us.
Co-parenting when you do not parent the same way.
Start the Course — Included with MembershipFrequently asked
Is this a behaviour-management course? +
No. It includes practical responses, but its main work is relational and psychological: understanding what the family system is teaching and building safer, more useful patterns.
Will this work for different ages? +
Yes. The principles apply across childhood. The examples focus mainly on young and middle childhood, with guidance that can be adapted as children become more independent.
Does this mean there should be no consequences? +
No. Clear boundaries and proportionate consequences are part of secure parenting. The course shows how to hold them without shame, humiliation, fear, or unnecessary escalation.
What is the format? +
Fully written, self-paced, membership access. Five modules and fifteen lessons, with a reflection and practical application in every lesson.
Is this a replacement for therapy or professional safeguarding advice? +
No. The course is educational. Serious risk, abuse, persistent distress, or safety concerns require qualified professional support and the appropriate local safeguarding response.
A course by Olivia Fox, founder of My Inner Foundation. Written to translate complex emotional and developmental ideas into language parents can use in real homes, during real moments, without requiring perfection.
Written with care
A gentle note before you begin
My Inner Foundation courses are educational and reflective. They are not therapy, diagnosis, medical advice, or crisis support. Safety, abuse, serious mental-health concerns, or persistent functional difficulties require appropriate qualified support.