Connection, Capacity, Creativity: The Framework for Feeling Better for Moms in Midlife

About this episode

This episode explores the Vibrant Mom Framework, focusing on emotional well-being and the deeper work needed for moms in midlife.

Emotional well-being was never about feeling good all the time. It's about feeling everything better, the grief and the joy, the frustration and the delight, the longing and the love, with more of yourself available to the experience. In this episode, I'm walking through the difference between coping and the deeper vertical work, introducing the 3 C's of the Vibrant Mom Framework, and showing you exactly what each one looks like in a real midlife mom's life. Not a perfect one. A real one. Key Takeaways: Why coping is horizontal, and what the vertical alternative actually looks like How to know when coping is serving you and when it's become the whole strategy What your emotions are actually carrying underneath the first fear-based story your mind tells The 3 C's — Connection, Capacity, Creativity — and what gets built when you start doing the real inner work This episode is for the mom who has been managing her life more than living it, and is ready to feel all of it, better. Ready to go deeper? Explore the  Vibrant Mom Collective  at  caramaiolo.com

People in this episode

Host: Cara Maiolo

Topics covered

• emotional well-being
• midlife moms
• coping strategies
• inner work
• self-improvement
• connection
• creativity

Keywords

• emotional well-being
• midlife
• coping
• connection
• capacity
• creativity
• self-improvement
• real life experiences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vibrant Mom Collective, caramaiolo.com

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