Have you ever said, “I just don’t trust my teen right now”—or felt the hurt of realizing that somehow your child doesn't trust you?

For us moms navigating parenting teens and the road to the empty nest, it's amazing how complicated trust can become. We want to stay close. We want open conversations and honest connection. But instead, it can feel like our teens are pulling away, testing boundaries, and tearing down the trust we feel we deserve and desperately want to create. In this episode, I’m exploring why rebuilding trust with your teen or college-aged child can feel so hard—and what it really takes to build it back up again. I’ll walk you through the invisible mindset trap so many moms fall into when it comes to trust, boundaries, and letting go. We’ll talk about why trust starts to feel like a test—and what it means to go first in building the relationship you want.

If you're in the thick of motherhood, overthinking everything, anxious about the distance growing between you and your child, or unsure how to rebuild the closeness you used to feel—this episode will help you see that you’re not powerless. And you’re not alone.

Because trust isn’t something you wait for—it’s something you create.

💡 Interested in learning more about how to create peace, confidence and connection as you raise and launch your teen, join me for my next free masterclass: https://www.thesmalljar.com/class

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❓ Have questions or want to share your feedback? I'd love to hear from you! You can email me at [email protected]. 

This empowering podcast offers life coaching for moms and parenting support for midlife mothers raising teens as they approach the empty nest, teaching them how to let go of control, stop overthinking, and shift their mindset, while also helping them set boundaries, improve communication, reduce anxiety, release mom guilt, and find purpose in the evolving journey of parenting teens and motherhood.