Adulting: Leaving the Nest and Transitioning to Independence with Julie Lythcott-Haims

If bumper stickers were still a thing Adulting is Hard would be a bestseller. It’s not that the challenges of adulthood have intensified, but rather, the parenting landscape has shifted. Overprotective tendencies now seem to outweigh the absenteeism of past generations. Is it possible for parents to empower their children to become independent adults?

To discover how parents can support young adults leaving the nest the, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with mentor, activist, and author Julie Lythcott-Haims.

Julie is a New York Times bestselling author and former Stanford Dean of Freshman. She explores the role parents can play in raising empowered young adults and other reflections from her book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult.

Original Air Date Wednesday, August 14, 2024

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Meet Our Guest:

Julie Lythcott-Haims holds degrees from Stanford, Harvard Law, and the California College of the Arts. She believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way.

She is a mentor, activist, and author of the New York Times bestseller How to Raise an Adult, the critically acclaimed and award-winning prose poetry memoir Real American, which illustrates her experience as a Black and biracial person in white spaces, and Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, which has been called a “groundbreakingly frank” guide to adulthood.

Book: Your Turn: How to Be an Adult

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