Kiva is a powerhouse mentor, teacher and guide. She is the Founder and CEO of The Jai Institute for Parenting, an organization that has trained over 1000 parenting coaches globally. She is also the author of the ground-breaking book The Peaceful Parenting (R)evolution: Changing the World by Changing How We Parent.
Kiva's passion for parenting stemmed from her own childhood experiences of neglect and trauma. Like many of her generation, she had a front-row seat to the kind of parenting that she did not want for her own children. The Jai Institute is the fulfillment of a promise that she made to herself when she was 16 years old that when she had children of her own, she would learn to parent them with compassion, consistency and communication.
As a single mother, she has built an extraordinary business that has touched tens of thousands of lives, and empowered others who share her mission to do this work. Kiva holds a B.S. in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and is a Certified Professional Life Coach.