433 How to Curate More Zen + Less Stress with Cathy Adams
The Terri Cole Show
Terri Cole
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Today I'm sharing a fascinating conversation with therapist Cathy Adams, who recently published the book Zen Parenting: Understanding Ourselves So We Can Take Better Care of Our Children. Whether you have children, plan on having children, or even just know any children, this episode is for you. She teaches us how to prepare kids for the real world in a holistic, loving way, while managing your own fear and uncertainty about the future.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hey there, and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole Show. |
| 0:04.1 | I just had the most fascinating conversation with an author and a therapist named Kathy Adams. |
| 0:10.6 | And she has a book called Zen Parenting, caring for ourselves and our children in an unpredictable |
| 0:16.7 | world. |
| 0:18.0 | And if you have children and if you plan on having children and if you know any children, |
| 0:24.7 | this episode is for you because we hit all the topics and I love so much her theories |
| 0:33.2 | and what she teaches about parenting from this very holistic, loving place, but really |
| 0:41.2 | about preparing kids in a real way to sort of go out in the world and be on their own. |
| 0:50.2 | And really acknowledging how much fear, how fear driven parenting has become. |
| 0:55.5 | We talked about the pandemic, but she really gave us some good ideas and tips as to how |
| 1:01.2 | you can relate to children, even teenagers who might be going through the separating |
| 1:07.0 | and individuating process, how to relate to them in a way that requires less of you, |
| 1:14.4 | not more. |
| 1:15.4 | It requires you to be more of yourself. |
| 1:18.8 | So the book again is called Zen Parenting, caring for ourselves and our children in an |
| 1:23.2 | unpredictable world. |
| 1:24.8 | Her website is zenparentingradio.com, which is where you can get everything. |
| 1:30.3 | I have all the information in the show notes, but I really hope that you enjoy this interview |
| 1:34.5 | with Kathy Adams as much as I enjoyed diving in with her. |
| 1:47.8 | This is the Terry Cole show and as you might have guessed, I'm your host, Terry Cole. |
| 1:53.8 | For over two decades, I've been a licensed psychotherapist, love and boundaries expert, |
| 1:58.5 | and I'm also the founder of the Rail of Revolution and Boundary Boo Camp. |
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