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The Almost Empty Nest—Letting Go, Redefined: Parenting Teens and Finding Yourself Again—with Small Jar Coach
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When Letting Go Hurts: A Mom’s Honest Look at the Hard Parts of Motherhood | Ep. 140
27 mins; February 01, 2025
I Feel Anxious as I Raise My Teen, So Something Must Be Wrong… Right? | Mindset Trap #1 | Ep. 139
31 mins; January 25, 2025
What Is a Mindset Trap? How Moms Raising Teens Can Stop Overthinking and Let Go | Ep. 138
28 mins; January 18, 2025
Mindset Traps of the Empty Nest - Intro Part III - Conserving Energy While Raising Teens | Ep. 137
26 mins; January 11, 2025
Mindset Traps of the Empty Nest - Intro Part II - Avoiding Pain While Raising Teens | Ep. 136
27 mins; January 04, 2025
Who Will You Be in 2025? A Mom’s Guide to Letting Go and Loving Forward | Ep 135
25 mins; January 01, 2025
Mindset Traps of the Empty Nest - Intro Part I - Seeking Comfort While Raising Teens | Ep. 134
34 mins; December 28, 2024
Letting Go of Holiday Pressure: How Moms of Teen Can Redefine Joy This Season | Ep. 133
28 mins; December 21, 2024
Unconditional Connection with Your Teen: Letting Go Without Losing Love | Ep. 132
22 mins; December 14, 2024
A Gift for My Teen: Letting Go of Expectations, Holding On to Love | Ep. 131
24 mins; December 07, 2024
Choosing Peace: Letting Go of Expectations in Motherhood and the Holidays | Ep. 130
22 mins; November 30, 2024
Overcoming Dread: How Moms of Teens Can Find Peace in the Hard Moments | Ep. 129
23 mins; November 23, 2024
Overcoming Overwhelm - A Midlife Mom's Guide to Letting Go of the To-Do List | Ep. 128
29 mins; November 16, 2024
Overcoming Disappointment - Letting Go of What Should Have Been | Ep. 127
24 mins; November 09, 2024
Overcoming Worry and Anxiety - How Moms Can Reclaim Peace While Raising Teens | Ep. 126
25 mins; November 02, 2024
From Overwhelmed to Empowered: Overcoming the One Obstacle That Keeps Moms of Teens Stuck | Ep. 125
26 mins; October 26, 2024
This Moment Will Never Come Again: A Wake-Up Call for Moms of Teens in Transition | Ep . 124
26 mins; October 19, 2024
Who’s Taking Care of You? A Mom’s Survival Guide to Letting Go Without Falling Apart | Ep. 123
28 mins; October 12, 2024
What If Letting Go Isn’t What You Think? A Mindset Shift for Moms of Teens in Transition | Ep. 122
28 mins; October 05, 2024
When You’re Not Sure What to Do Next: A Mindset Reset for Moms of Teens | Ep. 121
26 mins; September 28, 2024
Stop Giving Everyone Else Control Over How You Feel: A Mindset Shift for Moms Letting Go | Ep. 120
23 mins; September 21, 2024
Believe in Yourself Like You Believe in Your Teen: The Mentor Mom Mindset Shift | Ep. 119
23 mins; September 14, 2024
The Advice You Give Your Teen Is the Wisdom You Need Most as a Mom in Midlife | Ep. 118
27 mins; September 07, 2024
Senior Year: Letting Go, Showing Up, and Finding Peace in the In-Between Before the Empty Nest | Ep. 117
24 mins; August 31, 2024
From Hormones to Heartache: Understanding Your Emotions in Motherhood and Midlife | Ep. 116
24 mins; August 24, 2024
It’s Not Empty—It’s Open: A New Way for Moms to Navigate the Teen and Empty Nest Years | Ep. 115
27 mins; August 17, 2024
NOT More College Move In Advice - They’re Ready. Are You? A Mindset Guide for Moms Letting Go | Ep. 114
26 mins; August 10, 2024
This Isn’t About Pickleball: Why Midlife Moms in Transition Need More Than Advice | Ep. 113
20 mins; August 03, 2024
It’s Not Perfect—But It’s Beautiful: How Moms of Teens Can Stop Overthinking and Start Living | Ep. 112
23 mins; July 27, 2024
Becoming Who You Want To Be - A Mindset Shift for Moms Letting Go, Finding Purpose, and Trusting Who They Already Are | Ep. 111
26 mins; July 20, 2024
When Letting Go Feels Impossible: The Anxiety of Raising Teens and Facing the Empty Nest | Ep. 110
26 mins; July 13, 2024
The Mentor Mom — Her Teen’s Fiercest Cheerleader… and Sometimes Their Toughest Critic — Archetype #4 | Ep. 109
26 mins; July 06, 2024
The Nurturer Mom — The Mom Who Loves Her Teen Without Limits and Struggles to Let Go — Archetype #3 | Ep. 108
27 mins; June 29, 2024
The Achiever Mom — She Strives for Her Teen’s Success and Struggles to Surrender Control — Archetype #2 | Ep. 107
30 mins; June 22, 2024
Trusting Yourself — The Mom Who's Ready to Let Go of the Guilt and Lead with Confidence | Ep. 106
31 mins; June 15, 2024
The End-of-School-Year Overwhelm — To The Mom Who Holds It All Together While Falling Apart Inside | Ep. 105
28 mins; June 08, 2024
The Guardian Mom — The Mom Who Lives to Protect Her Teen and Struggles to Let Go of the Worry — Archetype #1 | Ep. 104
28 mins; June 01, 2024
What Type of Mom Are You? — Why Understanding Your Mind Changes Everything in Motherhood | Ep. 103
22 mins; May 25, 2024
Lessons I Wish I Knew Sooner — Learning to Love My Teen Without Conditions and Let Go With Grace | Ep. 102
29 mins; May 18, 2024
Regret, Guilt, and the “What Ifs” — For the Mom Who’s Ready to Let Go of the Past | Ep. 101
30 mins; May 11, 2024
The Managed Mindset — Letting Go of Overthinking, Guilt, and Emotional Chaos while Raising Teens | Ep. 100
28 mins; May 04, 2024
The Judgment Mindset — How Labels, Guilt, and Overthinking Keep Moms of Teens Stuck in Anxiety | Ep. 99
26 mins; April 27, 2024
The Validation-Seeking Mindset — How Comparison, Perfectionism, and People-Pleasing Keep Moms Feeling Not Enough | Ep. 98
26 mins; April 20, 2024
The L.O.V.E. Technique — A Mindset Reset for Moms Who Feel Overwhelmed, Anxious, and Stuck in Overthinking | Ep. 97
24 mins; April 13, 2024
The Fix-It Mindset — How the Urge to Help Keeps Moms Anxious, Overwhelmed, and Emotionally Exhausted | Ep. 96
29 mins; April 06, 2024
The Worry Mindset — How Overthinking, Uncertainty, and a Fear of Letting Go Keep Moms of Teens Stuck in Anxiety | Ep. 95
25 mins; March 30, 2024
The Mindset Trap Primer — What Every Mom Needs to Know About the Mental Habits That Steal Your Peace | Ep. 94
29 mins; March 23, 2024
I Am Enough — How Moms of Teens Can Stop Overthinking and Start Trusting Themselves Again | Ep. 93
26 mins; March 16, 2024
Debunking the Empty Nest Syndrome — Letting Go of the Guilt and Finding Yourself Again | Ep. 92
23 mins; March 09, 2024
Embracing Mindset Traps — A New Way to Understand Guilt, Anxiety, and the Emotional Chaos of Motherhood | Ep. 91
27 mins; March 02, 2024
Illusion of Control — The Trap that Keeps Moms Frustrated and Exhausted — Mindset Trap #14 | Ep. 90
31 mins; February 24, 2024
Overgeneralization — The Trap That Turns One Bad Moment Into a Story About Everything — Mindset Trap #13 | Ep. 89 | Ep. 89
26 mins; February 17, 2024
Finding True Love Again — A Midlife Mom’s Journey to Self-Worth, Connection, and Letting Go of Validation | Ep. 88
25 mins; February 10, 2024
Rebuilding Friendship — A Midlife Mom’s Guide to Connection, Vulnerability, and Letting Go of What Doesn’t Fit | Ep. 87
23 mins; February 03, 2024
Relationship Goals with Your Teen — A Mom’s Guide to Parenting Teens Without Losing the Relationship | Ep. 86
30 mins; January 27, 2024
The Empty Nest Straddle — The Emotional Tug of Parenting Teens and Facing the Empty Nest| Ep. 85
24 mins; January 20, 2024
Habit Goals That Actually Stick — A Mindset Shift for Midlife Moms Craving Peace, Purpose, and Self-Trust | Ep. 84
25 mins; January 13, 2024
Redefining Body Goals for Moms in Midlife — Why Mindset, Not Willpower, Changes Everything | Ep. 83
22 mins; January 06, 2024
Redefining Resolutions — A Midlife Mom’s Guide to Becoming Who You’re Meant to Be | Ep. 82
24 mins; December 30, 2023
The 12 Holiday Mindset Traps — Why Moms of Teens Feel So Much Pressure This Season | Ep. 81
30 mins; December 23, 2023
Mind Reading — The Mindset Trap That Fuels Guilt, Overthinking, and Disconnection for Moms of Teens | Ep. 80
22 mins; December 16, 2023
Fear of the Unknown — The Mindset Trap That Keeps Moms Anxious and Stuck as They Launch Teens | Ep. 79 | Ep. 79
25 mins; December 09, 2023
Labeling — The Mindset Trap That Damages Connection and Shapes How Moms See Their Teens | Ep. 78
21 mins; December 02, 2023
The Holiday Overwhelm Moms of Teens Don’t Talk About — Part II | Ep. 77
24 mins; November 25, 2023
The Holiday Overwhelm Moms of Teens Don’t Talk About — Finding Calm, Connection, and Presence | Ep. 76| Ep. 76
27 mins; November 18, 2023
Letting Go on the College Tour — A Mindset Shift for Moms of Teens | Ep. 75
26 mins; November 11, 2023
Emotional Reasoning — The Trap That Makes Moms Believe Their Anxiety, Guilt, and Fear Are Facts | Ep. 74
25 mins; November 04, 2023
Identity Crisis — Letting Go, Losing Yourself, and Starting Again as a Mom of Teens | Ep. 73
24 mins; October 28, 2023
The Mindset Traps Moms Don’t Talk About — A Real Conversation on Perfection, Comparison, and Letting Go with Ali Flynn | Ep. 72
59 mins; October 21, 2023
Personalization (aka Mom Guilt) — The Mindset Trap That Keeps You Stuck in Overthinking and Disconnection | Ep. 71|
23 mins; October 14, 2023
Perfectionism — Why Moms of Teens Struggle to Let Go and Still Don’t Feel Good Enough | Ep. 70
26 mins; October 07, 2023
All or Nothing — The Mindset Trap That Keeps Moms Overwhelmed, Burned Out, and Disconnected | Ep. 69
22 mins; September 30, 2023
The Comparison Trap — How Moms of Teens Lose Confidence and Connection Trying to Measure Up | Ep. 68
25 mins; September 23, 2023
Validation Trap — How Seeking Approval from Your Teen Keeps You Stuck | Mindset #3 | Ep. 67
21 mins; September 16, 2023
Catastrophizing — The Trap That Keeps Moms Anxious, Overthinking, and Bracing for the Worst | Mindset #2 | Ep. 66
24 mins; September 09, 2023
Confirmation Bias — The Mindset Trap That Distorts How Moms See Their Teens | Ep. 65
25 mins; September 02, 2023
Running Out of Time Parenting Teens — Letting Go of Guilt and Holding On to What Matters Most | Ep. 64
21 mins; August 26, 2023
Redefining Success as a Mom — A Mindset Shift for Parenting Teens and Letting Go | Ep. 63
24 mins; August 19, 2023
Lifelong Connection in Motherhood with Your Big Kids - Special Guest Esther Joy Goetz | Ep. 62
53 mins; August 12, 2023
Letting Go of the Pressure to Make Everyone Happy — A Mindset Shift for Moms of Teens | Ep. 61
21 mins; August 05, 2023
Letting Go on College Move-In Day — A Mindset Shift for Moms of Teens Stepping Into the Empty Nest | Ep. 60
21 mins; July 29, 2023
The Dream Teen Checklist: Special Group Coaching Edition | Ep. 59
30 mins; July 22, 2023
The Problem with “Happy Thoughts” — Why Real Peace in Parenting Teens Starts with Emotional Honesty | Ep. 58
22 mins; July 15, 2023
When the House Gets Quiet — Facing Loneliness and Reclaiming Yourself in the Empty Nest Years | Ep. 57
19 mins; July 08, 2023
What You Really Want — Letting Go of Control, Guilt, and Fear in Parenting Teens | Ep. 56
23 mins; July 01, 2023
Redefining Your Purpose in the Empty Nest — A Mindset Shift for Moms Letting Go | Ep. 55
20 mins; June 24, 2023
The Hidden Weight of Motherhood — How Resentment and Guilt Keep Moms Stuck | Ep. 54
24 mins; June 17, 2023
When Kids Return to the Nest — Letting Go, Setting Boundaries, and Parenting Adult Children Under One Roof | Ep. 53
20 mins; June 11, 2023
Getting Your Teen to Listen — Letting Go of Control and Rebuilding Connection | Ep. 52
20 mins; June 03, 2023
Graduation Day — Letting Go, Facing the Empty Nest, and Redefining Your Role as a Mom | Ep. 51
20 mins; May 28, 2023
You Can't Afford NOT to Invest in Yourself | Ep. 50
20 mins; May 21, 2023
Love Letters to Moms | Ep 49
22 mins; May 13, 2023
Setting Boundaries | Ep. 48
22 mins; May 07, 2023
For Better or for Worse | Ep. 47
21 mins; April 30, 2023
Navigating Stress of the College Process - with Adam Materasso | Ep. 46
26 mins; April 23, 2023
Don't Let Yourself Be Bullied | Ep. 45
19 mins; April 16, 2023
Get Out of "Doing Jail" | Ep. 44
20 mins; April 09, 2023
Maybe We Should Be Mad | Ep. 43
22 mins; April 02, 2023
People Pleasing with My Kids - Spring Break Edition | Ep. 42
22 mins; March 26, 2023
Writing a New Story of Who You Want to Be | Ep. 41
20 mins; March 19, 2023
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