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It’s been said the two hardest days for parents are the first day home with their newborn and the first day home without their newborn adult. My oldest child has just flown the coop, left her nest, and started her own journey. She’s in a new city two thousand miles from home, an independent young adult no longer under my roof. After moving her in and hugging her goodbye on her new campus, I’m here to report I cried like a blubbering baby in the rental car on the way to the airport without her. I also wouldn’t want and can’t imagine her being anywhere else.

Understanding the power of community, I organized a Care Package Party with thirty other families who had new freshmen who’d just left home. Knowing college kids love getting packages from home, they’d be even more excited to receive one with different items from so many families. The party was a success, mostly because all of us parents had time to be together, connect, and share. Before sealing up my daughter’s box with a few things she needed from home, I wrote her an inspirational note I share on this podcast, initially hoping it would make her feel better but now also hoping it makes you feel better too. It sure made me feel better. 

How bittersweet it is a parent’s job is to teach their children not to need them anymore. The hardest part of this parenting gig is accepting your success. The moment my newborn’s umbilical cord was cut, my goal was for her to create autonomy and have her need me less. It doesn’t mean I can’t remind my newborn adult I will always be there for her when she needs to rest her wings. 

SHOW NOTE LINKS:

Corresponding Article- Newborn Adult- From Cradle to College to Care Packages

Grown and Flown Article on Care Package Parties

Project Dorm Room Website

Lisa Heffernan on the Dear Family, Podcast- Grown and Flown- How to Stay Close as a Family and Raise Independent Adults 

 

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Don’t underestimate ideas born out of seemingly silly thoughts. Whether in a boardroom, a group meeting or just sharing thoughts with a group of friends, oftentimes we can mask seemingly silly ideas as a joke. In this edition of Respark Your Life, Raymond Aaron discusses how the process of coming up with ideas is not always serious or static. Ideas generally arise, not fully formed, a seed that needs to be nurtured, that will become clearer as you work on it. Never give up, because great ideas take time.

Raymond Aaron has committed his life to teaching people how to dramatically change their lives for the better, he transforms lives by helping people tap into their own potential. Today, Raymond is helping people achieve greater wealth, branding, recognition, confidence, respect, and authority. Raymond teaches his clients how to become respected authorities and experts in their fields.

Raymond Aaron has shared his vision and wisdom on radio and television programs for over 40 years. He is the author of 10 best-selling books, including Branding Small Business For Dummies, Double Your Income Doing What You Love and the co-author of New York Times best-seller Chicken Soup for the Parent’s Soul and author of the Canadian best-seller, Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul.

www.Aaron.com 

Key Takeaways:

• Don’t underestimate ideas born out of seemingly silly thoughts.
• Allow your mind to think differently.
• Fabulous products can sometimes seem silly at first.

Tracy Hargen is a born and bred Southern girl. Even though she did a stint in New York and New Jersey after meeting her Yankee husband, she currently lives in Georgia. She finds it hilarious when her gigantic Harlequin Great Dane and her tiny black and white Chinese Crested run through her office when she’s on an important client call. 

 

Tracy has worked in Corporate America for over 30 years, but her passions are writing and removing the shame and stigma around mental health issues. Look for her work on GrownandFlown.com, The Mighty.com, LoveWhatMatters.com and in the books “You Do You!” and “Grown and Flown.” 

 

Will, Tracy’s youngest son, always seemed happy and involved in school activities. When he asked, “Mom, can we talk?” she stopped and listened, ultimately helping him get out of the darkness of depression and feel the light again. Tracy is a soon-to-be empty-nester once again when Will, who moved home after graduating college in May, begins a consulting job in Boston. 

 

Tracy reminds us all that we don’t always know what is behind happy faces and when your child asks for help, stop everything, and listen without judgment. It’s important!

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Tracy Hargen’s Instagram

 

Tracy on Twitter

 

Tracy on Facebook

 

“Mom Can We Talk” Essay on Grown & Flown

 

Don’t Give Up Signs

 

Dear Family, Podcast Interview with Lisa Heffernan from Grown and Flown 

 

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Lisa Heffernan has an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is a New York Times bestselling author who has worked as a financial trader and as former vice-president at Goldman Sachs.  

When her son went off to college she burst into tears in the produce aisle and came to the conclusion there was very little support for soon-to-be empty-nester parents like herself. Lisa understood high school and college are when kids are making some of the most consequential decisions in their lives and that parenting never ends. She partnered with a fellow mom and friend, Mary Dell Harrington to create “Grown and Flown” a Facebook community.

Grown and Flown is now the biggest and most vibrant online destination of its kind, made up of countless thankful parents of teens and college-age kids who are looking for information, insight, and support. Over 500 writers, doctors, psychologists, teachers, college counselors, college professors, and even a college president have graced “Grown and Flown” with their personal stories or expert advice. Lisa and Mary Dell compiled all the intel they’ve learned over the years to co-author a book by the same name, “Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults.” I speak for myself when I say with my own junior in high school, the book has already proven helpful and I’ve been recommending it to all my parent friends left and right.

Lisa is enjoying her empty nest with her husband while continuing to build on the solid relationships she developed with her adult children who have grown up to be happy and healthy and not just flown but soared. She feels so lucky to be a parent in the 21st century.

 

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"Grown and Flown" Facebook Page

“Grown and Flown” Book

Guide to "Grown and Flown"- Pages to Bookmark

 

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Jordana and Shannon talk with Lisa Heffernan, one of the creators of the wildly successful website Grown and Flown. They tackle the challenges of how to raise independent children and then discuss what happens when those children leave home. Lots of travel and sex? Or maybe depression? Results may vary! Grown doesn’t have to mean flown, as the ladies discuss with Gram. And Shannon shares getting into a verbal skirmish with behavior police in a movie theater.

 

Music: 

"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats

"Study Session No Melody" by MellowSTU

"Lo-Fi Afternoon" by Marscott

"Jet Setter" by MellowSTU

"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan (ft. Habit Blcx)

From fragments of rocket heat shields to a hunk of Skylab, Tina Stagg has assembled quite the collection of space exploration memorabilia — much of which has actually flown in space, and all of which is on display in her space-themed home in Hobart, Australia. Hear Tina describe how her love of space history puts her over the moon!

Space Hipsters group on Facebook • Opening theme: "Keepers" by Still Flyin' • Closing theme: "Slow Draw/Feeling In My Heart" by Eric Frisch • Additional music by StormSound • www.forkeepspodcast.com

On this podcast we discuss:

• Why parents should stop telling their students that there are tons of school and to not worry about where they will go

• Why (and how) to limit the amount of time you spend talking about college

• When the best time to start talking about college is 

• The three most stressful parts of college admissions for students--and how to mitigate that stress

• What Lisa is most and least proud of as a parent when it came to helping her own kids through the college application process

Hall of Fame game cancelled. WTF !?!

This election cycle is absolutely crazy!

Fact or Crap: One a piece for both of us.

Mail Bag:

One from Damon: Keeping us posted.

>>> All Lives Matter <<<

One from Peter.

A couple from Joe:

1) $400 million flown to Iran as U.S. prisoners freed.

2) Tennessee state lawmaker planned to profit from tax hike.

The Rest of the Show:

All email this week.