The Challenges of Empty Nesting
Cat & Nat Unfiltered
Cat & Nat
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Ever feel like your identity disappears when the kids leave? As a mom, it’s easy to get lost in the roles we play. If you’ve poured everything into being a mom, what happens when the kids are gone? Many women find themselves feeling empty, as they realize they’ve outsourced their identity to motherhood. You’re not just losing kids; you’re losing a part of yourself.
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| 0:00.0 | I mean, we don't stop. |
| 0:01.1 | I know so many people who don't stop. |
| 0:02.7 | There's no time to stop because I think of a lot of kids' activities, |
| 0:08.2 | a lot of their communities are wrapped up into their kids' communities. |
| 0:13.4 | Like, your dance, friends, dance moms, they're all friends, hockey. |
| 0:18.0 | I mean, some of those hockey teams are like... Or each other's community. |
| 0:21.9 | They're their best friends. And then it ends. |
| 0:24.7 | Yeah, that's sad. |
| 0:28.5 | Hi, everybody. |
| 0:33.9 | Oh, my gosh. We are just disasters. Like, you know, we're the kind of people who walk into a hotel room and in five seconds, it looked like it's been ransacked. And I don't think that's ever going to change. And sometimes we don't undo our suitcase. By the way, I did it. |
| 0:55.2 | I did mine. |
| 0:55.7 | Oh, I dumped mine. |
| 0:56.8 | I found a suitcase in my kids. |
| 1:00.6 | No. |
| 1:01.8 | Closet. |
| 1:02.3 | With clothes? |
| 1:03.5 | I don't know when it was from because my kids were like maybe it was from Hawaii. |
| 1:07.8 | So it was in a corner. |
| 1:09.3 | And then Mark's like, but there's snow pants in there. |
| 1:12.5 | Oh, it was from when he went to Collingwood. |
| 1:16.1 | Oh, not that long. |
| 1:17.1 | March. |
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