What Geoff Owen talks about

For parents living with daily conflict, it can feel as if the only option is to become firmer, more consistent, or more controlled. Geoff challenges that assumption by showing how defiance…

Geoff makes a sharp distinction between raising and rearing, because one suggests shaping a child from the outside while the other points to the conditions that allow a child to grow. His perspective…

When a father is struggling at home, HR often sees the workplace symptom first: reduced output, depleted energy, lower focus, adjusted targets, or another wellbeing referral that does not quite shift…

When children withdraw, shut down, become monosyllabic, or disappear into screens, parents often experience it as disrespect or rejection. Geoff reframes that behaviour as a form of instinctive…

Many parents are told that boundaries, consequences, rewards, and consistency are the answer, but Geoff has seen how those tools can keep families locked in the same battle under a different name.…

Parents who travel for work, compete professionally, tour as musicians, perform on stage, consult across cities, or spend long stretches away often move between two very different worlds. They leave…

For professionals used to solving problems quickly, it feels natural to bring structure, urgency, and control into family life when things go wrong. Geoff shows how those same instincts, repeating…

Geoff has played golf for most of his life, still competes at 70, and recently shot 77 in a club competition, so his parenting lens does not borrow from golf loosely - it comes from someone who…