About Debra Beck - Award-Winning Author and Parenting Coach
Debra Beck- Parent-Teen Expert, Trusted Coach & Mentor, Mother-Daughter Retreat Facilitator, Advocate for Families, and Award-Winning Author of My Feet Aren’t Ugly: A Girl's Guide to Loving Herself From the Inside Out, and What If Your Teen Isn't the Problem? A Guide to Conscious Parenting.
Debra Beck is an award-winning author, speaker, and founder of Empowered Teens and Parents. For more than 30 years she has worked with teens, parents, and families navigating the years that matter most: helping teens build self-worth and real decision-making skills, and helping parents understand their triggers so they can respond rather than react.
She has particular expertise working with families affected by ADHD and Dyslexia, where standard approaches rarely work and everyone ends up frustrated. Her books, My Feet Aren't Ugly: A Girl's Guide to Loving Yourself from the Inside Out and What If Your Teen Isn't the Problem? A Guide to Conscious Parenting, have reached thousands of families across the country. Debra works with teens, parents, and mother-daughter pairs both in person in Sedona and virtually.
- Her Mission: Debra discovered her calling in helping young girls learn to love themselves from the inside out, a passion that led her to author the acclaimed book My Feet Aren’t Ugly, A Girl’s Guide to Loving Herself from the Inside Out. Her teen mentoring and mother daughter retreats in Sedona empower girls to build self-esteem while offering parents strategies to foster harmony. As a parent of two daughters herself, Debra understands the worries of raising teens and is devoted to guiding families through these turbulent years with compassion and expertise. Her second Book, What If Your Teen Isn't the Problem? A Guide to Conscious Parenting, was written to help parents work through their own fears so their teens will stay close.
- Experience and Impact: With decades of experience as a parenting coach and mentor, Debra addresses the toughest challenges facing teens and parents today—communication breakdowns, self-doubt, and family dynamics. Her Sedona retreats and online programs have transformed countless relationships, earning her praise like, “Debra’s guidance brought us closer than ever,” from clients like Rhonda, Mom.
Debra Beck has been featured as an expert in bringing harmony back into the family unit across multiple media outlets.
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Hi Parents,
My journey into self-development began at 26, after my mother’s passing left me at a crossroads. Newly divorced and raising two daughters, ages 4 and 5, I felt the weight of an uncertain future pressing down on me. Yet, the seeds of my growth were planted much earlier—at 13, when I nearly lost my mom to cancer. Those teen years were a storm of bullying, ADHD, and Dyslexia, leaving me isolated and wrestling with self-doubt, convinced something was deeply wrong with me.
Through over 30 years of personal healing, I’ve learned to embrace myself fully, turning old fears and limiting beliefs into opportunities for growth and self-love. For more than 30 years, I’ve channeled this into my work at Empowered Teens and Parents, offering mother-daughter retreats, workshops, mentoring, and online courses. Having lived both as a struggling teen and a worried parent, I bring a compassionate heart to every family I guide, helping teens find their strength and parents build lasting connections. I’m now based in Sedona, Arizona, where I continue this work with joy.
If you are tired of having the same conversation and getting nowhere, I would love to talk.
Sign up for a free consultation today—I’m here to listen and support you each step of the way.
Big love, Debra
