Dr. Dan interviews author, parent, therapist, podcaster, and co-founder of Zen Parenting Radio, Cathy Adams on this new episode.  The current mental health crisis for teens (and parents, too) makes today’s episode timely, urgent, and necessary. 
Dr. Dan and Cathy discuss how parental self-awareness decreases stress and overwhelm for parents – and it leads to a more authentic and meaningful connection with their children. They also explore how to be present, the meaning and power of “Zen” and Cathy’s new book Zen Parenting: Caring for Ourselves and Our Children in an Unpredictable World.
Cathy Cassani Adams, LCSW, co-hosts the Zen Parenting Radio podcast with her husband Todd and they also host the annual Zen Parenting Conference.  Cathy is a clinical social worker, certified parent coach, former elementary school educator, and yoga teacher. She lives outside of Chicago with her husband and their three daughters.
For more information about Cathy’s podcast and books please visit www.zenparentingradio.com. 
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Zen Parenting with Cathy Adams

For anyone who has been parented, is a parent or dreams of being a parent, Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan teaches us all how to make the world a more loving, accepting and compassionate place -- one parent, one person and one child at a time. Every episode features a “Sitting Down with Dr. Dan” segment to help listeners discover ways to be the best version of themselves. With more than 25 years of experience as a psychologist, author and father, Dr. Dan Peters understands the key to raising happy and aware kids is for parents to seek the same joy and mindfulness in their own lives. Through diverse and timely discussions, every episode of Parent Footprint explores and explains how (and why) the way we were parented impacts the way we parent. Aimed at any parental figure in a child's life, Dr. Dan helps any caregiver lead with purpose.

With over 200 episodes, Dr. Dan has hosted adolescent and child development experts, mental health professionals and of course, parents. Plus, he takes listener questions! Submit yours to podcast@drdanpeters.com and you may get an answer on a future episode.

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Dr. Dan interviews author and journalist Michele Turk about her memoir What Makes Him Tic? A Memoir Of Parenting A Child With Tourette. 

When Michele Turk’s 11-year-old son, Michael, was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, she made it her mission to show him – and others – that he was so much more than the boy with tics who shouted obscenities hundreds of times a day.  

On today’s first-ever episode about Tourette Syndrome, Dr. Dan and Michele’s honest and poignant conversation will uplift, educate, and inspire special needs parents everywhere.

This interview coincides with the Tourette Association of America’s Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month (May 15 - June 15) and TAA’s national TIC-CON24 conference where Michele and her son Michael are speakers.

A journalist for three decades, covering parenting, health, and education, Michele Turk’s articles have appeared in BusinessWeek, Parents, Parenting, Elle, USA Weekend, The Washington Post, and Brain, Child. For more information visit her website www.micheleturk.com. For information about Tourette syndrome go to www.tourette.org. 
 
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Parenting a Child with Tourette Syndrome with Michele Turk

Our May Sitting Down with Dr. Dan bonus episode is here! Dr. Dan and podcast producer Laura Rossi discuss these great parenting topics: stranger danger, the #tradwife trend, caffeine and our teens, and how to help kids handle losing.

Each month Dr. Dan answers listener questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan bonus episodes. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode.
Our new bonus episodes drop in our regular podcast feed that last Tuesday of every month.
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Dr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child.
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BONUS EPISODE #35: Sitting Down with Dr. Dan – Listener Questions about stranger danger, the #tradwife trend and more.

Dr. Dan speaks to the remarkable and inspiring Dr. Gladys McGarey, a true trailblazer at 103-years-young. Hailed as the Mother of Holistic Medicine, Dr. McGarey is the author of The Well-Lived Life: A 103-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age and a still-consulting doctor. 

At over one hundred years old, Dr. Gladys McGarey is an example to us all - she still has her life coaching practice, she maintains a healthy diet, and she even enjoys a good piece of cake every now and then! Over the past sixty years, Dr. McGarey has pioneered a new way of thinking about disease and health that has transformed the way we imagine health care and self-care around the world.

This episode is illuminating and life-changing. A must-listen!

For more information visit Dr. McGarey’s website: www.gladysmcgarey.com and read her book The Well-Live Life now out in paperback

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The Well-Lived Life with Dr. Gladys McGarey

Dr. Dan speaks to husband-and-wife Myra Sack and Matt Goldstein about Fifty-seven Fridays: Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way – their powerful memoir honoring the daughter they lost and chronicling their journey helping her live and die.

At fifteen months old, Havi was diagnosed with Tay-Sachs, a fatal neurodegenerative disease that can be revealed through genetic testing but was misreported to the couple. Havi was given just a year to live. Myra and Matt decide to celebrate Havi’s short life and vow to show her as much of the world as they can and they do.

This episode is a beautiful and moving discussion about two parents’ poignant and tragic journey to help their daughter. Myra and Matt’s hope is that as Havi’s messengers they will make the lives of others a bit gentler, a bit more beautiful, a bit more forgiving, a bit more generous. 

For more information visit: www.emotion-mc.org or www.myrasack.com.

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Losing Our Daughter and Finding Our Way with Myra Sack and Matt Goldstein

Dr. Dan interviews Comedian Ellie Hino about parenting, ADHD, being a weird wife (!), and much more.  
Ellie is a self-described “super fun mom, a mediocre wife, and an all around delight.” Dr. Dan talks to Ellie about her silly, honest comedy and her take on the naked truths of married life and motherhood. 

Ellie Hino is a Minneapolis based stand-up comic. She just released her debut comedy album Soft Bones in April 2024. Ellie appeared in the 2019 and 2021 Limestone Comedy Festivals, Boston’s Women in Comedy festival, and she’s opened for Maria Bamford, Laurie Kilmartin, and Atsuko Okatsuka. Visit www.elliehino.com for more.
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Zen Parenting with Cathy Adams

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