Brad reflects on Cathy’s recent Zen Parenting Moment message and how it sets the stage for the Zen Parenting 2024 event—a must-attend for parents of teenagers.
Exploring the thin line between nurturing ambition and fostering well-being, Todd and Cathy delve into the complexities of today’s achievement culture. Discover insights on balancing aspirations with emotional health in our youth.
Dive into the nuanced world of ADHD through the lens of Todd and Cathy Adams from Zen Parenting Radio. This blog unpacks key insights from their latest episode, shedding light on gender differences in ADHD diagnosis and offering compassionate strategies for parents and individuals navigating these challenges.
Todd and Cathy help us understand what a Tantrum is and how to best deal with them when our kids exhibit this behavior. They urge us to look at tantrums, not as problematic behavior but as a form of communication.
This blog delves into the complexities of parenting, exploring the tension between following rules and nurturing emotional bonds through a discussion on Zen Parenting Radio. It concludes that sometimes breaking societal or institutional rules may be necessary to keep a promise to your child, thereby fostering trust and resilience.
Explore the 6 transformative steps to deal with anxiety, as discussed by Jack Kornfield and Millie Hsi on Todd & Cathy’s Zen Parenting Radio podcast, in this weekly reflection by their go-to ‘IT Guy’ and avid supporter, Brad MacLean.
Explore a detailed review of Zen Parenting Radio’s episode “#723 Difficult Conversations between Women & Men,” focusing on diversity, inclusion, gender roles, and authentic communication.
My incredible wife, Cathy Cassani Adams, has won the International Book Award for “Zen Parenting: Caring for Ourselves and Our Children in an Unpredictable World.” This prestigious award, hosted by the American Book Fest, highlights her unique perspective on mindful parenting. As her husband, I’m bursting with pride and grateful for the guidance her book provides in our journey of raising kids. Here’s to mindful parenting!
I’ve been feeling gutted for the last couple of days, and this morning I gave myself permission to stay gutted. I don’t want to move on quickly. There is no quick fix for deep exhaustion and concern. I want so badly to focus on other things – but I can’t, yet. The world has presented obstacles that can’t be removed …
Book Recommendations: So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – Austin Channing Brown Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption – Dr. Bryan Stevenson The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness – Michelle Alexander Me …
Today I woke up and realized how I never look at Google Calendar anymore. This may not seem like a big deal, but Google Calendar used to be my guiding force, the way I knew how to go about my day. And now the day is completely different, and the focus is survival. The word survival has many different uses …
Art touches our intellect, but it mostly appeals to the heart. It’s not always about taking sides or arguing to be right, it’s creatively offering that pain is pain, disconnection is disconnection, love is love. It’s common ground.
I’m not sure how everyone else’s brain works, but I tend to think in pictures. I see things and do my best to explain what I’m seeing. This may be true for you, too, or maybe you see or feel words. There’s no right way, however you experience your brain is fine. But since I’m a visual thinker, I experience …
Our front porch is one of my favorite places. I watch the birds and people, I get quiet and usually end up deep in thought. Sometimes I laugh out loud, sometimes I cry. You’ve caught me in my teary moments. Even if I tell you I’m OK, you tend to look worried. But I am OK. I am crying, …
We were built to feel our feelings, even when feelings don’t feel very good. Anger, sadness, feeling left out – not enjoyable. But we all know these feelings intimately, they come and go throughout our lives. They are wonderful teachers, offering an appreciation for the happier moments and calmer times. They also create a sense of compassion and empathy …
In a moment it can feel really good to yell at someone, to release the anger through words. It’s like unloading heaviness onto someone else for awhile, like a momentary relief. But later we are left feeling guilty and ashamed, with the realization that we were irresponsible. We forgot to pay attention. We lost sight of what was real and most important.
Fear is human, and the acknowledgement of fear is essential. But it’s the choices we make while feeling fear that define our humanity.
When things don’t fit we need to trust that there is not one way. What is true for you can only be felt by you. What you decide to do with it can only be your choice.
Searching outside of ourselves for contentment will disappoint. It’s not a thing we can “have”. Instead, it’s a practice of paying attention, appreciating, refocusing. No one promised us contentment. It’s nobody’s job to give us contentment. Instead it’s an individual responsibility, a lifetime commitment. Sometimes it’s easy. Things flow, birds sing, life has rhythm. Sometimes it’s elusive. We feel worry, …
I told my girls about the Paris tragedy. I explained that a few very angry people chose to harm and create fear, but their actions actually led to compassionate solidarity all over the world. They thought they were spreading hate, but instead they ignited togetherness and love. In an instant people remembered what mattered most. They stopped, became silent, prayed. …
