Reframing Me - Self-Development & Parenting Teens for Midlife Moms
Your kids are growing up - but so are you. Reframing Me is the podcast for moms of teens ready to reframe family, identity, and self-development in midlife.
Parenting teens is hard -and parenting while rediscovering yourself in midlife can feel even harder. Reframing Me is the parenting podcast for moms raising teenagers who are also navigating the transition out of hands-on motherhood, identity shifts, and the search for balance, fulfillment, and self-development.
Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Brubaker, a Communication Studies professor, mom of three teens, and intrapersonal communication expert, each episode blends family communication strategies, honest conversations about parenting teens, and self-reflection tools to help moms strengthen family relationships while rediscovering who they are as women.
Together we’ll talk about the issues moms face but don’t always say out loud: changing family dynamics, feeling invisible, letting go of control, and creating new purpose. Through research, theory, and compassionate conversation, you’ll find support, strategies, and a sense of community in this season of parenting and personal growth.
Join the Reframing Me community to connect with other midlife moms, share your stories, and reframe how you see yourself, your family, and your future.
Send emails to [email protected]; or on socials: Reframing Me on FacebookAND join the Facebook group Reframing Me: The Podcast Community; @reframingme on Instagram; Reframing Me on YouTube @reframingme on TikTok
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 230
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Re: That - Birth Order Theory and the Development of Personality
On the Siblings episode, we talked about how the number of siblings and our relationship with them impacts us throughout our lives. We mentioned that our placement within our families i…
Just for Me: 5 Steps to Finding Your Passion
On our journey to rediscover who we are as women beyond the frame of motherhood, let’s take a midweek break, just for us! In this episode, we’ll have a conversation about the five steps…
Jen is Zen - Commitment
Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Strengthening and Maintaining Sibling Relationships
Sibling relationships are unique. Yes, all siblings have some degreee of conflict because of the time, space and resources they need to share. Research shows that healthy sibling relati…
Just for Me: Keep the Energy Flowing
One of the reasons that we’re all here is trying to figure out who we are as women - beyond the frame of motherhood - who are we? What else do we do beyond work? As we start getting mor…
Jen is Zen - Love yourself
Thank you for listening and being part of this community! Let's get social. Follow me on Facebook, on Twitter @reframing_me, on Instagram @reframingme and on TikTok @reframingme
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Mental Health is Health: Raising Teenagers Amid Fear and Mental Health Crises
It is a hard time to be a teen. They go to school afraid for their safety. They're stressed in their lives. They're hopeless about what the future holds. A CDC report came out this week…
Re: That - Conscious Parenting
On the Beneath the Layers episode, when talking about communication and parenting styles, we touched on the concept of Conscious Parenting. We said that true connection occurs when we …
Jen is Zen: Dear Me
It’s time to write a new story. We often don’t realize how hung up we are on past failures, mistakes, heartbreak and trauma. What if we could reframe our story and look at the person w…
Just for Me: Drink the Olive Oil
One of the reasons that we’re all here is trying to figure out who we are as women - beyond the frame of motherhood - who are we? What else do we do beyond work? As we start getting mor…
Beneath the Layers: Family Communication and Parenting Styles
Many of us struggle to be our true authentic selves because we’ve often spent our entire lives hiding much of her. Over the years and our efforts to fit in or be the way others wanted u…
Re: That - Forced Family Fun Friday
On probably close to every episode, we’ve referenced the importance of spending time with our teens, sharing interests with them, and creating quality relationships with them. Quality r…
Jen is Zen - Courage
Do you think of yourself as courageous? We’re often afraid to try something new or to face our fears because we fear we may not have the resiliency or that we may not be able to handle …
Tell Me Lies: Lying, Deception and Our Teens
Teenagers lie. But don't we all? What motivates us to lie and why do we do it? As parents, we see lying as a moral issue, whereas teens see it as a practical issue - getting out of some…
Jen is Zen - Acceptance
The focus is often on making changes to make ourselves happier - improve ourselves, our families, our bodies, our lives. But, what if we were to just accept it – no narratives – no judg…
Re: That - Body Image and Teens
Sometimes, we need just a little bit more…. In episode 7, our conversation touched on talking to your teens about body image. Well, RE: that…. not only is this a
conversation that is wor…
The Emotional Comfort Zone: Difficult Conversations with Teens
Are you living in your emotional comfort zone? Is there anything in your life that you continue to do, not because it makes you happy, but because it makes you comfortable? Do you know …
Jen is Zen: Growth and Change in 2023
In this mini-episode on the half beat, we are right on the cusp of a totally clean slate – January 1 will start a new week, a new month and a new year! It’s the perfect opportunity for …
Merry and Bright: Change and Growth with Teens and Traditions
It is freeing to release your tie to the outcome and accept what will be. Can you commit to letting go when you need to, understanding that letting go is a form of strength too? As our …
Jen is Zen: Manifestation
In this mini-episode on the half beat, we reflect on manifesting what we want in life by taking a look at why we truly want it. We also reflect on looking to our expanders (our #goals p…