I work with: 

• Young adults

• Parents of teens and young adult men

• High achieving young women tied to productivity

• Athletes in elite environments
• Empty nesters 
• Menopausal women
• People with ADD/ADHD
• People with eating disorders/disordered eating
• Parents navigating a mental health diagnosis for their chil

Pressure and stress are unavoidable.

Most families don’t mean to create pressure.

In high-expectation environments and todays fast paced world, healthy stress can quietly shift into performance tied to worth.

And when performance becomes identity, the nervous system moves into survival mode.

That’s when we begin to see:

• Anxiety increase
• Perfectionism intensify
• Eating disorders emerge
• Overtraining take hold
• Motivation turn into tension
• Coping patterns change

Unhealthy coping doesn’t start overnight.
It starts when pressure replaces healthy stress. You don’t need to lower standards.
You need a different lens.

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🌸 About Me

I’m Siah Fried, a certified parent coach & a Nationally Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach. I help individuals and families Move FORWARD using positive coping skills to reduce stress, build resilience, and create an authentic path forward. I work with parents of teens, young adults, high-achieving women, athletes, empty nesters, and menopausal women navigating pressure and big life changes. Whether you’re supporting a child, redefining success for yourself, or feeling stuck between who you were taught to be and who you want to become, my goal is to help you move forward with clarity, confidence, and connection.

I’m not a perfect parent (just ask my kids). Through my own parenting and more than 30 years of experience in clinical health education, academia, and coaching, I’ve listened closely to clients, students, and my own kids to understand what truly helps them thrive, and what doesn’t. Guided by these insights and evidence-based research, I created the Move FORWARD coaching program. I originally developed it to help my clients on the eating disorder spectrum, but it turns out it can help anyone who wants to move forward in their life and leave old coping patterns and unhealthy behaviors in the past.

Family Flow & Fit: The 3 Pillars of Move Forward

The Move Forward program is built around Family Flow & Fit, which helps families focus on what matters most to them.

1. Family: Define what matters most and create a supportive foundation.

2. Flow: Focus on what energizes and motivates your child.

3. Fit : Align family priorities, decisions, and expectations to support well-being and connection.

Together, these pillars empower you as parents and provide a roadmap for your family to move forward from chaos and stress to calm and connection.

The Move FORWARD Program

A 7-Step Parent Leadership Program for Families

Move FORWARD is designed to help families:

• Distinguish healthy stress from harmful pressure
• Step out of checklist culture
• Strengthen Family, Flow & Fit
• Replace urgency with steadiness

Because excellence and emotional health should never compete. 

• F – Family Values & Vision: Clarify what matters most to your family.
• O – Organize & Oversee the Care Team: Build a supportive circle.
• R – Recognize Generational Patterns: Understand recurring behaviors & beliefs.
• W – What to Say: Learn effective, compassionate communication.
• A – Anchor Yourself: Emotional regulation strategies for parents.
• R – Rebuild Relationships & Repair Trust: Strengthen bonds.
• D – Develop a Roadmap for Long-Term Wellness