Reframing Me - Self-Development & Parenting Teens for Midlife Moms
Dr. Jennifer Brubaker
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Your kids are growing up - but so are you. Reframing Me is the podcast for moms of teens ready to reframe family, identity, and self-development in midlife.
Parenting teens is hard -and parenting while rediscovering yourself in midlife can feel even harder. Reframing Me is the parenting podcast for moms raising teenagers who are also navigating the transition out of hands-on motherhood, identity shifts, and the search for balance, fulfillment, and self-development.
Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Brubaker, a Communication Studies professor, mom of three teens, and intrapersonal communication expert, each episode blends family communication strategies, honest conversations about parenting teens, and self-reflection tools to help moms strengthen family relationships while rediscovering who they are as women.
Together we’ll talk about the issues moms face but don’t always say out loud: changing family dynamics, feeling invisible, letting go of control, and creating new purpose. Through research, theory, and compassionate conversation, you’ll find support, strategies, and a sense of community in this season of parenting and personal growth.
Join the Reframing Me community to connect with other midlife moms, share your stories, and reframe how you see yourself, your family, and your future.
Send emails to [email protected]; or on socials: Reframing Me on FacebookAND join the Facebook group Reframing Me: The Podcast Community; @reframingme on Instagram; Reframing Me on YouTube @reframingme on TikTok
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You can start any time: Things I wish I knew sooner - 1-15
Send a textYou can start something new any time. It doesn't need to be January 1st or a Monday - it can be a random Wednesday in February at 2pm when, after YEARS of saying that "I'm going to work on…
Jen is Zen - Consistency is Better than Perfection
Send a textWelcome back! I'm so happy you're here! You don’t need to be your best every day. You just need to show up consistently and be authentically you.After three years of saying that I was…
Tips for Men: When She Feels It More Than You Do
Send a textWelcome back! I'm so grateful you are here! Last week, we talked about men and women processing information differently. I wanted to follow up on that conversation with an episode to share…
QZ: Lunar New Year
Send a textThank you for being here for a quick zen with me! Happy Lunar New Year!! As we exit the year of the snake and enter the year of the fire horse, can you reflect on what you have shed - the…
QZ: Declutter
Send a text Hello! Welcome back to Reframing Me! I'm so happy that you're here for a quick moment of zen (with Jen!)... I decluttered my pantry yesterday (finally! after MONTHS of saying I need…
QZ: The Right Amount of Enough
Send a textWelcome back! Another quick zen for you today, because I've been reflecting on what is the right amount of "enough?" I feel like one minute I'm convinced I'm not doing enough and another…
QZ: Clean the Mirror
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QZ: Showing Ourselves Kindness
Send a textWelcome back! I'm so happy you're here today for a Quick Zen. I have not been talking to myself very kindly lately - in fact, I've been even unkind. If we can show ourselves kindness, it…
When Conflict Isn’t Conflict: Information Processing Styles
Send a textThis episode explores why disagreement feels so much heavier right now - and why so many conflicts aren’t actually about beliefs, but about how people process information, emotion, and…
Quick Zen: Perseverance and Resilience
Send a textThank you for being here with me! Yesterday's quick check in made me feel so good that I found myself thinking of y'all again this morning. Today, when I asked myself what I want to bring…
A Quick Touchstone
Send a textI'm so happy you're here. This isn't our weekly episode - it's me just reaching out - a touchstone, if you will - to remind you that even though things are crazy and you may feel…
Recognizing Confidence and the Things That Still Make Me Happy
Send a textThank you so much for being here!This episode reflects on how my understanding of confidence has changed over time. What once felt tied to performance, comparison, and getting things…
Does Your Senior Have a Case of Senioritis?
Send a textSenioritis, often dismissed as a mere case of laziness in high school seniors, is a complex phenomenon affecting both students and those around them. With symptoms ranging from lack of…
Jen is Zen - Believe in Yourself and Be Your Own Cheerleader
Send a textThank you for being here today! Topping my list of "50 things that would have made my life a lot easier if I had known sooner:"Only you need to see your potential. Only you need to…
Raising Teens Mean Balancing Gratitude with Grief
Send a textWe are complex enough beings to experience multiple emotions at once, and as parents of teens - and oftentimes, also caregiving for aging parents - two of those emotions that we're…
Jen is Zen - Control the Controllable
Send a textThank you so much for being here!What does it look like for you to reclaim a sense of control in your life?This Jen is Zen episode explores what it truly means to reclaim a sense of…
When Your Nervous System Is Overwhelmed but Parenting Doesn’t Stop: Raising Teens Through Unsettled Times
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Jen is Zen - The Only Opinions That Matter
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Merry Twixtmas and Happy 2026!
Send a textHappy Holidays! Merry Twixtmas! Happy 2026! I am so grateful to have you here!In this New Year’s episode of Reframing Me, I reflect on Twixtmas - that quiet, in-between week where time has…
Connected, Yet Isolated: The Parallel Between Teens and Midlife Moms
Send a textThank you for being here! This episode is an honest reflection on feeling deeply connected yet quietly alone – a place many women find themselves in during midlife and parenting the teen…
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