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There’s a phase of motherhood that no one really prepares you for.

It’s not the chaos of little kids, and it’s not the emptiness of the empty nest. It’s the in-between—when your teenagers are starting to launch, and everything is quietly shifting.

In this episode, I explore the tension we all feel between staying connected to our kids and allowing them the autonomy they need to grow, and what that same tension looks like for us.

Because while our kids are becoming more independent, we’re being asked to rediscover parts of ourselves that may have been tied to being constantly needed. And that’s not something we always talk about.

I share a moment that caught me completely off guard, realizing how much I miss the built-in community that came with earlier stages of parenting, and how easy it is to feel socially full, yet still disconnected.

And then there’s the piece I truly wasn’t prepared for: the “revolving door.” The friendships, relationships, and extended circle that become part of your life through your kids… and then slowly begin to change, fade, and move on.

This isn’t just about our kids growing up.

It’s about identity, connection, and learning how to move through a season where everything is evolving at once.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re in that quiet, shifting space - still deeply in it, but also starting to feel the pull toward something more - this episode is for you.

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Welcome back! I'm so happy you're here! This is part 3 of my Things I wish I knew sooner series - #s 41 through 50. I just turned 50 last week, and to count down, I stepped drastically out of my comfort zone and started recording and posting reels/TikToks every day of things I wish I had known sooner - things that would have made my life a lot easier. In that process, I learned a number of other things, starting with I can do hard things.

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Last year, we had a conversation about hypernormalization that I think it's important to revisit. We’re living in a time when the world feels increasingly chaotic, and somehow we’re expected to keep functioning like everything’s fine. In this episode, I explore the concept of hypernormalization - how dysfunction becomes our default, and what that does to our minds, our bodies, and our relationships. From the global to the personal, this is a reflection on what happens when we stop noticing what’s not okay. If you’ve felt off, numb, or overwhelmed by the news cycle, the silence in your own home, or the heaviness in your chest that you can’t quite name, you’re not alone. This one is for your nervous system. We cannot normalize hypernormalization.

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In this episode, I continue my 50 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner series, walking through lessons 16 through 40.

This part of the list shifts from what we do to how we experience our lives - our thoughts, our habits, our self-image, and the way we show up in our relationships.

This isn’t about having everything figured out. It’s about learning how to think differently, trust yourself more, and move through your life with a little more awareness and a lot more intention.

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"I am going to warn you in advance that it has been a rough few days and I am not feeling like my best birthday girl self." This was the message I sent to my friend who is coming to visit to celebrate my birthday.

Nothing is wrong and yet everything feels wrong. I think a lot of you can relate to some of the heaviness I'm carrying, but it all comes back to roles - the roles we play because we've chosen them, or more often, they've chosen us.

We don't necessarily want out of them - in fact, often, we like them - but maybe just a little less?? Maybe for a day? Or perfume is fine too, I guess.

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This week’s episode started with a random moment in my attic looking for an old box of college photos and turned into something bigger.

There’s a growing trend right now of teens recreating 90s aesthetics… and even subtle shifts in what’s considered “cool” (yes, including the whole smoking vs vaping conversation). But this episode isn’t about trends.

It’s about what those trends mean.

We’re talking about why teens are performing a version of the past they never lived, how constant visibility and social media have changed identity development, and why so many young people are craving something that feels more real, less curated, and less performative.

From social learning and shifting cultural “signals” to the pressure of growing up in a world where everything is seen and evaluated, this episode unpacks what’s really going on beneath the surface and why it actually makes more sense than we think.

Most importantly, we bring it back to parenting: how to move from reacting to behavior to understanding what our teens are trying to feel, and how to create small moments of real, unfiltered connection in a very filtered world.

Because maybe what they’re chasing isn’t the 90s. Maybe it’s a version of life where they don’t feel like they have to perform who they are.

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As we (in the Northern Hemisphere) enter spring, can we trust that we are on the right path, even if the balance we seek is only an illusion? Maybe we, like the Earth are only meant to find balance at times,

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This week I found myself thinking about something a lot of parents probably feel but don’t always say out loud.

Two of my kids had tough weeks. Nothing catastrophic, but enough that I spent hours talking things through with them, listening, trying to help them make sense of it. And during a text conversation with my cousin, she said something that stuck with me.

“You’re only as happy as your unhappiest child.”

That feels very true. When your kids are hurting, it’s almost impossible not to feel it too. But is there’s another way to think about it?

Because as our kids grow up, there are more and more things we can’t fix for them. We can’t control the outcome of the game, the job interview, the friendship, the opportunity they were hoping for. And part of parenting older kids is learning how to support them through disappointment without carrying all of that weight ourselves.

In this episode, I talk about that shift in parenting and how our role changes as our kids navigate their own paths. I also share an exercise called the Odyssey Plan that can help both parents and kids zoom out and see life as a series of possible paths rather than one moment that defines everything.

If you’ve ever felt the emotional weight of watching your kids struggle and wishing you could fix it for them, this conversation is for you.

Make sure to find me on socials @ReframingMe on TikTok and IG and follow along with my 50 days til 50 series. Also, 'Twas the Night Before Move-In makes an excellent keepsake for graduation season - and now, the Campus Series is rolling out!! Check it out on Amazon

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