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February 22nd | 2pm CST

Restoring Our Girls | Cathy Adams

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ABOUT THE BOOK

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.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cathy Cassani Adams, LCSW, is the co-host of the long-running Zen Parenting Radio podcast and founder of the Zen Parenting Conference in Chicago. She is the award-winning author of Zen Parenting and Living What You Want Your Kids to Learn (both recipients of the Nautilus Award and the International Book Award), as well as her latest book, Restoring Our Girls (2025). She developed and facilitated a self-awareness program for preadolescent girls called Be U and previously worked as a Child and Family Therapist/Clinical Educator at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Cathy is a clinical social worker, certified parent coach, former elementary school educator, and yoga teacher. She currently teaches in the Sociology/Criminology Department at Dominican University. She lives outside of Chicago with her husband, Todd, and their three daughters.

Dr. John Duffy is a Chicago-based clinical psychologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker and national media expert. He has been in private practice for 25 years, specializing in work with adolescents, young adults and their parents. Dr. Duffy has written three best-selling 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 PTA’s, 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, Time 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 and regional outlets. On radio, Dr. Duffy is a regularly appearing expert on WGN, WLS and NPR. He shares his current articles on his Substack titled On Parenting and Life.