Helping high-achieving parents heal themselves so they can raise emotionally strong, connected kids.
Parenting is hard.
Parenting while carrying your own childhood wounds?
That’s a whole different story.
I help adults reparent themselves, set healthy boundaries, and build peaceful, collaborative relationships with their children—without guilt, chaos, or power struggles.
lawyer. author. reparenting coach.
About Maria Riegger
Maria blends evidence-based trauma work, NLP, reparenting, emotional regulation, and astrology to help parents understand why they react the way they do—so they can finally show up with clarity and calm.
Maria R. Riegger lives just outside Washington, DC, where she spends her days as a banking/corporate attorney and her nights writing fiction, parenting books, and the occasional punchy essay on being human.
A true Gemini, Maria has always lived with one foot on the ground and the other in the clouds. As a kid, she was famous for “not paying attention”- mostly because she was busy inventing stories in her head. She’s been writing since she was thirteen and has never met a language she didn’t want to learn. She speaks French, Spanish, Catalan, and a bit of Portuguese, and she’s lived in the U.K., France, and Spain.
She has also been spotted air-guitaring in public. More than once.
Humor is her love language, and she’s usually the first person friends call when they need someone to laugh at their terrible jokes.
Maria’s brain is equal parts logic and creative chaos. She adored law school – actually missed it – which led friends to suspect she might be slightly unhinged (in the most charming way). And because one passion is never enough, she’s also a practicing astrologer. If you’re curious about parenting through the lens of your child’s zodiac sign, you’ll feel right at home here.
When she’s not writing or lawyering, Maria is usually reading, traveling, working on pro bono family law cases, volunteering politically, or doing absolutely anything that isn’t housework.
She has published several fiction novels, nonfiction parenting books, and a book of holiday-themed short stories. More projects are always in the works – Gemini energy never sleeps.
You can connect with her at facebook.com/lawschoolheretic or maria@lawschoolheretic.com.
Books by Maria Riegger
Irreverent Fiction and Nonfiction.
Maria writes both fiction and nonfiction.
Her novels capture the messy, funny, all-too-human side of life, while her parenting and astrology books offer insight, clarity, and practical guidance for real families.
Invite Maria to Speak Trauma-Informed Parenting Expert • Best-Selling Author • Keynote Speaker
Maria Riegger helps parents heal their past so they can raise emotionally strong, deeply connected children. With a rare blend of legal expertise, trauma-informed coaching, NLP, reparenting frameworks, and astrology, she brings a fresh, compassionate lens to modern parenting—one rooted in emotional regulation, conscious communication, and breaking generational patterns.
She speaks to audiences who want less chaos, less yelling, less guilt—and more connection, collaboration, and peace at home.
Maria’s story begins with real life: a childhood shaped by loss, dysfunction, and emotional turbulence. Instead of repeating those patterns, she devoted her career to understanding trauma, communication, and the inner work required to parent with clarity and compassion. Her message is simple but profound:
You can’t build a peaceful home until you heal the parts of you that were raised in chaos.
Today, Maria teaches parents around the world—through her books, coaching, YouTube channel, and keynote talks—how to regulate themselves, parent consciously, and create homes filled with cooperation rather than power struggles.
Reader testimonials:
Signature Speaking Topics:
- Linking Past Trauma to Your Purpose as a Parent: Understanding how your childhood shapes your parenting—and how to reparent yourself so you don’t pass the pain forward.
- Conscious Parenting & Trigger Work: How to shift from reaction to regulation, and why your emotional state is the most powerful parenting tool you have.
- The Power of Peace in the Home: Why peace is not passive—it's intentional, strategic, and built through emotional leadership.
- Constructing Healthy Boundaries (with Less Control): How to set limits with kids (and co-parents) that invite connection, not conflict.
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ON-DEMAND COURSES
- Boundaries That Build Connection: Your Path to Peaceful Parenting Online Intensive Course
- This course is designed specifically for professional parents who want to break free from poor boundaries, stop the cycle of guilt and procrastination, and build stronger, healthier relationships with their kids. I specifically address boundaries with other parents and professionals, boundaries with our kids, and how to identify when toxic people weaponize boundaries. This course forms the basis for my parenting methodology.
- How to Establish Effective Rules and Boundaries when Co-Parenting
- This intensive course is PACKED with helpful information to establish rules and boundaries when co-parenting, helping your kids get the structure and predictability they need while maintaining a close connection with them! This session is in demand and has been requested at several conferences. Now you can get it for yourself to watch anytime, and review as often as you like.
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