Hey, everybody, it's Todd. Before we get to this week's podcast, we have two things. One is

Kathy is doing an event this Wednesday. Yeah, it's called Understanding Our Daughters, Understanding

Our Girls, however you want to say it. And basically, it's a discussion about how we can

better communicate, connect with our girls. There's been a lot of reports out there, you know,

NBC News, the Washington

Post, everywhere about that our daughters are struggling more than usual heightened anxiety,

suicidality. And so this Wednesday is a discussion to give us some support, give us some

information, research about how we can be more helpful to our girls. And it just so happens

that next month, Todd and our really good friend,

Dr. John Duffy, are going to be hosting a discussion about understanding our sons, understanding

our boys. So if you want to be a part of either or both of these discussions, you can join

team Zen, just scroll down and click on Join join team zen and not only do you have access to

these two talks but you have access to everything else we do on team zen you know all of our

all of our speakers all of our virtual communities all of our resources that we offer so please join us

and we look forward to having you listen to this conversation we're about to have

with Jessica Leahy. Yeah, Jessica Leahy, she's the author of the New York Times bestselling book,

The Gift of Failure, How the Best Parents Learned to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed,

and her second book, The Addiction Inoculation, Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence.

For over 20 years, Jessica has taught every grade from 6th to 12th in both public and

private schools and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for

adolescents in Vermont.

She currently serves as a recovery coach at Santa at Stowe, a medical detox and recovery

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