Cutting the Apron Strings

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this NEW PODCAST episode, Dr. Finlayson-Fife joins Heather Frazier of the Pivot Parenting podcast to talk about the many emotions that can come as parents transition into the empty nest phase of life, and how we can best support our kids as they become more independent and step out into the world. Listen to the full episode to learn more about: * Dealing with the loss of purpose and identity as we transition to the empty nesting phase * Encouraging confidence and independence in adult children * Supporting married children to leave and cleave to their partner * Making room for a new daughter or son-in-law in the family culture

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0:00.0	Welcome to Conversations with Dr. Jennifer, a collection of interviews on the topics of relationships, sexuality, and more, all featuring Dr Finlason Fife.
0:20.0	Hey everyone, Through Labor Day we're having a buy one get one 50% off sale on
0:28.1	all of my online courses. Click on the link in the show notes for details.
0:40.3	You are listening to pivot parenting episode 118, cutting apron strings with special guest Jennifer Finlayson Fife.
0:55.1	All right, my friends, I have the honor of hosting Jennifer Finlayson Fife for the third time on pivot parenting and every time she comes on it's always spectacular and today is no exception. We are talking about letting go of your
1:02.4	child as they launch, cutting the apron strings, letting them
1:06.0	spread their wings and be an adult autonomous of us parents. And it's a phenomenal conversation and I can't wait for you to hear it. Before we get started,
1:17.0	I want to introduce you to Jennifer because she is such an inspiration to me. I know that everybody who
1:26.7	listens to her loves her and she is specifically a relationship and
1:32.1	sexuality educator and coach.
1:34.5	She's also a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois
1:39.0	with a PhD in counseling psychology from Boston College and you can learn more about her
1:45.1	and all the goodness she has to offer on her website which is Finlason hyphen fife
1:51.0	dot com. Welcome Jennifer. Thanks for having me. I'm so glad that you're here. This is
1:56.8	Jennifer's third time on pivot parenting and it's always remarkable so thank you. Thank you. Today we are going to be talking
2:07.1	about apron strings and for my listeners I want you to know Jennifer has a
2:11.7	couple different podcasts. One is free and it's
2:15.6	podcasts like this one where she's guessed it. The other podcast is a paid
2:20.4	podcast and it's called Room for Two and if you like getting your mind blown you definitely need this
2:26.7	podcast. It's amazing and I was listening to episode 20 and it was it's always a husband and wife right like you always have the two people
2:37.1	on that's what I've heard every time and the husband was still really into...
2:48.7	And mesh with his mother.
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