The host of the top ranked Zen Parenting podcast and mother of three reveals a calmer, more self-aware parenting approach for parents to effectively teach and support their children: say less, but listen more. We can’t always plan for what’s next—that’s been made more and more clear in the past few years. The truth is that life is never predictable, especially as parents. What is possible is your unlimited capacity for compassion, and caring—for yourself and for your children. As you navigate the uncertainty with openness and humility, you find the clarity, connection and community that is Zen Parenting. Using the seven chakras, therapist Cathy Cassani Adams discusses parenting issues such as school pressure, self-care, emotional intelligence, mental health, sexuality and gender, and more, while offering concrete examples and strategies to help you wake up to your life as a parent: ​ Chakra One—The Right to Be: Establish your physical, emotional, and mental foundation Chakra Two—The Right to Feel: Practice creativity and how to access your emotions Chakra Three—The Right to Act: Establish a sense of self for yourself and your kids Chakra Four—The Right to Love and Be Loved: Experience openheartedness, empathy, and compassion Chakra Five—The Right to Speak and Hear Truth: Discover genuine and meaningful communication Chakra Six—The Right to See: Explore mindfulness, meditation, and your own intuition Chakra Seven—The Right to Know: Connect to something greater than yourself “This book is my new favorite guide for parenting, to be sure. But it's also a master class in a life well-lived.” —Dr. John Duffy, author of Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety and The Available Parent

Cathy Cassani Adams continues her journey of self awareness and introspection as she shares more life lessons realized in everyday parenting experiences. She empowers parents to take care of themselves and trust their instincts while reminding them to be fully conscious of what they bring to every relationship. This book will inspire you to live in the moment and appreciate the little things while simultaneously reminding you to reach for your dreams. The Self Aware Parent Two is a book of easy-to-read articles, each with their own lesson or contemplation. It's the perfect book for the busy parent who desires information and growth, but doesn't have a lot of free time for reading. This book will remind you of your own importance and help you reconnect to the joys of parenting. Dr. Shefali Tsabary, author of The Conscious Parent, says, "The Self-Aware Parent Two provides just the right mix of soothing reassurance and priceless information to make it a must-buy for every parent." Annie Burnside, author of Soul to Soul Parenting says, "The Self-Aware Parent Two just keeps going with the ever-evolving aspects of parenthood through the eyes of a grounded and intuitive parent. Cathy is a wonderful mirror for any parent!" Tamara O'Shaughnessy, Editor of Chicago Parent Magazine, says, "Finally, a book that frees us from all the 'Mommy Guilt.' Cathy Adams gives us permission not to be perfect and to take the time to find ourselves again." Also look for Cathy's first book, The Self-Aware Parent: 19 Lessons for Growing with Your Family.

In a candid and uplifting manner, therapist-coach and podcast host Cathy Adams shares everyday epiphanies from her own parenting and professional experiences to reveal that while becoming a self-aware parent isn't always easy, it is powerful and liberating. All too often we fall into the trap of parenting without a real awareness of what we're doing and why we're doing it, invariably using other peoples' ideas and values or outdated child-rearing techniques. By developing self-understanding, then parenting from this authentic state, we become joyful individuals who live in a way that's true to ourselves. LIVING WHAT YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO LEARN focuses on how we can rediscover self-worth and parent in a more connected way. Because children learn by watching how we live, not by listening to what we say.

"My mother gave birth to me because she wanted someone to fix her a sandwich." From the first sentence you know that Valentine's life is different. At age twenty-four Valentine has never met her father, Ray. Now he asks to return to her North Carolina home so that he can meet her and die in peace. When he shows up with the step-son no one knew existed and his pet gecko, Val wants nothing to do with either of them, but Tess, her drug-addicted mother, is ready to bring everyone together in one big dysfunctional family.

In the town of Drayton, Alabama, the once high-paying manu-facturing jobs have been replaced by nail salons and bail bonds. Pete-O Hemper,a diabetic amputee in a wheelchair, feels betrayed by the America he onceloved and believed in. On a steady diet of hate radio, he blames everyonearound him for trying to remake his country into a place where men like himare no longer in control. Pete-O's nephew, Robert, jailed on assault charges,is desperate for money and hatches a plan to rob a meth lab. Pete-O's sister,Lilith Ann, the exhausted matriarch of this family, struggles to hold everyonetogether when Pete-O brings a Chinese bride to America with a past as darkas his. Sometimes darkly funny, A Body's Just as Dead captures the 21st centuryfrustration of small-town families who feel the American Dream is in shredsand resent having to share its remnants with people who "aren't like us."

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