Midlife Moms Podcast

In this episode, Brenda and Amelia discuss the "unsettledness" that comes with midlife and adult children growing into their own lives. Much like crossing a bridge, there may come feelings of instability or vulnerability, but firm ground is found in:

✅ Knowing God is working in your child's life.

✅ Being present in the now instead of wishing for what was or worrying about what might be.

✅ Knowing God and that his Word is true no matter what the circumstances.

Join the Midlife Moms Community on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/fledgeparentforum⁠⁠⁠⁠

📌 Resources Mentioned:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Brenda Yoder

⁠⁠⁠⁠Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Brenda Yoder

➡️ Connect with co-host Brenda Yoder at:

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brendayoder.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/brendayoderspeaks/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/brendayoderspeaker⁠⁠⁠⁠

➡️ Connect with co-host Amelia Rhodes at:

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ameliarhodes.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ameliamrhodes/⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

In this episode, Brenda and Amelia chat about the challenges and joys of the holiday season when expectations are high and traditions are changing. In this episode, you'll learn to

✅ Pause to consider your legacy and values.

✅ Do what fits your family in this season.

✅ Establish new memories while enjoying the stories of old.

Join the Midlife Moms Community on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/fledgeparentforum⁠⁠⁠

📌 Resources Mentioned:

⁠⁠⁠Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind⁠⁠⁠ by Brenda Yoder

⁠⁠⁠Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life⁠⁠⁠ by Brenda Yoder

➡️ Connect with co-host Brenda Yoder at:

Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://brendayoder.com/⁠⁠⁠

Instagram:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/brendayoderspeaks/ ⁠⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/brendayoderspeaker⁠⁠⁠

➡️ Connect with co-host Amelia Rhodes at:

Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.ameliarhodes.com/⁠⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ameliamrhodes/⁠⁠⁠ 

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.

Join the Midlife Moms Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fledgeparentforum

➡️ Connect with co-host Brenda Yoder at:

Website: https://brendayoder.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendayoderspeaks/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brendayoderspeaker

➡️ Connect with co-host Amelia Rhodes at:

Website: https://www.ameliarhodes.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliamrhodes/ 

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.

Join the Midlife Moms Community on Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/fledgeparentforum⁠⁠

📌 Resources Mentioned:

⁠⁠Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind⁠⁠ by Brenda Yoder

⁠⁠Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life⁠⁠ by Brenda Yoder

➡️ Connect with co-host Brenda Yoder at:

Website: ⁠⁠https://brendayoder.com/⁠⁠

Instagram:⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/brendayoderspeaks/ ⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/brendayoderspeaker⁠⁠

➡️ Connect with co-host Amelia Rhodes at:

Website: ⁠⁠https://www.ameliarhodes.com/⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ameliamrhodes/⁠⁠ 

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.

Join the Midlife Moms Community on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/fledgeparentforum⁠

📌 Resources Mentioned:

⁠Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind⁠ by Brenda Yoder

⁠Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life⁠ by Brenda Yoder

➡️ Connect with co-host Brenda Yoder at:

Website: ⁠https://brendayoder.com/⁠

Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/brendayoderspeaks/ ⁠

Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/brendayoderspeaker⁠

➡️ Connect with co-host Amelia Rhodes at:

Website: ⁠https://www.ameliarhodes.com/⁠

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ameliamrhodes/⁠ 

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.

Join the Midlife Moms Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fledgeparentforum

📌 Resources Mentioned:

Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind by Brenda Yoder

Empty Nest, Full Life by Jill Savage

A Prayer Worth Repeating–Stonecroft Resource

Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life by Brenda Yoder

5 Year Prayer Journal by Hosanna Revival

➡️ Connect with co-host Brenda Yoder at:

Website: https://brendayoder.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendayoderspeaks/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brendayoderspeaker

➡️ Connect with co-host Amelia Rhodes at:

Website: https://www.ameliarhodes.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliamrhodes/ 

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.

Join the Midlife Moms Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fledgeparentforum

📌 Resources Mentioned:

Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind by Brenda Yoder

➡️ Connect with co-host Brenda Yoder at:

Website: https://brendayoder.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendayoderspeaks/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brendayoderspeaker

➡️ Connect with co-host Amelia Rhodes at:

Website: https://www.ameliarhodes.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliamrhodes/ 

In this conversation, Brenda and Amelia catch up on all that midlife throws at you in a short span of time and how disorientating it can be. From sending kids back to college to starting (another) senior year to helping young adults adjust to a new season, no wonder nothing feels normal anymore! In this conversation, discover:

✅ Healthy places to process your emotions and grief.

✅ How every year (or sometimes week) is different and new.

✅ The destabilizing effects of this in-between season for your young adults AND you.

✅ It’s just a lot, and you’re not alone.

Join the Midlife Moms Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fledgeparentforum

📌 Resources Mentioned:

Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind by Brenda Yoder

➡️ Connect with co-host Brenda Yoder at:

Website: https://brendayoder.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendayoderspeaks/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brendayoderspeaker

➡️ Connect with co-host Amelia Rhodes at:

Website: https://www.ameliarhodes.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliamrhodes/ 

Co-hosts Amelia Rhodes and Brenda Yoder chat about Brenda’s new book, “Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life." Amelia and Brenda chat about:

Join the Midlife Moms Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fledgeparentforum

Pick up Amelia and Brenda’s books:

Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life by Brenda L. Yoder 

Fledge: Launching your Kids without Losing Your Mind by Brenda L. Yoder 

Balance, Busyness, and Not Doing It All by Brenda L. Yoder
Pray A to Z by Amelia Rhodes

Connect with host Brenda Yoder at:
Website: https://brendayoder.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendayoderspeaks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brendayoderspeaker

Connect with co-host Amelia Rhodes at:
Website: https://www.ameliarhodes.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliamrhodes/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ameliarhodeswriter

Co-host Brenda Yoder chats with a new Midlife Mom, Amy Yoder. They discuss what it’s like to arrive in your early 40’s and the challenges and priorities of newer midlife moms. Listen as they discuss:

Join the Midlife Moms Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fledgeparentforum

Pick up Amelia and Brenda’s books:

Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life by Brenda L. Yoder 

Fledge: Launching your Kids without Losing Your Mind by Brenda L. Yoder 

Balance, Busyness, and Not Doing It All by Brenda L. Yoder

Pray A to Z by Amelia Rhodes

Connect with host Brenda Yoder at:
Website: https://brendayoder.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendayoderspeaks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brendayoderspeaker

Connect with co-host Amelia Rhodes at:
Website: https://www.ameliarhodes.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliamrhodes/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ameliarhodeswriter