Jodi Silverman

You're just, your role as their mom is shifting and changing, but you are always their mom. My 29 and 26 year olds still call me for advice. They only know what they know in the moment. So this whole thought process of I'm no longer a mom, I'm not needed, no. You are always a mom and you are needed always just in a different capacity and in different ways.

You're just, your role as their mom is shifting and changing, but you are always their mom. My 29 and 26 year olds still call me for advice. They only know what they know in the moment. So this whole thought process of I'm no longer a mom, I'm not needed, no. You are always a mom and you are needed always just in a different capacity and in different ways.

So decide that you're ready now to accept this and focus on yourself. That's the D. The A is awaken. Once you make a decision, when I made a decision and answering that question, am I fulfilled? Is this what I want to be doing? When I said no, that was a decision. That was a decision. And it awakened something within me. So awaken to what's possible. Awaken your heart again.

So decide that you're ready now to accept this and focus on yourself. That's the D. The A is awaken. Once you make a decision, when I made a decision and answering that question, am I fulfilled? Is this what I want to be doing? When I said no, that was a decision. That was a decision. And it awakened something within me. So awaken to what's possible. Awaken your heart again.

Awaken your mind again. Awaken that spirit inside of you that always likes to try something new. And then you get to go to the R, which is to reimagine. Reimagine what could my life look and feel like? Reimagine about the things that you used to like to do. You know, go back and reconnect to reconnect and reimagine. And then the E is the daring. That's the experiencing.

Awaken your mind again. Awaken that spirit inside of you that always likes to try something new. And then you get to go to the R, which is to reimagine. Reimagine what could my life look and feel like? Reimagine about the things that you used to like to do. You know, go back and reconnect to reconnect and reimagine. And then the E is the daring. That's the experiencing.

Allow yourself to experience these new things. Create a list. Like within the DA, the dare method, you're going to create a list of the things you used to like doing. What are the things that look like fun to do? And then you're going to just slowly dare to experience things. these new things. Maybe some are not so new. They just haven't done them in 10, 15 years.

Allow yourself to experience these new things. Create a list. Like within the DA, the dare method, you're going to create a list of the things you used to like doing. What are the things that look like fun to do? And then you're going to just slowly dare to experience things. these new things. Maybe some are not so new. They just haven't done them in 10, 15 years.

You have to take yourself through them. You have to feel the loss. Vince, you always have to feel your emotions. We cannot just move through emotions and ignore them because they will come up. It's a resilience thing. It's how quickly can you understand the emotion you're feeling, what you're having, why you're having it.

You have to take yourself through them. You have to feel the loss. Vince, you always have to feel your emotions. We cannot just move through emotions and ignore them because they will come up. It's a resilience thing. It's how quickly can you understand the emotion you're feeling, what you're having, why you're having it.

And then once you can understand why you're feeling the way you're feeling, you can then say, okay, I'm ready to decide on what my next step will be. How can I move forward or move through it?

And then once you can understand why you're feeling the way you're feeling, you can then say, okay, I'm ready to decide on what my next step will be. How can I move forward or move through it?

So I know for him, Sam has a unique ability, Vince, to compartmentalize events and things. His mother, my mother-in-law, was very pragmatic. Sam is a very pragmatic person. With that said, He was missing the kids. When we dropped Ellie, our oldest, we knew, I knew the minute we dropped Ellie off at college that she would only be visiting home moving forward.

So I know for him, Sam has a unique ability, Vince, to compartmentalize events and things. His mother, my mother-in-law, was very pragmatic. Sam is a very pragmatic person. With that said, He was missing the kids. When we dropped Ellie, our oldest, we knew, I knew the minute we dropped Ellie off at college that she would only be visiting home moving forward.

She would never be living permanently in our house again. She would come home for the holidays, but I knew that there was no way Ellie was going to move back home. And I remember when she graduated college, so Sam missed her. Sam missed her. Ellie was very big into basketball, and that was a very bonding thing for Sam and Ellie, basketball, so he was gonna miss her.

She would never be living permanently in our house again. She would come home for the holidays, but I knew that there was no way Ellie was going to move back home. And I remember when she graduated college, so Sam missed her. Sam missed her. Ellie was very big into basketball, and that was a very bonding thing for Sam and Ellie, basketball, so he was gonna miss her.

And then when Daniel left, he missed both kids. He missed both of them. And yet my husband's personal feeling was, now I get to hang out with you again, Jodi. We get to do things we like to do, just the two of us. And when we're with our kids, we can have fun again. But he was really excited to move through that with us.

And then when Daniel left, he missed both kids. He missed both of them. And yet my husband's personal feeling was, now I get to hang out with you again, Jodi. We get to do things we like to do, just the two of us. And when we're with our kids, we can have fun again. But he was really excited to move through that with us.

Now, I know that there are dads, I've spoken to dads, that it hits really hard. And yet I'm going to make a very big generalization. Most of the fathers I know, although they miss their kids, it doesn't hit them as, what's the word I'm looking for, as deeply, or not deeply, that's not the right word, as emotionally. And maybe it's because most men don't give up their careers.

Now, I know that there are dads, I've spoken to dads, that it hits really hard. And yet I'm going to make a very big generalization. Most of the fathers I know, although they miss their kids, it doesn't hit them as, what's the word I'm looking for, as deeply, or not deeply, that's not the right word, as emotionally. And maybe it's because most men don't give up their careers.