Episode
Eye-opening Advice about "Firsts and Lasts"
- Podcast
- Create Your Best Empty Nest
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- May 12, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 923
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Summary
The last school lunch you packed. The last time you're the first number they call. The last time someone's practice schedule tells you what the week looks like. Those lasts are yours too, and they deserve to be felt. But here's what nobody talks about: after all that busy evaporates and the house goes quiet, a lot of women stand in the middle of it and think something is wrong with them. The fog. The "I don't know who I am outside of this role" feeling. The sense that their best years are behind them. They're not broken. They're in the cocoon. In this episode, you'll get a completely different frame for this season. Not as something ending, but as something beginning. For you. On purpose. Here's what we cover: Why YOUR lasts matter just as much as theirs, and how to start honoring them The caterpillar metaphor that reframes the lost, foggy feeling so many empty nesters carry Why the empty nest isn't fall. It's spring. And what that means for what's coming next for you The pickleball story that is six words of pure permission Three things you can do today to start collecting your own firsts If you're a mom whose kids are grown or almost grown, and you can feel that shift coming but don't know yet who you're becoming, this episode is for you. START HERE If the kids have left and you're sitting with that quiet question of "Now what?" — take the "Who Am I After the Kids Leave?" quiz. In about five minutes, you'll have more clarity on this season than you've had in months. 👉 marianneiverson.com/quiz 📞 READY TO STOP CIRCLING AND ACTUALLY START? You've been thinking about this long enough. On a free Next Chapter Jumpstart Call , we'll get clear on what this season is really asking of you and map out your first real step forward. Not someday. Now.…