Jodi Silverman

All the guilt of feeling like I'm ungrateful for the gifts and the privilege that I have started to surface and it was also in that quiet space. So I was in this quiet space for a couple hours. Oh, I asked the question, I answered it. I felt a little uncomfortable with my answer and guilty. And at the same time, I realized my feeling unfulfilled had nothing to do with

All the guilt of feeling like I'm ungrateful for the gifts and the privilege that I have started to surface and it was also in that quiet space. So I was in this quiet space for a couple hours. Oh, I asked the question, I answered it. I felt a little uncomfortable with my answer and guilty. And at the same time, I realized my feeling unfulfilled had nothing to do with

me as a partner and a wife with my husband had nothing to do with me being unmonitored, everything to do with what did I want for myself. And I know, Vince, that a lot of your listeners out there, no matter where they are in the world, wherever you are in the world, we all are more alike than we're different. And we've all experienced, most of us have experienced that moment in our lives.

me as a partner and a wife with my husband had nothing to do with me being unmonitored, everything to do with what did I want for myself. And I know, Vince, that a lot of your listeners out there, no matter where they are in the world, wherever you are in the world, we all are more alike than we're different. And we've all experienced, most of us have experienced that moment in our lives.

I know you. with all the change and shifts and daring you've done, get that feeling like there's something different, something bigger for me. And I didn't know what it was. But just by sitting in that space, asking the question and allowing the answer to be, no, this is not what I want, opened up my mind to be receptive when an opportunity showed itself for me.

I know you. with all the change and shifts and daring you've done, get that feeling like there's something different, something bigger for me. And I didn't know what it was. But just by sitting in that space, asking the question and allowing the answer to be, no, this is not what I want, opened up my mind to be receptive when an opportunity showed itself for me.

Yeah, it's a good term to use. So for me personally, I knew that I would miss my daughter terribly. I have a daughter. I have a son. There's things my daughter would do with me that my son wouldn't. My son really didn't feel like he wanted to weigh in on my outfits. Is this a good outfit to wear? My daughter was my fashion consultant. She would go and get manicures and pedicures with me.

Yeah, it's a good term to use. So for me personally, I knew that I would miss my daughter terribly. I have a daughter. I have a son. There's things my daughter would do with me that my son wouldn't. My son really didn't feel like he wanted to weigh in on my outfits. Is this a good outfit to wear? My daughter was my fashion consultant. She would go and get manicures and pedicures with me.

My son had no interest in getting his nails done. I tried, but he had no interest. So I I there are all there's a range of different emotions that all parents, moms and dads alike. And I would even dare to say, Vince, if you were not a mom in the traditional sense of the word, but you're an aunt.

My son had no interest in getting his nails done. I tried, but he had no interest. So I I there are all there's a range of different emotions that all parents, moms and dads alike. And I would even dare to say, Vince, if you were not a mom in the traditional sense of the word, but you're an aunt.

or you're an uncle and you have children in your life that you're very close to it can affect them as well but the range could go from what you said a complete loss of feeling like you're no purpose what is my purpose if i'm not a full-time mom anymore that was not really what hit me but i know that is how it affected a lot of people i know a lot of my close friends for me

or you're an uncle and you have children in your life that you're very close to it can affect them as well but the range could go from what you said a complete loss of feeling like you're no purpose what is my purpose if i'm not a full-time mom anymore that was not really what hit me but i know that is how it affected a lot of people i know a lot of my close friends for me

I was both excited for my daughter, and I'll talk about her because she was the first to leave, because she needed to go to college. She was ready for college. I was excited for her. I was sad that her personality would be missing from our home. It changes the dynamic of a home when one child leaves school. and whether it's an only child or you have other children at home.

I was both excited for my daughter, and I'll talk about her because she was the first to leave, because she needed to go to college. She was ready for college. I was excited for her. I was sad that her personality would be missing from our home. It changes the dynamic of a home when one child leaves school. and whether it's an only child or you have other children at home.

So the dynamics of the home was going to change. And with that being said, I was also excited because now I had some focused time with my son at home. To get back to your original question, for me, it was a combination of, it was a bittersweet moment. I was so happy for her, and yet I was going to miss her on a day-to-day basis.

So the dynamics of the home was going to change. And with that being said, I was also excited because now I had some focused time with my son at home. To get back to your original question, for me, it was a combination of, it was a bittersweet moment. I was so happy for her, and yet I was going to miss her on a day-to-day basis.

The biggest feeling of disconnection that I hear most parents tell me about is not knowing what they're doing every day. We go from 100% full-time parenthood. We know who their friends are. We know where they are. They come home at night. We know where they're going on a Friday night or a Saturday night. We know what they're doing after school. We don't know what they're doing when they're away.

The biggest feeling of disconnection that I hear most parents tell me about is not knowing what they're doing every day. We go from 100% full-time parenthood. We know who their friends are. We know where they are. They come home at night. We know where they're going on a Friday night or a Saturday night. We know what they're doing after school. We don't know what they're doing when they're away.

They're navigating their life on their own terms. They're meeting new people. So that is where the feeling of disconnectedness comes from. And it's a very hard, difficult, uncomfortable emotion and feeling to deal with as a parent, to feel disconnected from your child after 18, 20 plus years being 100% connected. It's a hard one. So it does hit... parents at different phases of emptiness.

They're navigating their life on their own terms. They're meeting new people. So that is where the feeling of disconnectedness comes from. And it's a very hard, difficult, uncomfortable emotion and feeling to deal with as a parent, to feel disconnected from your child after 18, 20 plus years being 100% connected. It's a hard one. So it does hit... parents at different phases of emptiness.