Happily Family
CO-AUTHOR A PARENTING BOOK
Become a bestselling author, share your unique message & support families
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Get your chapter published in a multi-author parenting book with support, training, and community.
Use personal and professional experience and wisdom to help other parents.
Leverage your status to grow your audience, find clients, get noticed, and hired.
Differentiate yourself from others and showcase the unique gifts that only you have.
The Choice is Clear
With the Parenting Book Co-Author Program, you can…
Stand Out From The Crowd
A book is the ultimate door-opener and credibility builder in the parenting space. Want to build or grow a business? get more clients? Raise your rates? Get on podcasts? Radio? TV? Create a course? Write a solo book? Your book helps you leverage your author status so you can do all these.
Step-by-Step Professional Support
Instead of slogging away at your keyboard by yourself, you will get training from a professional editing team with decades of experience. With step-by-step guidance and personal feedback, you’ll be able to find your voice, hone your message, share your personal and professional experience, and magnify your unique perspective so you can set yourself apart.
Accomplish Your Dreams Faster!
How long have you wanted to write a book? You’re not alone. Around 90% of people want to write a book, but only about 3% finish it. Even then, after years of effort writing, only a fraction of those books ever get published. What if you could accomplish your author goals–not in years–but in just a few months?
Guaranteed Bestseller
The team will run a targeted, time-limited campaign to drive sales all at once. All the authors will participate–and we will bring our large audience–to create massive momentum. You will be a part of a very exciting launch party team. (The experience you gain from the book launch will apply to anything else you launch in your business.)
WE ARE CECiLIA & JASON HILKEY
Creators of Happily Family and Online Business Strategists
We founded Happily Family in 2011, back when we were both full-time classroom teachers with two young kids at home, working from a “nook” off the side of the kitchen! From that humble beginning, we are delighted that each year over 100,000 parents and professionals from 200 countries participate in our online conferences, classes, and coaching. Along the way, we’ve interviewed more than 250 world-renowned experts, authors, and leaders in the parenting space.
In early 2025, we partnered with therapists, parent coaches, educators, and wise parents to write The Perfectly Imperfect Family, which became a #1 International Bestseller. In 2026 we used the same system to write Raising Teens Who Talk to You, and it too became a #1 International Best Seller. Many of those authors have now done public speaking, interviews on podcasts and summits, grown their audience, and gotten more clients. We believe a book is the most powerful door opener and credibility builder for both established experts and professionals earlier in their careers.
The fast growth of our business has led people to seek out our coaching and training to learn how to serve parents as we do and grow a business helping families. We live in Oregon with our “grown-up kids” (2 bio and 1 “adopted”). And we enjoy time outdoors, strong coffee, and the freedom and flexibility of our lifestyle.
SHARE YOUR MESSAGE, HELP PARENTS, STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD…
JOIN THE PARENTING BOOK CO-AUTHOR PROGRAM
Feel inspired to help others with your knowledge and wisdom?
Need support to clarify your message and highlight the most potent parts?
Want to crowdsource the effort of book promotion and marketing?
Overwhelmed navigating the book publishing industry all alone?
Want a high quality book without having to hire and manage a publishing team?
Want an amazing community of leaders and future collaboration partners?
What’s Included In the PARENTING BOOK CO-AUTHOR PROGRAM?
Publishing Team Support
$1997 Value
Everything you need to write your chapter for this multi-author book. The team will provide personal feedback, copyediting, proofreading, and formatting. The book will be made in paperback, and Kindle editions with a beautifully designed cover.
"How to Write a Compelling Chapter" Writing Tutorial
$997 Value
Live training from Ann Sheybani with Q and A to write an effective and compelling chapter. Hone your message. Magnify your uniqueness. Stand out from the crowd.
Guaranteed Bestseller
PRICELESS
Becoming a Bestseller is guaranteed. PLUS we will all work together to aim for #1 International Bestselling status (not guaranteed, but likely).
Bonus: "How to Get Media Attention" PR Training
$497 Value
Discover how to pitch yourself to TV, radio, podcasts, and more. Use that exposure to grow your audience, and credibility so you can grow your business and get customers.
Bonus: “6 Ways to Make $6k” Marketing Training
$500 Value
Turn your book into a business. We will show you 6 different time-tested ways you can use your book to generate revenue, even if you are just starting out.
Supportive Community
PRICELESS
Journey together. Network. Meet leaders in the parenting space. Connect with future collaboration partners. Make friends.
Optional: Written-For-You Add-On
Don’t like writing? Short on time? Get your chapter written for you by a professional writer who understands your voice and message. (Additional Fee)
Optional: Speak at the Happily Family summit
PRICELESS
Be a featured speaker in the next Happily Family Online Parenting Summit. Get in front of a huge audience of parents. Share your message and grow your audience overnight. Pending Approval.
Bonus: "How to Get Book Reviews"
$200 Value
How can you ensure that your book gets seen by others and doesn’t get lost in the algorithm? Book reviews! You will see the simple, easy ways to get others to write reviews for you.
What Previous Authors Say
About working with Cecilia and Jason
Thank you so much! This was an amazing experience in every way. I appreciated every step of the process and all the support you provided. Truly—thank you!
This project was transformative. The workshops taught me so much and helped me finally see myself as an author. Because of this book, I’m now in meetings about publishing my own [book]. I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity.
You demonstrated a level of generosity and support that genuinely inspired me. The entire experience was fun, well-organized, and uplifting. You showed me what excellent leadership and service look like. Thank you for making this such a positive journey.
I just want to echo what Ann said about who you are and what you’ve built. Joining this project exceeded my expectations. Your support and guidance, and the community you’ve created, are truly heartwarming. Thank you both.
I started crying when I saw our book. Seeing my chapter there was emotional, vulnerable, and exciting all at once. I still can’t believe it’s real. Thank you, Cecilia and Jason, for putting this together.
So grateful to Jason and Cecilia for this opportunity; To conceive of the idea and bring it to fruition and attract such impressive contributors as well as reviewers and Dr Shefali… I’m feeling really honoured to be a part of it all. Thank you!
Being part of The Perfectly Imperfect Family wasn’t just about adding my chapter—it was about building real connections with other authors who were willing to show up, share openly, and support one another.
Mostly, I’m thankful for the Hilkeys, Ann, and this whole community for making space where we could do something bigger together than any of us could have done alone.
You made me see that dreams can become reality, and that we do not have to be somebody to achieve them. Cecilia, your gentle authenticity reached across the virtual screen and many miles of ocean, from the USA to London, and somehow said, “Come, I’ll show you how.” And you did.
I am forever grateful to both of you for the opportunity to write and be part of a bestselling book collaboration.
That experience was my true entry into the world of writing, and I will always be thankful for it.
Cecilia and Jason Hilkey are the real deal, and I want you to know about them.
Look, I’ve worked with a lot of experts who talk about community-building. The Hilkeys actually do it. And not in that cringey, “let’s all pretend we’re besties” way that makes you want to run screaming from the room.
They approached this anthology the same way they approach their business, Happily Family—with genuine care, crystal-clear communication, and a systems-oriented brain (that’s Jason) paired with a heart-centered approach (that’s Cecilia).
The Perfectly Imperfect Family hit #1 international bestseller status and sold thousands of copies in a matter of hours.
Yeah, you read that right. Five months. Sixty authors. International bestseller.
You know what’s happened to some of those contributing authors since the book launched?
Podcast interviews. Magazine features. One got approached by Forbes. They’ve formed their own mastermind groups and meet regularly. They’re booking more coaching clients. And—this is the part that gets me—they’re viewing themselves differently. That shift from “I’m just a parenting coach trying to make it” to “I’m a published author with a message that matters” is profound.
This is what I mean when I say the Hilkeys are the epicenter of the parenting world. They’re not hoarding knowledge or protecting their territory. They’re actively creating opportunities for other experts to rise. And in doing so, they’ve positioned themselves as the go-to community builders in the parenting space. Impressive to say the least.
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