COTD Refresher: How can TC better adjust to her new life?

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🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; after leaving the military and now quitting her job to become a stay-at-home mom, TC feels like a fish out of water. How can she make the transition easier? Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Time now for a refresher from my Dr Laura Call of the Day archives.
0:04.6	Remember you can hear my live radio program weekdays, 2 to 5 p.m.
0:09.9	Eastern time on Serious XM Triumph 2011.
0:13.7	TC, you're called by initials?
0:18.8	Yes.
0:19.8	Okay, hi TC.
0:22.4	What does TC stand for? It stands for T. Anna. Well that's so pretty. Why would you not want to hear that beautiful name?
0:34.0	Well because most people have a very difficult time pronouncing it that's the story of my life so I just
0:39.7	let them eat cake just keep repeating it to them till they get it right. Don't give up on a
0:44.7	beautiful name. Come on. All right, what can I help you with?
0:47.6	Well I want the first time you, thank you for your time and I feel super ridiculous about calling you about my issue because I am the one who normally can think everything through but I believe that I need reassurance or either you to nag me to get me a check.
1:06.2	I'll do my best.
1:07.2	What's up?
1:08.2	Okay. I am, I'm my wife, I'm a mother, too, my husband and I, we've been married now for 18 years.
1:17.2	My son is 15, my daughter is 13, or our son and daughter.
1:24.0	And I have, I went straight from the military to corporate America to now,
1:29.0	after listening to you for about five, between three to five years, my husband and I decided that the best
1:35.8	thing to do was for me to quit my job and become a stay-at-home mom, which is great.
1:42.2	However, what I'm now noticing is I am angry all the time. I am angry for
1:49.2	being angry.
1:51.2	And you're very hard on yourself because anybody who's been in the military with that kind of discipline and expectation of experience and then corporate with the same sort of thing.
2:06.6	Having, not having that around you is crazy making.
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