Who will we be when the kids leave home?
From Who Even Are We? by Podshape
May 10, 2026 · 25 min · Season 1 · Episode 32
About this episode
The episode explores the emotional and identity challenges parents face when their children leave home.
In this episode we talk about the strange, emotional and sometimes freeing stage of life when kids start to leave home. After years of being needed, organising everyone and building life around the family, what happens when the house gets quieter? We unpack identity, purpose, guilt, freedom, relationships and the big question so many parents face: who am I now? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Topics covered
- parenting
- identity
- freedom
- relationships
- emotional stages
- life transitions
Keywords
- empty nest
- parenting
- identity crisis
- freedom
- relationships
- guilt
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