Truth Instead of Control

About this episode

Laurie discusses the emotional challenges mothers face as their adult children build independent lives.

There is an ache that can come with this season of motherhood, watching your adult kids build lives that don't always include you the way they used to. Join Laurie today, as she talks about feelings mothers of adult kids can carry with them that they don't always talk about. This episode is about how to process those feelings without shame, and how to move forward with grace and faith. If you've ever wondered where you fit now, this episode will remind you that your role as a mom of adult kids didn't disappear, it simply changed.

People in this episode

Host: Laurie Cook Lyons

Topics covered

• motherhood
• adult children
• feelings
• grace
• faith

Keywords

• motherhood
• adult kids
• feelings
• shame
• faith

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