What is Manly? - Dr Carolyn D Mack

"Emotionally Sexy and Pleasing to the Eye"

 

In this episode:

Being ok with you

The ability to find Your place

Needing filters

Do I really need to fix this

Giving information or needing it fixed

Are you seeing this as a problem

Knowing Yourself

Articulating what you want

Creating safe places to open up

Never arriving / Always striving

Vulnerability translating to strength

Not using vulnerability against someone

Avoiding social influence

Diversity

Permission verses perfection

Sexual needs

Accidental Osmosis

 

About me by Dr Carolyn D Mack

What am I going to do now? How do I function? I remember it like it was yesterday. I had finally finished helping my last child move into his dorm room. We shared a final embrace and when I watched them walk away from me, I felt my heart explode into a million shards of glass piercing every part of me with anguish I was unaware existed. I sat in my truck on that dark night and cried my eyes out.

I was not crying for my child because their new chapter was just beginning. But I was bawling like a baby for myself. I felt like everything that I had built my life story upon, had suddenly and abruptly ended. Now, there were no more connections, no one left to take care of, organize, direct, manage, or to impart wisdom. 
Then came the creeping fear of guilt…had I done enough to prepare them for what comes next? All the questions flooded in…and I was scared for my kid.

The grief and despair of that terrifying moment came home fully when I realized that I did not have a plan for the next days, weeks, months, and years of my own life. I was so busy taking care of them that I had not planned for me. I was lost without my children to make my life. 

What does a mom do in the meantime? 

If any of my story resonated with you then answering the question of “What’s next?” is where I come in. I help empty nest moms experiencing feelings of loss, guilt, uselessness, and fear of change to transform, reinvent, and reinvigorate their lives. 

What I know is that empty nest moms struggle with three primary obstacles when it comes to their children leaving home:

Coping with the grief, fear, and feelings of uselessness because you are not needed anymore. 

What to do with the abundance of time where there is no longer a need to manage or organize the lives of children.

Creating a life beyond the children and embracing an adult life beyond children. 

So how can I help? REINVENT Life is a customized program to address the challenges faced by empty-nest moms. No matter if you started your empty nest years ago or days ago, this program could benefit you along your path. 

There are three primary components to REINVENT Life program:

Embrace – Accepting a new idea of who you are in this world. Disconnecting from beliefs that no longer serve you.

Engage – Discovering new interests rather than distracting from the past by doing busy stuff.

Envision – creating a new life plan for what you desire from your current space.

Each of these elements is how we approach the most significant difficulties that empty nest moms encounter as they navigate the end of the “Mommy” role.

 

Contacts

Email: cdmack@taylormckiney.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-carolyn-d-mack-79732323/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team_mack_mom/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carolyndmack97 

 

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