Refresher: How can TC better adjust to her new life?

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🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; after leaving the military and now quitting her job to become a stay-at-home mom, TC feels like a fish out of water. How can she make the transition easier? Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Time now for a refresher from my Dr. Laura Call of the Day archives.
0:04.7	Remember, you can hear my live radio program weekdays 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph,
0:12.9	111.
0:16.5	TC, you're called by initials?
0:20.0	Yes.
0:21.0	Okay, hi, TC.
0:22.4	What does TC stand for?
0:24.8	It stands for T, Anna.
0:29.2	Well, that's so pretty.
0:30.5	Why would you not want to hear that beautiful name?
0:34.2	Well, because most people have a very difficult time pronouncing it. That's the story of my life.
0:39.4	So I just...
0:39.7	Well, let them eat cake. Just keep repeating it to them until they get it right. Don't give up on a beautiful name. Come on. All right. What can I help you with?
0:48.3	Well, I want to first tell you thank you for your time. And I feel super ridiculous about calling you about my issue because I am the
0:56.6	one who normally can think everything through but I believe that I need reassurance or either
1:02.5	you to nag me to get me in tech. I'll do my best. What's up? Okay. I am a wife. I'm a mother of two. My husband and I, we've been
1:14.7	married now for 18 years. My son is 15. My daughter is 13. Or our son and our daughter.
1:24.0	And I have, I went straight from the military to corporate America to now after listening to you for about five between three to five years my husband and I decided that the best thing to do was for me to quit my job and become a stay-at-home mom which is great however what I'm now noticing is I am angry all the time. I am angry for being angry.
1:53.2	And you're very hard on yourself because anybody who's been in the military with that kind of discipline and expectation of experience and then corporate with the same sort of thing having not having that around you is crazy making
2:11.6	I mean you don't have the structure anymore.
2:21.3	No wonder you're going nutty.
2:23.9	You know that everybody getting out of the military
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