Overview
Picking up where her national bestseller, Dial Down the Drama, left off, Colleen OāGradyās Dial Up the Dream supports you in navigating your daughterās last days at home and her transition to adulthood. This emerging-adult stage can be even more stressful on both mother and daughter than the teen years, because the stakes are higher and the changes to the relationship more profound.
This essential guidebook will validate what you are feeling and experiencing with your daughter right now as well as give you a road map for whatās coming. Dial Up the Dream will prepare moms for the three phases they will go through during the late teens and early twenties. The first goal is to preserve the relationship during senior year and not get preoccupied with the future, i.e. falling into the ācollege trapā. The second phase is when your daughter leaves home, whether itās to live with roommates, travel, enter the workforce, try entrepreneurship, or go to college. As she gains her independence, youāre losing a job thatās defined you for nearly two decades. While she gets ceremonies and congratulations, thereās no accompanying ritual or even acknowledgment for the changes in your life. The third phase is letting go, which can trigger a āmom crisis.ā OāGrady helps you get unstuck, make sense of your own story, reconnect with yourself and dial up your dream. The paradox is that when you dial up your own dream...you stay close to your daughter.
In this book, youāll learn:
Ā· Exactly whatās going on with your daughter emotionally and physiologically. And how to use this science-based knowledge to set realistic expectations
Ā· How to think about and navigate the many complex feelings in this journey for both you and your daughter
Ā· The most common emotional traps we moms get caught in during these years and how to avoid them altogether
Ā· Why itās imperative to change your parenting role from monitor to trusted consultantāand how to do thatĀ· How to use this new phase in your daughterās life to dial up your own dreamsāand why doing so is imperative to your daughterās development and to a having a vibrant, meaningful, lifelong mother-daughter relationship.
This book title, Dial Up the Dream (Make Your Daughter's Journey to Adulthood the Best-For Both of You), ISBN: 9781774581452, by Colleen O'Grady, published by Page Two Books, Inc. (May 3, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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