Eps 326: Zen Parenting with Cathy Adams
Episode 326
My guest today is Cathy Cassani Adams. She co-hosts the Zen Parenting Radio podcast and is author of Zen Parenting: Caring for Ourselves and Our Children in an Unpredictable World, which came out this year in February. She also wrote Living What You Want Your Kids to Learn: The Power of Self-Aware Parenting (2014) which won a Nautilus Award, National Indie Excellence Award, and an International Book Award.
She is a clinical social worker, certified parent coach, former elementary school educator, and yoga teacher. Cathy teaches in the Sociology/Criminology Department at Dominican University, and she lives outside of Chicago with her husband Todd and their three daughters.
Resources:
Website | Zen Parenting Book
Community is everything!
Join our community Facebook groups:
Takeaways from the show
- The story of Cathy’s podcast
- What prompted Cathy to write another book
- Parenting is forever
- Learning how to integrate new information
- How do we as parents practice self awareness
- Not imposing old fear and trauma on our children
- The messiness of parenting cisgender white boys
- When you have privilege, how do you use it
- What zen means to Cathy in the context of parenting
- Learning to ask what your kids need
- Speaking your truth through the throat chakra
- Mouthful of glass analogy
- Surface support vs allowing your kids to speak
- Consciousness in allowing our teens to share when they’re ready
Resources:
What does Joyful Courage mean to you?
Alignment and authenticity. Showing up as myself.The greatest joy comes from being really in tune with who you are and then feeling the bravery to show up that way.
Mental Health Mini Summit
Parenting teenagers is hard work!
The Adolescent Mental Health Summit brings top experts to one place for supporting parents with the nuances of their teen’s mental health.
The topics covered in this mini summit are hard to talk about. Parents with teens that are going through mental health challenges often feel very alone and ashamed. My goal is to shine a light on these topics in a way that allows parents to feel more capable and informed – and to allow all parents to recognize there is no shame here, simply children that are doing the best they can with the tools they have.
The Adolescent Mental Health Mini Summit provides valuable information for parents around learning challenges, eating disorders, self harm, anxiety, depression, and more.
Go to besproutable.com/teens and click online teen courses to purchase!
Positive Discipline Association Conference
Join us in person for the 2022 Positive Discipline Conference which features presentations for educators, clinicians, and parents. Spend the day developing Positive Discipline tools for home and school, or to support others through your coaching, consulting, or counseling practice.
Learn more at positivediscipline.org
Teaching Parenting The Positive Discipline Way
Teaching Parenting The Positive Discipline Way is a two day, in-person workshop designed to support participants in learning all they need to teach the Parenting the Positive Discipline Way curriculum. Developed by Lynn Lott and Jane Nelsen, this program provides a step-by-step approach to starting and leading experientially based parenting groups and classes. This curriculum can stand alone or can offer significant enhancement to other parenting programs; it emphasizes experiential activities that reach the heart to inspire deeper understanding and change.
Grounded in the work of Jane Nelsen and Adlerian Theory, Positive Discipline centers relationship, encouragement and the practice of life skills, with an overarching theme of trusting the process and recognizing mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow.
This course takes place IN PERSON Fri May 27th – Sat May 28th
8:30am – 5pm ET in McLean, VA
Learn more at besproutable.com/parent-educators
Exclusive Offers for Listeners
Check out these offers and support the show while you support yourself and your family:
Better Help: www.betterhelp.com/joyfulcourage get 10% off your first month
Teen Counseling: https://teencounseling.com/jcteen get 10% off your first month
Troomi Wireless: www.troomi.com use “joyfulcourage” and get $50 off your first phone
Therapy Bootcamp: https://www.destinationyou.net/therapy-bootcamp use “Joyful” at checkout for $30 off tuition to the program
Subscribe to the PodcastWe are here for you
Join the email list
Join our email list! Joyful Courage is so much more than a podcast! Joyful Courage is the adolescent brand here at Sproutable. We bring support and community to parents of tweens and teens. Not a parent of a teen or tween? No worries, click on the button to sign up to the email list specifically cultivated for you: Preschool, school-aged, nannies, and teachers. We are here for everyone who loves and cares for children.
I'm in!Classes & coaching
I know that you love listening every week AND I want to encourage you to dig deeper into the learning with me, INVEST in your parenting journey. Casey O'Roarty, the Joyful Courage podcast host, offers classes and private coaching. See our current offerings.