Life After Launch: Tools for coping with the empty nest, navigating midlife transitions, and parenting adult children.

When Motherhood and Life Transitions Got You Spinning: How to Keep the Mother Daughter Relationship Strong After They Leave with Emotional Parenting tools with Bernadette Catalana

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What happens when your kids grow up but still need you in new ways? What do you do when you're trying to help without taking over?


This week I sat down with Bernadette Catalana, attorney, author, and mom of two grown daughters, for a real conversation about the ongoing motherhood journey. Together, we explore the hard parts of parenting adult children, how the mother daughter relationship changes over time, and what it takes to stay close without crossing the line.


We didn’t just talk about the emotional stuff, we got into the practical tools too!


Here’s what we unpacked:

  • Practice emotional parenting when the problems get bigger and more personal
  • Use family communication to stay connected, even when they pull away
  • Show your kids how to live by leading by example, not lectures
  • Stay steady through life transitions like breakups, illness, and independence
  • Build a strong mom and daughter bond through trust, not control
  • Use intentional parenting when you're not in charge of their day-to-day life
  • Respectfully set boundaries that protect both you and them
  • Navigate the real challenges of career and motherhood at different life stages
  • Reframe "balance" into sustainable work life harmony
  • Offer meaningful motherhood advice without stepping on your child's growth

Whether you're deep into raising daughters or just starting to experience the shift in your role, this episode gives you practical, honest tools for parenting through change and staying present through it all.


Listen in and find out how to stay close, stay steady, and keep showing up, even when everything keeps changing.


Here’s to leading with presence, not control.


Allison


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