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Redefining Your Purpose in the Empty Nest | Ep. 55
When we think about purpose, we so often think about doing something. After being busy parents for so long, it might seem like the biggest challenge we face after our kids leave is figuring out how to fill our time....
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Resentment | Ep. 54
There are some feelings we don't want to feel so much we can find ourselves eating, drinking and distracting ourselves just to feel better. For me, resentment is one of those emotions. In this episode, I explore the...
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When Kids Return to the Nest | Ep. 53
They leave...and then they come back! Sometimes for the summer, but increasingly they return home after college graduation, or stay after high school graduation. As much as we love our kids, and as hard as it is when...
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Getting Your Teen to Listen | Ep. 52
We desperately want a positive relationship with our teens, but when we think that our relationship is challenging and not what it used to be….this brings us so much pain. We try everything to fix the relationship,...
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Graduation Day | Ep. 51
This is it. Graduation Day. A day that brings so much celebration and promise...but also a day that brings us moms nostalgia, fear, regret, sadness...In this episode I work through my own emotions as I prepare to...
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You Can't Afford NOT to Invest in Yourself | Ep. 50
Everyone is WORTHY. Period. Everyone is valuable. Period. And everyone deserves to have support when they need it. The people we love mean well, but they have their own opinions about what we should do. Sometimes what...
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Love Letters to Moms | Ep 49
Mother's Day is fraught with the potential for disappointed expectations. So in this episode I explore how we can guarantee all of our dreams come true...that we feel love, appreciation, and respect. To do this, I...
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Setting Boundaries | Ep. 48
We often think we have a hard time setting boundaries because other people don't follow them. But boundaries are not rules. In fact, boundaries have much more to do with us than with anyone else. In this episode we...
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For Better or for Worse | Ep. 47
Any long-term partnership, particularly ones that involves co-parenting children, experiences better and worse, probably richer and poorer, and most definitely sickness and health. We've been through a lot in the past...
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Navigating Stress of the College Process - with Adam Materasso | Ep. 46
There are so many reasons why the college process is hard for our kids….and, if we're honest...for us as parents. The time we have left with our kids at home is short. How do you want to show up for your child, and...
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Don't Let Yourself Be Bullied | Ep. 45
Bullies are everywhere. Bullies we don't know. Bullies we know...even that we love. And possibly worst of all...the bully we are to ourselves. We will never be able to change all of the bullies in the world, but you...
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Get Out of "Doing Jail" | Ep. 44
“I have so much to do.” “I wish I had more time.” The concept of “doing jail” is that you are STUCK DOING. In this episode we explore our "need" to do and why it is such a driving force for us. And also that we can...
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