Zen Parenting Radio Hosts Appearing at Local Spa

Join Zen Parenting Radio host, author, and Chicago Parent blogger Cathy Cassani Adams and her co-host and husband, Todd Adams, for a self-care event from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at Essential Skin & Beauty, 112 S. York St. in Elmhurst.

Meet Cathy and Todd and have them sign your copy of the recently released book, The Self-Aware Parent Two: 23 More Lessons for Growing with Your Children, or her first book The Self-Aware Parent:19 Lessons for Growing with Your Children (books and gift sets for sale).

Soothe tired muscles with a chair massage ($10 for 10 minutes) offered by expert massage therapists from Essential Skin & Beauty. Receive a make-up demo and sample of Essential Skin & Beauty's new mineral make-up made with natural ingredients. Receive a discount on spa services booked during the event.

Sample snacks provided by and Enter a raffle for Sox tickets – yet another way to pamper yourself.

Zen Parenting Radio hosts Cathy and Todd Adams are proponents of self-care, believing that those who take the time to take care of themselves make better parents. This wife and husband team discuss parenting and other life lessons during half-hour, weekly segments of their internet radio show, which can be found at www.zenparentingradio.com.

Adams offers classes and presentations, including the popular Moms' Night Out discussions for book clubs, Bunco groups, and other groups of moms/friends usually held in homes or for organizations. Topics range from discussing sexuality with kids to managing sibling rivalry to reducing the chaos in the home.

Adams is a writer/blogger for Chicago Parent Magazine (her blog is called The Self-Aware Parent). She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a PCI Certified Parent Coach, a Certified Elementary School Teacher and a Certified Yoga Teacher. She is Adjunct Faculty in the Sociology Department at Dominican University. She received her Master's in Social Work from Loyola University, and her Bachelor's in Elementary Education from Drake University. She worked for many years as a Child and Family Therapist and Clinical Educator at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago.

Cathy has been featured in Parents Magazine, Newsweek Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Ebony Magazine, Today's Chicago Woman and West Suburban Magazine. She is a regular guest on WGN Radio Chicago with Bill Moller, she was the subject of a Fox News Special Report on the parent coaching profession, and she and her books were recently featured on CBS News Chicago.

Cathy also teaches Monday morning yoga at her local studio (www.elmhurstyogashala.com) and lives in Elmhurst, IL with her husband and their three daughters.