This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

At self-work we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world and what to do

about them.

I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work.

Hi and welcome or welcome back to self-work I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford I'm a

clinical psychologist in Fable Arkansas and I've actually been in private practice

for over 20 years and I'm so glad you've joined me. Today we're going to be

talking about the role of intention in parenting and we're going to be

focused on specifically letting go of your children,

empty nest, whatever you want to call it. How do you do that?

Where you don't feel like something bad is happening to you or you're a victim,

but that you're riding with something or even

choosing it because it's a transition and an important transition.

I'll describe what I call my MOM movement or mom movement which I developed when my son had his first

serious girlfriend. I'll give you a hint it stands for move over mom. Then we're

going to talk about at least five ways to avoid empty nest. You really can start

planning and preparing for letting go of your kids way before they're old enough to actually go out on

their own and it will help prepare you so that when you do get there you can let go a little

more easily not become one of those helicopter parents we hear about.

That's not good.

And then lastly, I'm going to read an email from a listener.

She's asking questions about the difference between

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