HeyJaredMomma Drama and Trauma
Motherhood, marriage and the messy middle of it all. Real talk on raising boys, surviving divorce and finding yourself again.
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Maybe the Next Version of Me Doesn’t Need a Plan | Episode 61 (opens the original)
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For most of my adult life, I had a pretty good idea of what came next. I was raising my boys, managing schedules, building a life and planning for a future I thought I could see. Now, for the first time in a long time, I don’t really know what the next chapter looks like. I don’t know exactly where I’ll live. I don’t know what the business I’m building will become. I don’t know who might eventually share this life with me. And for someone who has always found comfort in having a plan, that kind
Today Would Have Been My 25th Wedding Anniversary | Episode 60 (opens the original)
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September 22, 2026 would have been my 25th wedding anniversary. Twenty-five years ago, I married the person I believed I'd grow old with. I pictured kids, a life together and someday sitting beside each other on a porch watching life go by. Even one week before discovering his affair, I was still imagining our future together. But life didn't turn out the way I thought it would. In this episode, I'm looking back at the marriage honestly. The lonely years, the good years, the family we built, the
I’m Still Figuring Out Who I Am | Episode 59 (opens the original)
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For most of my life, I knew who I was. I was a wife. I was a mom. My family was the center of everything, and honestly, that was the life I had always wanted. But now, as I’m approaching 50, my kids are growing up, my marriage is over and for the first time, I’m having to ask myself a question I’m not sure I’ve ever really had to answer before: Who is Jenny when nobody needs anything from her? In this episode, I’m talking about starting over, learning to let my kids grow up, rediscovering the pa
When You Outgrow the Life You Used to Want | Episode 58 (opens the original)
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What happens when the life you spent years planning no longer feels like the life you want? In this episode, I’m looking back at the dreams I had as a little girl, the life I eventually built and the future I thought I had all figured out. Some of those dreams have changed, some are still very much mine and I’m learning that maybe I don’t need to know exactly what comes next to start creating a life that feels like home. Want to stay connected between episodes? Follow Momma Drama & Trauma on Fac
I Don’t Think Like Her Anymore | Episode 57 (opens the original)
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Somewhere along the way, I stopped making much room for myself. It didn’t happen all at once. Life got busy. My kids needed me. There was a house, a business, a marriage and all the things that needed to be taken care of. Little by little, the things that were mine became easier to let go. In this episode, I’m looking back at the woman I was before my marriage ended and realizing how much differently I think today. I talk about losing something I loved when I had to stop running, feeling like my
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