The Almost Empty Nest—For Moms of Teens Redefining What “Letting Go” Really Means—with Small Jar Coach
Helping moms of teens and college kids set boundaries, release anxiety, and build connection—with your big kid and yourself—so you can feel calm, confident and fulfilled in this season of motherhood.
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Managing the Anxiety of Raising Teens | Ep. 110
Episode 110. Anxiety seems to go hand in hand with raising teens. All that you want is for your child to be safe, happy and successful...but when any of these goals is in jeopardy, we moms can't help but feel anxious,...
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Mom Archetype #4 - The Mentor | Ep. 109
Episode 109. Small Jar's "mom archetypes" celebrate the many strengths and gifts that we bring to this beautiful and crazy journey of motherhood. We love our kids so much, and we want them to be safe, happy and...
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Mom Archetype #3 - The Nurturer | Ep. 108
Small Jar's "mom archetypes" celebrate the many strengths and gifts that we bring to this beautiful and crazy journey of motherhood. We love our kids so much, and we want them to be safe, happy and successful. "The...
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Mom Archetype #2: The Achiever | Ep. 107
Small Jar's "mom archetypes" celebrate the many strengths and gifts that we bring to this beautiful and crazy journey of motherhood. We love our kids so much, and we want them to be safe, happy and successful. "The...
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Trusting Yourself to Move Forward | Ep. 106
START HERE! This episode is an insider's guide to the Small Jar Podcast to help you get the most out of these tools. I share my perspective on the purpose of this podcast and my work as a master coach, and I'll also...
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Overwhelmed by the End of the School Year? | Ep. 105
Is it just me, or do we moms bear the brunt of the responsibility for the end of year celebrations and our kids' transition to summer? Your kid might be taking final exams and you're supporting them through that...
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Mom Archetype #1: The Guardian | Ep. 104
Last week I shared my own version of "mom archetypes", celebrating the many strengths and gifts that we bring to this beautiful and crazy journey of motherhood. We love our kids so much, and we want them to be safe,...
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What's Your Mom Archetype? | Ep. 103
I want to celebrate how beautiful and powerful we are as moms. But we are all also unique in how we approach motherhood. So I thought I’d put together a bit of a Myers-Briggs or Enneagram-style view of Mom Archetypes...
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Lessons I Wish I Knew Sooner | Ep. 102
I have learned two incredibly important lessons over the past few years. And these lessons have made my own transition to having a child in college so much easier. Raising teens can feel challenging. We simply want to...
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Regret | Ep. 101
"The only scarier than change is regret." Oof. I don't know who first said this, but for us moms of teens, this hits home. Our lives are constantly changing. Teens growing up. Pulling away. Facing new challenges. We...
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The Managed Mindset | Ep. 100
What is a "Managed Mindset?" It's the antidote for the Worry Mindset, the Validation-Seeking Mindset, the Judgment Mindset, and the Fix It Mindset. Our subconscious brains fall into mindset traps all the time in an...
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The Judgment Mindset Type | Ep. 99
This is the fourth in the series on the Mindset Trap Types that we can fall into as moms navigating life with teens and the transition from motherhood to the empty nest, what I call the empty nest straddle. In this...
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