My name is Ellen. I'm in Phoenix, Arizona. My son left home at a younger age, and I was a single mom.

I'm having trouble finding purpose in life, new direction, where to go from here. Always been a mom,

working hard. I'm on disability. Just need to know. What do I do now? Sometimes I feel like I'm too old to keep moving forward.

And other times I'm like, no, I'm young. I'm going to be 50 this year. So where do I go from here?

Oh my goodness, Alan, I wish I could reach through the screen right now and give you such a big hug.

I love your question so much. I also want you to know

you're not alone. Going through a transition like this, you have spent years, if not decades,

working so hard to take care of your son as a single mom. And now that he's moved out and you've got

all of this extra time and space mentally and

emotionally, of course you're feeling a little untethered. Of course you're feeling perhaps a

little lost and not sure how to even define this next chapter. You know, one thing I've learned

in my experience is that for all of us, no matter what age we're at, change can be incredible. It can be so exciting. It can be so

good for us in retrospect. But transitions, my goodness, they are tough. So I know your question is

about how do I figure out where do I go from here? And here's the good news. You have wisdom

within you. You have answers in there.

I suspect that you've spent so many years focused on taking care of other people, including

your son, that you're just not in touch with what your true desires are anymore.

And I love that you highlighted, you know, our mind.

Your mind kicks up. Oh, well, maybe I'm too old. But then the truth came through. No, you're young.

You've got so much life ahead of you. And so what I want to share today is really two tools that will

help you find that clarity that you crave so you can start to dream into

and take action on what's next in your life. So the first thing that I want to share with you

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