Letting Go and Moving Forward: Insights on Parenting and Personal Growth with Guest Whitney Fleming
Update: 2025-07-17
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Today's guest, Whitney Fleming, is a writer, social media consultant, mother and advocate. She owns the blog Parenting Teens and Tweens and is the voice behind the popular social media account @WhitneyFlemingWrites.
Writer and social media consultant Whitney Fleming opens up about launching three daughters into the world, navigating perimenopause, and finding herself again after feeling like "a shadow of herself" for years.
We talk about...
- The emotional "push and pull" of watching kids become independent
- Reframing "empty nest" as kids "sitting on the branch"
- The importance of finding healthcare providers who actually listen
- Why women must advocate fiercely for proper testing and care
- Protecting time for internal processing and mental clarity
- The importance of letting kids fail and learn natural consequences
- Modeling self-care and personal growth for your children
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