How this started

Hi, I'm Kelly Sandler, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and a mom of three daughters. For more than a decade, I've helped families work through power struggles, hard transitions, and the moments that feel impossible at home.

I know what it's like to look for parenting advice and find that it doesn't quite fit your child or the life you're living. I also know what it's like to help other families build routines that work while quietly realizing my own life no longer felt like mine.

More self-care wasn't the answer. I turned the behavior science I'd used with families toward my own life: noticing the patterns I was caught in, changing what I could, and making room for what mattered to me, too.

That's why I created Motherhood Applied. It brings behavior science into everyday motherhood, with practical ways to support your children while staying connected to the person you are beyond caring for them.

Kelly Sandler, M.S., BCBA, LABA

What I believe

  • You're not the problem. The pattern is.

    The things you keep doing once solved a problem. They just don't work for the life you have now. Anything learned can change

  • Small changes hold.

    Not an overhaul. One change at a time, small enough to do on a hard day.

  • Success isn't the same as fulfillment.

    Your kids are watching what a full life looks like, and it's more than the role of mother. Making room for yourself is part of raising them.

You don't have to feel ready.

Start with one 50-minute conversation about what's happening at home, and what you want for yourself.

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