HeyJaredMiddle-Aged Mama Drama
You had a baby later in life. Identity ambush, guilt waves, hot flashes, and homework. Same. Pull up a chair.
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Nobody to Blame but Myself, with Jane (opens the original)
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Episode 15: Nobody to Blame but Myself (opens the original)
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Episode Overview Jane returns for her second appearance on Middle-Aged Mama Drama™ to talk about the difference between blame and guilt, matrescence for women who became mothers later in life, and what changes once the kids grow up and the parents get older too. As a physician and single mother by choice to two young-adult children, Jane’s perspective is shaped by intention, self-reliance, and hard-won boundaries. The conversation moves through parenting without a model, generational differences
Buy the Tickets. (opens the original)
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Episode 14: Two Kids. No House. No Job. No Regrets. (opens the original)
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Episode Overview Rowan is back for her third appearance, picking up where episode 13 left off. She left her dream job, sold her house, and took her family on a nine-month trip through Europe with Boundless Life, a program that handles the logistics for families who want to travel abroad long term. This episode covers what world schooling looks like day to day, what’s hard about it, and what changed for Rowan about motherhood once she stepped outside American parenting culture. Key Topics • What
The Doorbell Rang. I Thought She Was Dead. (opens the original)
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