Upcoming Book Club Talk
Thursday 11/13/25
Fairfield, CT
Meet Lauren
Lauren is the founder of Family Consultants of Westport (FCW) . She is a licensed, nationally board-certified mental health professional with over thirty years of experience working with middle school girls and their parents. She has guided thousands of pre-teen and teenage girls through the challenges of growing up, focusing on the drama, dilemmas, and emotions that often leave them feeling isolated, overwhelmed, and misunderstood. Lauren remembers all too well what it was like to be a daughter—and now, as the mom of two young adult daughters, she gets plenty of reminders (whether she asks for them or not). She lives in Westport, Connecticut, with her family and her lazy dog.
Two Voices, One Mother-Daughter Story
I didn't want to write another heavy parenting book.
I wanted something playful, sarcastic, modern, and easy to read,
something that felt like flipping through a diary rather than sitting through a lecture.
So I told the story through Maggie's voice first, her humor, her chaos,
her questions, and wove her mom's voice in alongside it,
so you can see both sides of the same relationship at once.
So much of the disconnect between mothers and daughters comes down to that shared,
unspoken experience never being named, or even realized.
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