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About the Book

Who It's For

Cool, Calm, and Connected is a practical book geared toward helping millions of anxious, guilt-ridden mothers of adult children feel more calm and competent as parents.

It is also helpful to:

Fathers, adult children, and other family members who are seeking insights about improving their relationships.
Mental health professionals who work with parents of adult children, including psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed counselors and social workers in private practices, organizations, agencies, psychiatric hospitals and treatment centers.
Churches, libraries, and support groups for parents, including the clergy, friends and families of mothers with adult children.

Easy To Read

Cool, Calm, and Connected has 366 readings that challenge and ultimately comfort mothers of adult children. Actual anecdotes from real peoples' lives illustrate key concepts such as dealing with disappointment, lightening up and letting go of control.

Gentle humor is also used to give readers permission to accept their own imperfections and frailties.

The book's format makes it easy for busy, worried mothers - who are often already overwhelmed - to transform themselves through these simple, short readings - one for each day of the year. Each entry is numbered, rather than dated, so readers can begin at any time of the year or can read the same entry for several days if they find the topic especially inspiring or difficult to grasp.

Covers a Broad Spectrum of Subjects

Among the major topics covered in Cool, Calm, and Connected are:

Letting go (the essential task of parenting adult children)
Our children as our teachers
Allowing our dreams to die
Taking responsibility for our own feelings and reactions
Facilitating healthy separation from our adult children
Learning to laugh at ourselves
Freeing ourselves from worry
Crisis vs. life situation: discerning when to intervene
Forgiving ourselves
Detaching from the drama
Practicing life-affirming communication techniques
Staying connected even when it hurts
Whether, when, and how to give advice
Empowering, rather than enabling, our adult children
Releasing guilt and fears
Learning to listen deeply
Developing healthy boundaries and limits

Dealing with addictions

Loving grandchildren: another chance for us

Availability

Cool, Calm, and Connected is currently in the latter stages of development. The author is talking with publishers regarding its release.

If you are a publisher, agent or publisher's representative and are interested in receiving a book proposal, please contact Wendy Boorn by phone at 602-285-0990 or by email at comfort@mothersofadultchildren.com.

If you would like to be contacted about important issues regarding help for mothers of adult children and the release of the book, please sign up for The Cool, Calm, and Connected Mail List by emailing us.

Contact and Confidentiality

Confidentiality is a key aspect of all of Wendy Boorn's work, and it is equally important on this site.

Please rest assured that this email list exists ONLY to help mothers of adult children and will never, under any circumstances, be shared with any other party or parties.

Accessible Inspiration

Read some of the entries by clicking on the titles below, or share your own stories, successes and questions.

Whose Issue Is It Anyway?
Two Little Magic Words
Learning to Laugh at Ourselves
Grief: Allowing our Dreams to Die
You'll See It When You Believe It

To read more meditations for mothers of adult children, sign up to be on Wendy Boorn's Cool, Calm, and Connected email list by emailing us. She will send one new reading each month to those on her mailing list.

To contribute your own questions or stories, please click here.

This book offers mothers searching for answers a combination of comfort and challenge.

Since parenting well is the hardest job there is, only mothers ready to become students again will be drawn to these readings.

When we remain truly open to learning, miracles can occur.

May we all be blessed with courage for the journey ahead.

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