To purchase the book,
visit Wendy’s website www.MothersofAdultChildren.com
To follow Wendy’s blog,
go to www.ithoughtidbedonebynow.blogspot.com
JUST IN TIME FOR MOTHER’S
DAY!
ANNOUNCING the release of WENDY BOORN’S
NEW BOOK, entitled
I THOUGHT I'D BE DONE BY NOW: HOPE AND HEALING FOR MOTHERS OF
ADULT CHILDREN SEARCHING FOR PEACE
Are you a worried mid-life mother or father looking for
direction? A friend, family member, or adult child who knows such a parent? A
mental health or other helping professional looking for a resource for your
clients? Or someone just interested in learning about family dynamics? Then THIS
BOOK IS FOR YOU!
Parents of adult children are more concerned than ever,
and with good reason: 68 percent have at least one grown child with one or more
serious issue, including but not limited to divorce, drinking, drugs or illegal
activities. More than one-third of 25- to 34-year-olds live with their parents.
Depression, addiction, and suicide among young adults have tripled in the last
thirty years.
"Wendy Boorn’s book is the perfect Rx
for mothers with broken hearts.”
Suzanne G.,
English teacher and mother
Since studies indicate that their children’s well-being
is a major determinant of their own well-being, many parents are suffering. They
worry about whether their adult children will ever grow up, and they blame
themselves that they haven't. In addition, they are distraught about how
strained their relationships are with their kids, and they struggle to find ways
to relate.
“Wendy’s
wise and practical counsel has made all the difference in relating to my
young-adult twin daughters. For the first time in years, our Thanksgiving was
peaceful.”
Joanne
D., author and mother
I Thought I'd Be Done by Now is
a book of 183 one-page stories and essays offering guidance and
inspiration for parents who worry about either the problems of their adult
children, their relationships with them, or both. A combination of comfort and challenge,
inspiration and guidance are administered with gentle compassion and a light
touch. These stories help guilt-ridden parents feel calmer and more competent.
An index of topics refers readers to
entries on 38 themes, including:
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Learning to let go of worry and guilt
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Allowing our dreams for our children to die
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Learning to laugh at ourselves
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Improving financial boundaries
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Discerning whether and when to give
advice
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Detaching from the
drama
Although I Thought
I'd Be Done by Now was written specifically for mothers, fathers
find it helpful, too. This book allows readers to build the “soul muscles” of
curiosity, courage, humor, humility, creativity, forgiveness, persistence, and
love. It addresses the delicate balance between holding on and letting
go.
About the Author: Wendy Boorn, M.C., L.P.C., is a
psychotherapist with 35 years of experience. Specializing in training people to
create deep and respectful connections, she helps parents learn how to stay
close to their adult children without interfering. She lives in
Phoenix,
Arizona, happily just one mile from her adult
daughter.
To purchase I
Thought I'd Be Done by Now, please visit Wendy’s website
at www.MothersofAdultChildren.com. A $2.00 PER-BOOK DISCOUNT will be available through Mother's Day. The book will also soon be available on most
e-readers.
Would you
like to follow Wendy’s blog? These stories will
include practical
suggestions, guidance and lessons dedicated to a future of doing better without
judging where we are right now! To receive notice via
e-mail when a new blog posts, go to
www.ithoughtidbedonebynow.blogspot.com and add your
e-mail address to the box below “FOLLOW BY E-MAIL,” then click on
"SUBMIT."
Wendy would appreciate
your passing along this notice to anyone you know who might be interested in
learning more about effective parenting. Thank you in advance for your support
of this project.
T"hough I won't be able to respond to all posts, I will read your comments and share a few entries which seem relevant to the subject matter. Thank you for sharing."
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Greetings
to friends, family, clients, colleagues, fellow members of the Scottsdale
Society of Women Writers, and readers of my book "I Thought I'd Be Done by Now: Hope
and Help for Mothers of Adult Children Searching for Peace, Volume I," by Wendy Boorn.
This
Thursday, October 10 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, 5:00 p.m. Arizona and Pacific
time, during a one-hour teleseminar, I will be interviewed by Anne Holmes of
the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. We will be discussing my book,
my work with parents of adult children, and related issues such as how to
reduce guilt and worry and how parenting has changed during the last few
generations. 
