By distilling solid academic research into down-to-earth, practical solutions, I help communities empower the children, adolescents, and young adults they serve.
My work helps parents and educators build confidence through meaningful connection, so that we can help our children thrive.
My research and practice are guided by three core beliefs:
Community Is Everything
Despite the scientific proof that we are wired for community, we live in a culture that simply doesn’t support it. With overbooked schedules and families living spread across the country, there is very little opportunity for ongoing emotional support.
We all do our best when we feel like we belong, have a voice, and that others have our backs. In my workshops and coaching sessions, I provide real-life experiences that show parents and educators first hand how belonging increases wellbeing and productivity.
I believe that by building peer networks, we can recreate this rich and supportive culture in our daily lives, one community at a time.
Relationships Are Our Super Power
The brain’s baseline is to be in relationship. When we try to do things on our own, we have to use more cognitive resources, making everything we do seem that much harder. In my twenty-five years of working with families, the thing that continues to break my heart is how alone most parents feel when raising their children.
My work is designed to forge relationships among parents and educators that will provide strength and long-lasting support for years to come. Through relationships, we find answers and solutions to problems that on our own feel insurmountable. Through relationships, we and our children can thrive.
Research Matters
For nearly three decades, I have seen firsthand how important it is to understand and apply the very real scientific truths behind community and connection. It has been my passion to uncover these truths through my own research and to offer them to my clients and audiences in a practical, digestible way that adds immediate value to their lives.
Without the facts, we are all guessing in the dark. With them, we shed light on our core issues of loneliness and insecurity, to find solutions that empower the next generation.
“We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.”
About
Kelly Conroy Moore, Ph.D.
Kelly has been a licensed clinical social worker in Washington State for over 25 years, with an expertise in Adolescent Development, Family Systems, Mindfulness, and Sustainable Compassion Training.
Currently a Scholar in Residence at Eastside Preparatory School, she provides ongoing professional development for faculty and staff, runs weekly parent-education groups, supervises school counselors, and acts as a consultant for the school’s new well-being program.
Kelly has been a keynote speaker at various events and conferences, delivering science-based research in a compassionate, often humorous way, on topics such as:
Anxiety and stress
Creating cultures of wellbeing
Normative teenage development
Kelly has been a consultant and contributor to Courage of Care Coalition, offering contemplative training and powerful tools to communities, organizations and educational leaders.
Most recently, she was asked to be the Parent Program Coordinator at AIM House, a transitional therapeutic community for young adults in Boulder, CO. Here, Kelly has been able to weave her deep knowledge and experience into custom-designed workshops aimed at helping parents decrease shame and increase their capacity to attune to their adult children.