Books – Ren Rynne

Welcome to the How To Parent book series

Parenting is one of the most profound—and challenging—journeys we can take. The How to Parent series offers support, insight, and inspiration for navigating that journey with presence, compassion, and confidence. Each book in the series is designed to help you connect more deeply with your child, shift family dynamics, and grow as a parent and an empowered person of incredible worth, value, and influence.

Now available

How to Parent Mindfully: The Key to Healing Family Dramas with The Power Of Love and Connection

This first book in the series guides you to the heart of mindful parenting. It’s about showing up with love, healing old patterns, and building strong, meaningful relationships that can grow through anything.

How to Parent Mindfully shows you how to parent with authority without being authoritarian, discipline without punishment, and relate with compassion and understanding.

Mindful parenting helps you connect to your heart and inner wisdom, guiding you through everyday challenges with more love, awareness, patience, and understanding.

Through easy-to-follow, practical action steps, How to Parent Mindfully helps you to:

❤️ Parent with mindfulness in every aspect of your day-to-day life

❤️ Reframe challenges with a positive, broader perspective

❤️ Manage meltdowns and dramas with presence and grace

❤️ Respond thoughtfully, not with knee-jerk reactions

❤️ Use active listening to strengthen communication and empathy

❤️ Set healthy boundaries with respect and compassion

❤️ Resolve conflicts constructively, fostering cooperation and shared values

❤️ Understand your child’s world—and meet them where they are

❤️ Manage self-care to reduce stress and anxiety

❤️ Build strong, loving connections

B.A.

Review of First Edition

Our culture truly needs the tools Ren shares. Learning to be emotionally present and regulate our own reactions when children’s emotions run high is vital. How can we teach what we haven’t learned ourselves? This book guides parents to embrace authenticity, vulnerability, and healthy boundaries — both for themselves and their children. It should be required reading for every parent

C.L.

Review of First Edition

I loved this book! The guidance is just as valuable for new parents as it is for those navigating the tween and teen years. The communication strategies are powerful tools for building stronger, more stable relationships with children. I especially appreciated the ‘Take Inspired Action’ tips at the end of each chapter — clear, concise, and easy to apply. If you have anything to do with children, this book is a must.

P.J.F.

Review of First Edition

This book is a must-read — I’d give it to every parent. If more people applied these ideas, our whole society would benefit. The sections on generational parenting and different parenting styles were especially eye-opening for me. I highly recommend this book.

L.V.

Review of First Edition

This book is great. Tons of useful parenting strategies, but I also liked that the author emphasises that parents are humans too, they have needs, they make mistakes, they don't always have it all together. Ren weaves compassion through every page. There is a big focus on relationship building with children and understanding behaviour. An invaluable resource.

MAMA

Review of First Edition

Thoroughly enjoyed this parenting book. Uplifting, practical, and full of wisdom, it’s the kind of support I wish I had sooner. This book is an essential gift for any parent. I would give this to a mom for a 1st birthday present rather than giving the child a toy. I highly recommend.

Grateful mother of teens

Review of First Edition

Ren has a way of making you feel like she’s right there beside you, cheering you on in your parenting journey. Her end-of-chapter reminders are so helpful. As a parent of teenagers, I felt some sadness that I couldn’t go back in time to apply her suggestions — but I was also inspired to change what I can. After finishing the book, I wrote a heartfelt letter to each of my children to express how proud I am of them and to reflect on their childhood. They were deeply moved. That never would’ve happened without reading this book. It reopened lines of communication we had lost. I’m grateful for Ren’s gentle encouragement, her message of unconditional love, and the practical ways she shares it.

J.M. mom of two teens

Review of First Edition

How to Parent Mindfully is written from the heart to touch the hearts of parents. Ren describes herself as a ‘parenting midwife, holding the reader’s hand’ — and that’s exactly how it felt. The book reads like a long, comforting conversation with the best friend you wish you had — someone who gently guides you through every parenting challenge. I truly felt like Ren was in the room with me, anticipating my questions and offering thoughtful, practical answers.

In the works

How To Parent Without Yelling

The second book in the How to Parent series

Yelling isn’t the answer—but in the heat of the moment, it can feel like the only option. If you’re tired of the shouting, guilt, and power struggles, How to Parent Without Yelling shows you how to break the cycle and parent with calm, confidence, and connection.

Packed with practical tools, relatable examples, and easy-to-use scripts, this book gives you clear, actionable steps to:

Understand why yelling happens—including the stress response in the body and brain
Recognize your triggers and respond instead of react
Diffuse conflict before it escalates
Encourage cooperation without threats or bribes
Set limits calmly and consistently
Repair connection after you’ve lost your cool

You’ll not only learn what to say and do instead of yelling—you’ll also gain insight into the deeper reasons behind it, so you can break the cycle permanently.

You’ll learn how to get through to your kids in ways that foster respect, trust, and long-term connection—without ever raising your voice.

This book will help you turn down the volume and turn up the trust.

Coming soon!

In the pipeline

How To Parent When Your Mental Health Matters

The third book in the How to Parent series

Parenting is demanding—even on a good day. When you’re also navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, or trauma, it can feel overwhelming. How to Parent When Your Mental Health Matters is here to remind you: your wellbeing matters too.

This compassionate guide helps you care for your children and yourself. With gentle strategies, grounded insights, and real-life stories, you’ll learn how to:

Recognize your limits without guilt
Build a support system that actually supports you
Respond to your child with presence—even when you’re struggling
Reframe perfectionism and let go of unrealistic expectations
Parent from a place of self-compassion, not self-sacrifice

You don’t have to choose between your needs and theirs. This book shows you how to honor both—and parent from a place of inner steadiness and strength.

Stay tuned.

“Each book is a guide to more mindful, connected parenting.

Whether you’re just beginning your journey or deep in the trenches,

you’ll find wisdom, tools, and encouragement to support you.

My hope is that these books help you feel less alone, more empowered,

and more deeply connected to your children and to yourself.”