About this episode

This episode reflects on the emotional transitions faced by a family as high school sports and graduation come to an end.

Send us Fan Mail Thank you so much for being here!!! This week's episode is a reminder that endings and beginnings often exist side by side. After losing the state championship lacrosse game in golden goal overtime, my son's high school sports career came to an end - as well as my role as a sports mom, and my family's identification as a sports family. With graduation this week too, we find ourselves in a strange emotional limbo, and it would be easy to think this is a story about sports. But the more I think about it, the more I realize it's so much more than the end of sports. It's about transitions and grief and identity. The end of sports, the end of high school, graduation, and the uncertain summer before college have all collided at once, leaving our entire family feeling a little lost. In this episode, I explore why these endings feel so much bigger than a game. We talk about identity, grief, and the difficult space between chapters of life. For years, our kids have known exactly who they are: athletes, teammates, captains, performers. Then suddenly the season ends, the uniform comes off, and they are left asking a much bigger question: Who am I…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jennifer Brubaker

Topics covered

• endings
• beginnings
• sports
• high school
• emotional limbo
• parenting

Keywords

• sports career
• high school sports
• parenting
• emotional transitions
• graduation
• lacrosse

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