In this episode of License & Unsupervised, we open up about motherhood, cancer, friendship, and what happens when your children grow into adults.

Both of our sons are seniors in high school, and we talk honestly about what it feels like to watch them step into their future. From tux fittings and milestone moments to the quiet emotional shifts that come with parenting teenagers, this season of life hits differently.

Naomi shares what it was like being a mom of a child with cancer — the emotional drain, the fear, the strength you didn’t know you had, and how that season changed her forever.

Beckee opens up about her three children and how different each of their personalities and paths has been, along with her journey walking alongside her mom’s cancer diagnosis.

We talk about:

• Gilda’s Club and support communities
• The emotional weight of pediatric cancer
• Friendships formed through trauma
• How Naomi and Beckee really became friends
• Life after leukemia
• Parenting adult children
• The unexpected lessons podcasting has taught us
• And the question: “Is the back of the head your business?”

This episode is for moms, parents, cancer families, hairstylists, and anyone navigating life’s big transitions.

Licensed? Yes. Life-supervised? Not always.