Midlife Moms Podcast

In this conversation, Brenda and Amelia discuss what it looks like to be present in your kid's life now that they are older and out on their own. In this conversation, discover:

✅ How to set expectations for involvement for each side.

✅ How to respect their boundaries and what to do if those are crossed.

✅ How to know what they need from you now that your role as a parent is shifting.

In this episode, Brenda and Amelia talk about the reality of changing seasons and how a new chapter inevitably brings an ending to the previous chapter. Remember that:

✅ Endings can trigger unexpected emotions and hit at unexpected times.

✅ Appreciating WHAT IS instead of wishing for WHAT WAS can help you enjoy the present.

✅ Parents and children react drastically different to changes and endings of seasons.

✅ You are not alone in this.

In this episode, Brenda and Amelia share what they wished they would've known as they entered their 40s and how this new season of midlife has surprised them with new opportunities and confidence. In this conversation, think through:

✅ Midlife is not just an end of an era, but the beginning of a new opportunities and pursuits.

✅ Midlife can reveal values and priorities.

✅ Midlife can bring with it a new margin of time and energy to pursue new or postponed joys.

✅ Midlife cannot be planned but you can plan for it.

In this conversation, Brenda and Amelia discuss the challenges and importance of knowing when and how to step back or aside in your children’s lives. In this conversation, discover:

✅ How to encourage your children to build a support structure of their own.

✅ The importance of building your own new support structure for this season.

✅ Why it’s not your “right” to have a certain level of involvement.

✅ Where to turn your eyes and focus instead.

In this conversation, Brenda and Amelia discuss the often uncomfortable, awkward, and insecure stage that midlife can be. Maybe it’s the “junior high” of aging! In this conversation, discover:

✅ How to begin painting on your new blank canvas of life.

✅ How to start navigating the “new features” physically and relationally.

✅ Systems to begin moving forward without always looking backward.