Restoring Our Girls: How Real Conversations Shape Our Daughters' Lives, Help Them with Teen Challenges, and Remind Them That They Matter

Navigate Teen Challenges with Clarity. Follow therapist and parenting coach Cathy Cassani Adam’s empowering advice to help your teenager follow their happiness in an evolving society.

Help your teenage girl prepare to face the world. So many girls are facing challenges every day, with the next generation seeing more skyrocketing diagnoses of depression and anxiety than ever before. While we might not be able to stop every trial that comes their way, we can still help our daughters persevere with strong self-confidence in themselves. Restoring Our Girls is an empowering book for girls ages 12-25 and their parents to use when facing tough situations in today’s world. With professional insight on society’s impact on young womanhood and ways to recognize and process it, you can help your child use their mental and emotional skills to achieve the fulfilling life they deserve.

Become the role model that she needs. Teenage mental health can feel isolating for both you and your teenager. Oftentimes, they will feel uncomfortable bringing up serious struggles to you for fear of being unseen or rejected. That is why author Cathy Cassani Adams is here on how to engage in uplifting communication through compassion and a willingness to learn. Using her methods for meaningful listening and action, your daughter will see how being genuine can open so many doors to true happiness.

Each chapter inside Restoring Our Girls covers all the complexities your teenager will face, including:

• A Guide for Navigating Real Conversations: Learn how to engage in meaningful conversations with your daughter while minimizing conflict
  
• Insights from Our Girls: Discover what your daughters wish we understood better
• The Power of Prioritizing Your Relationship: Understand how focusing on connection can ease challenges and ensure a healthy and trusting relationship now and as they grow

So if you’re looking for books for parents and their daughters like Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, or The Sleep-Deprived Teen, you’ll love Restoring Our Girls.

Cathy Cassani Adams, LCSW, is a certified parenting coach, teacher, and podcast host known for her profound work in empowering thousands of young women and parents. Using her previous experience in social work and education, Cathy released her 2009 debut book, The Self-Aware Parent, to help fellow parents navigate complex struggles that their daughters were facing as young women. This inspired her to start Zen Parenting Radio with her husband Todd, where they offer support and advice for not only parents and their children, but also therapists, parenting coaches, and organizations. Cathy has gone on to become a key speaker and guest for several platforms, including CBS, Parents Magazine, Newsweek, and Today’s Chicago Women. Later publications include award-winning titles such as Living What You Want Your Kids to Learn and Zen Parenting. Cathy and Todd currently live in Illinois with their three children, and she teaches at Dominican University.

Dr. John Duffy is a Chicago-based clinical psychologist, bestselling author, keynote speaker and national media expert. He has been in vigorous private practice for twenty-five years, specializing in work with adolescents, young adults and their parents. He has consistently provided the tools young people need to thrive through his empathy, knowledge, experience and practice. He has written three books intended to provide parents with the tools to help their teens and young adults thrive in this persistent age of anxiety. For more than a decade, Dr. Duffy has also spoken to thousands of parents internationally through PTAs, Fortune 500 corporate programs, and other parenting networks. Dr. Duffy has written and contributed to articles for CNN, the Washington Post, The New York Times, Your Teen and countless other media outlets. On television, he has been a regular contributing expert on NewsNation and Steve Harvey, and has shared his expertise through frequent appearances on CNN, the Today show, the Morning Blend, and hundreds of appearances on local outlets. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.