About Dr. Jenn

Hello! I’m  Dr. Jennifer Austin Leigh. My clients call me “Dr. Jenn.” I have a doctorate in psychology and study Interpersonal Neurobiology. (How relationships affect our brains for better or for worse.) I show moms the Dandelion Principles™ so they can raise their daughters to be what scientists call “Dandelions.” Dandelions are people who are emotionally sturdy, make good choices in life, and bounce back from life’s curveballs because they have the proper brain growth and organization.

Look, I didn’t always know how to build a respectful relationship. I didn’t always know The Dandelion Principles.™  In fact, my life used to be something of a mess. (You can ask my family and sadly, my ex-husband.) I didn’t know how to listen to others and I certainly didn’t know how to listen to myself, except to hear all of my negative self-talk (my itty bitty shitty committee) that made me miserable, and miserable to be around. In fact, scientists would call the type of person I was an “orchid,” just the opposite of a Dandelion. Orchid flowers need everything in their environment to be perfect for them to bloom. Same with people who are orchids. They are emotionally fragile and don’t handle the stress and strain of life very well. They often create a lot of drama without even knowing it.

Sure, back then, I thought I was listening to others, but I was listening like most people do. I was just hearing words. I didn’t grasp the emotions, or the underlying needs that someone really wanted me to know. I didn’t have the tools to open my heart to other people’s truth. Frankly, like most of us, I didn’t know how to answer people’s Big Brain Question, “Are you there for me?” with a “Yes!” (That’s the answer we all need for our brains to grow and organize properly.) I didn’t even know how to be there for myself.

We all want to be there for the people we love, but… and it’s a big but… no one ever taught us how! You didn’t learn the Dandelion Principles™ in school! And my hunch is, you didn’t learn them at home growing up either!

Without the Dandelion Principles™, it’s almost impossible to build a respectful relationship where people trust you enough to tell you who they really are. It’s almost impossible to build a respectful relationship with yourself.

When I got pregnant with my first child, (I had four children in less than four years, twins to boot the last go round! Whew!)  I knew I needed to learn how to build better relationships with others and with myself!

I wanted to be the best mother I could be so I studied and read every night. I had a very busy life, but I made the investment in myself and in my family! It is an investment I’ll never regret, and always be thankful for.

I sought out coaches and mentors who helped me understand what got in my way of creating respectful relationships with myself and others. It was what we all deal with, things like past wounds and negative self-talk (my “itty bitty shitty committee!”). My coaches taught me the power of True Listening skills, and how it can get you past your past, help you quiet your negative self-talk, and open your heart to your own truth and the truth of others, like the truth of your children. And I learned about the power of answering “Yes” to my own Big Brain Question. (You’ll know all about how important that question is when you read the manual.)

I am just like you. I wanted to raise healthy, happy children. And, I wanted a happier life. I applied what I was learning. I started growing and changing.

I gained so much self-respect and before I knew it, I was like a new person! I heard my true heart speak for the first time. I heard my truth. I heard the truth of my children, my friends, and my family. My heart cracked open to so much love and respect!

“Do you ever feel that you don’t have all the skills you need to parent your teendaughter?” Or to be truly happy? When I ask those questions to people, almost everyone answers, “Yes!” so you aren’t alone.

I wrote the Dandelion Principles™ Home Study Manual to show you how to build a respectful relationship with your daughter so you can positively affect her brain. She can grow up to be hardy, happy and healthy. A Dandelion Daughter! Raising a Dandelion daughter is as easy as baking cookies.

Really! You just need the recipe. I’ll giving you the recipe! Step by step, skill by skill!

I am always here to coach you and answer your Big Brain Question with a “Yes!”

I hope one day, you will look back and feel that I have helped you, just as much as my mentors and coaches helped me grow and become a Dandelion!

I have to be honest and admit, sadly, I did not learn the Dandelion Principles™ in time to save my marriage that ended almost two decades ago.  No one had shown me the skills. If your marriage is rocky, these skills may help you save it!

But, I did learn the Dandelion Principles™ in time to help my children and turn into a Dandelion!

In fact, it was my daughter who came to me years ago with a story that blew my mind… and let me know that she trusted me enough to tell me who she really was!

I want that for you! That’s why I wrote the Dandelion Principles™ Home Study Course Manual. I want you to have the same respectful relationship and secret sharing my daughter and I had when she was a teen, and have to this very day!

Plus, I want you to go to work and perform better. Eighty-three percent of women interviewed said that raising a teen daughter reduced their work efficiency. Some said it put a strain on their marriages. The Dandelion Principles™ can help you stop worrying and feel better.

PLUS!  A new research study revealed that mothers are less happy than women who do not have children, AND the report disclosed what mothers were missing in their lives. I was so excited to see that someone has finally cracked the happiness code for mothers, because the ONE THING that is missing, is something I have been promoting in my work for DECADES! I’m now working on The Dandelion Principles Home Study Manual Volume Two, just to get this new information to you as quickly as possible. When you buy today, you’ll get some of that information in the newsletter as a VIP Dandelion Coaching Club Member! I’m really excited about this new research moms! It’s going to totally blow you away when you see what is missing in your life! You’ll laugh out loud when you hear what it is, and how easy it is to get it back into your life.

You are learning from someone who has been where you are. I used to be an “Orchid,” emotionally fragile and finicky, barely able to cope with the curveballs life threw at me.  Now I am a  mighty Dandelion. You can grow into a mighty Dandelion yourself! If the Dandelion Principles™ worked for someone as broken as I used to be, I know they will work for you too!

Oh, I’m also an award winning author and speaker on top of being a Relationship Coach. My work is based on the new brain science that reveals how people’s relationships with others either help or hurt their brains and lives. I wrote a book for teen girls, The Secrets Guys Wish You Knew About Love, so girls can build respectful relationships with themselves, and with boys.

I’ve changed my life so much that now top tier media such as CNN, Time, The New York Times, The Associated Press, and other outlets contact me as a leading authority on mothers and teen girls, and relationships.  I blog for Psychology Today. I have appeared on television, the radio and in popular magazines. You may have seen my name in the media. I work hard to get the message out to moms and teens girls who want better relationships. I’m a long ways away from my Orchid days!

I owe my transformation to the Dandelion Principles™

You owe it to yourself and your daughter, to discover the skills that can possibly change your life for the better!