7 Secrets of Parenting Adult Children

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: July 30, 2008

CONTACT:    Cynthia Terpstra
               (561) 395-3632 x15
               clterpstra@AdventLifenet.org

Catherine Hickem to Present 7 Secrets of Parenting Adult Children
at Advent Church

Boca Raton, Florida – National speaker, psychotherapist and author, Catherine Hickem, LCSW, will appear at Advent Lutheran Church in Boca Raton on Saturday, September 13 to conduct her 7 Secrets of Parenting Adult Children seminar. Hickem is the founder of Intentional Moms, a newly revamped national ministry created to inspire, educate and equip mothers in every phase of motherhood to be confident and intentional in their life-long parenting role. Founder Hickem trumpets the importance of the role of mothers to women across the country and gives them insight regarding God’s intentions for them as mothers.

In the 7 Secrets of Parenting Adult Children seminar, parents will learn practical, life-applicable truths that can strengthen good relationships and repair broken ones. This rarely discussed topic will recognize the most common myths, challenges, and fears and turn them into hope, purpose, and opportunity.

Whether your children have just left home, keep coming back, or have been gone for thirty years, this seminar will help parents to:

• Understand Who They Are Now

• Release Them from Your Expectations

• Meet Needs: Yours and Theirs

• Know When to Speak

• Trust God When Your Heart is Broken

• Accept the People They Choose to Love

• Leave A Legacy of Love and Faith

Drawing on her vast experience as a mother, executive coach, psychotherapist, and pastor’s wife, Hickem seeks to communicate a message of hope, encouragement and tangible solutions to mothers of all ages to intentionally parent their child. “When mothers choose to live a life of faith, trusting their children to God, they'll find the path rich with experiences that will better prepare them and their kids for life,” she proclaims. “Learning to wait graciously, asking for what you want or need, and expanding the way answers are delivered can be huge moments for increasing a child's faith and hope. You want to give your child something to hold on to that is bigger then yourself, so that long after you are gone they will have a foundation that is strong and meaningful.”

For additional information call (800) 844-0711 or visit www.intentionalmoms.org. The cost is $30 in advance or $35 at the door and will run from 8:30am through 12:30pm.

Catherine Hickem, LCSW, is a weekly blog contributor to PreciousMoms.com and a mom expert on NewBaby.com. She is known as the “Monday Morning Mom Coach” on WAY-FM’s Morning Show with Brant Hansen and will be a featured guest on Lifetime’s morning show, The Balancing Act, this summer. Catherine and her husband Neil live in Delray Beach, Florida and have two grown children.

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