Steady Hearts is an 8 session blended (in person and online) course for parents of children and teenagers navigating anxiety and depression. Grounded in Scripture, informed by neuroscience, and written from lived experience.
Anxiety and depression in children and teenagers can leave even the most devoted parents feeling helpless. It is not a reflection of your love or your faith. It is a sign that you need better tools and a safe community to walk this with you.
Steady Hearts was built to give you exactly that. Not a quick fix. Not a list of rules. A real, grounded understanding of what is happening in your child and how you can be a steady presence in the middle of it.
You do not have to figure this out alone.
Steady Hearts brings together four foundations that most courses address separately. Because your child is not just a brain, or just a behaviour, or just a spiritual question. They are all of it at once, and so are you.
Presented in a blended format – in person and online, each session builds on the last to give parents a complete picture and a practical path forward.
What does God say about suffering, the mind, and the heart? Grounded in Scripture throughout.
Understanding what is actually happening in your child’s brain, explained clearly and accessibly.
How the parent relationship shapes your child’s capacity to heal and feel safe.
Written and presented with the warmth and honesty of someone who has walked this road herself.
Your child’s struggle is real, and so is your pain. You are not walking this road alone.
Session 1 & 2 are presented together in person at a chosen venue.
Learn what anxiety and depression actually are, so you can stop guessing and start understanding what your child faces.
Session 1 & 2 are presented together in person.
Parenting a struggling child is exhausting. This session gives language to what you are feeling and permission to be human.
Session 3 is presented via Zoom.
Discover what is happening neurologically in your child, and why their responses are not defiance but distress.
Session 4 is presented via Zoom.
Explore how thoughts shape feelings and drive behaviour, and how small shifts in thinking can open new doors.
Session 5 is presented via Zoom.
Your relationship with your child is the most powerful tool you have. Learn how to strengthen it when it matters most.
Session 6 is presented via Zoom.
Explore how a secure relationship with God can become an anchor for both you and your child in the storm.
Session 7 is presented via Zoom.
Leave equipped with practical strategies, clarity on when to seek help, and the courage to keep going.
Session 8 is presented together in person at a chosen venue.
Steady Hearts is presented by Petro Stroud, who has a degree in Practical Theology and brings nearly twenty years of full time ministry and counselling experience as a former youth and children’s pastor. The course was developed in collaboration with Dr Hanlie Meyer, a counselling psychologist practising in Pretoria, who provided professional input and guidance during its development.
The course brings together pastoral warmth and clinical insight, because parents need both. It is written from lived experience, tested in real communities, and grounded in the conviction that the gospel speaks into every part of family life.
Steady Hearts combines in person workshops with online Zoom sessions, creating a supportive environment where parents can learn, connect, ask questions, and grow together.
You, a church or school leader reaches out to express interest in hosting Steady Hearts for your community.
The course is flexible and can be adapted to a variety of settings.
Sessions 1 and 2 are presented together in person, followed by weekly Zoom sessions for Sessions 3 to 7. The course concludes with Session 8, presented in person.
Eight sessions of honest, grounded, gospel centred content for parents who are ready to show up for their children.
Steady Hearts is not a fully online course. It is an in person experience followed by Zoom meetings, where parents can sit together, ask real questions, and do the work in community.
No — and that’s important to say clearly.
This is not therapy, and it’s not a replacement for it. It’s a course for parents. It won’t diagnose your child or treat them. What it will do is help you understand what’s happening in your child’s brain and body, how your own steadiness shapes their healing, and how to walk this road with both faith and wisdom.
Think of it this way: your child may need professional help — and Session 8 deals honestly with when and how to find it. But you need support too. You need to understand, to breathe, to stop blaming yourself, and to find God in the middle of it.
No. You will never be put on the spot. You share only what you choose, when you choose. Some parents talk a lot. Some say almost nothing for weeks. Both are welcome.
In Person
@ Curro Durbanville Primary School
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Via Zoom
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In Person
@ Curro Durbanville Primary School
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Whether you are a parent wanting to know more, or a pastor or church leader interested in bringing Steady Hearts to your congregation, we would love to hear from you.