I Will Soon Be an Empty Nester (And I’m Dreading It)

The Dr. John Delony Show

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Relationships

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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0:00.0	I'm having an irrational response to becoming an empty master, and I cry at the drop of a hat when I passed by a ballpark where we made a lot of memories.
0:14.6	And I want to look forward to the future, but when I do, it seems empty and quiet and not as fulfilling as motherhood.
0:20.5	Man, that's a lot of pressure you've put on yourself, huh?
0:28.9	What up? What up? This is John with the Dr. John Deloney's show, taking your calls on your
0:34.2	marriage, your mental and emotional health, whatever you got going on in your life.
0:38.0	Or the last year or so,
0:39.5	the calls on the show have gotten increasingly wild.
0:43.4	And so is our world.
0:45.6	Everything's getting wild.
0:46.6	I don't even know it's real anymore,
0:48.0	but I do know this.
0:49.1	I know that it's real when I sit down and talk to a real person
0:51.9	going through real challenges in their life.
0:54.1	If you want to be on this show, I'd love to talk to you also.
0:56.7	Go to John Deloney, D-E-L-O-N-Y.
0:59.2	John Deloney.com slash Ask ASK, and we'll get you on.
1:04.6	Let's go to Denver, Colorado.
1:05.7	I just flew in from Denver, Colorado last night.
1:08.1	Let's talk to Danielle.
1:09.2	Hey, Danielle, what's up?
1:14.4	Hi, John. I'm having an irrational response to becoming an empty nester, and I want to change it. I've been a mother for 20
1:20.5	years, and my last two are twins, and they're leaving the nest or our house in a year from now.
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