Co-Founder, Author, Speaker
Hi. I'm Bonnie.
I grew up in a home where my mom yelled. A lot. I was not great in school, always in trouble, and by the time I was a teenager I was completely lost in my soul. I did not know who I was. I did not know if anyone saw me. I did not know if God did either.
Then at 21 I read Think and Grow Rich and heard a whisper so clear it stopped me cold. "Find a way to empower every child to know their greatness by age 12."
I spent the next 18 years in personal development. I went from feeding my kids on $20 a week to $20,000 months. I became a top global income earner in two direct sales companies. A coach. A leader.
And then I came home.
"A leader in life. A loser at home."
My kids were being diagnosed one by one. ADHD. ODD. Anxiety. Depression. I read every book. I tried every program. I hired the experts. I prayed. And nothing changed.
I had spent nearly two decades learning how to unlock human potential and I could not unlock my own children. The dream God had placed in my heart felt like a cruel joke.
Until Thomas.
Co-Founder, Developer of the 12 Principles
Meet Thomas.
Thomas Liotta did not start as a parenting expert. He started as a martial arts instructor who kept seeing the same thing over and over. Children labeled as problems, as hopeless, as too difficult to reach. And he kept noticing something nobody else seemed to notice.
Every single one of those children blossomed when someone taught them life skills instead of punishing them for lacking them.
He spent three decades in the room with the children everyone else had given up on. The violent ones. The expelled ones. The ones whose parents were told there was nothing more anyone could do. He did not medicate them. He did not punish them. He developed them.
When I watched him sit with my children, the same kids who had worn me to nothing, something happened I will never forget. They listened. They cooperated. They calmed down. Not because he forced them. Because he spoke their language.
I stood there with tears streaming down my face. This was God showing up. The way He always does when we are finally ready to receive the answer.
30
Years with the hardest children in the room
3,000+
Children transformed through his programs
90%
Behavioral transformation success rate
#1
Amazon New Release author
Harlie and grandpa Thomas. This is what the principles look like in real life.
Bonnie and Thomas Liotta
Two people who found the answer the hard way.
Thomas and I married in 2013. Together we took everything he had developed over 30 years, everything I had learned across nearly two decades in personal development and business leadership, and everything that had saved our own family.
We codified it into the 12 CCFL principles. A proactive success framework rooted in proven personal development methodology and backed by scripture. Not behavior management. Not symptom control. Child development from the inside out.
I bring the parent's perspective. I have lived the frustration, the fear, and the guilt. I know what it feels like to be told your child is broken.
Thomas brings the methodology that proves they are not.
Together we built Creating Champions For Life because no family should have to spend years in the battle we lived through. No child should grow up believing they are fundamentally flawed. And no parent should have to choose between their sanity and their child's future.
What we believe
Your child was not born broken.
They were born without a manual.
We wrote it.
Your child is not defiant for the sake of being defiant.
They are not disordered.
They are speaking a language you have not learned yet.
And once you learn it, everything changes.
We started Creating Champions For Life because no family should have to spend years in the battle we lived through. There is another way. And we are here to show you what it is.
The proof behind the promise
The track record speaks.
300+
Families from crisis to cooperation
3,000+
Children transformed through our programs
90%
Behavioral transformation success rate
30
Years working with the hardest children in the room
USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee. Most Creative School Program Award.
Amazon Number One New Release authors in parenting.
Featured on King 5 News and the ADHD Toolbox Summit.
Licensed nonprofit parenting organization and faith-based ministry.
First martial arts school in the US licensed as a daycare for behavioral disorders.
The only organization bringing personal development principles, backed by scripture, to parents of behaviorally complex children.
What families say
In their own words.
★★★★★
"So much amazing information. My son's behavior has been extremely excellent and I see his confidence and patience being built daily."
Eve Rivera
CCFL Family
★★★★★
"Bonnie, I am forever indebted to you and Thomas for the help you gave me with my grandson who has Asperger's. Yesterday was his 15th birthday. We go hiking together, next week we are going stand-up paddle boarding, and we have a bond I truly owe you both for."
Kathy Biggs
Grandmother, CCFL Family
★★★★★
"The most simple, concise, wise, and empowering content and method I have ever come across and experienced. They are just as loving, compassionate, and kind, parenting us to become empowered in our role as parents."
Shawn Russel
CCFL Family
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