Super Woman Diaries #17: Sleeping In, Sending Kids Off, and Letting Go of the Plan

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Jessica and Kelly are back for another real-life check-in, and summer is officially on the horizon. In this episode, they get into all of it: the exhausting reality of trying to figure out what to do with your tween when camp is impossible to get into, the surprisingly calm approach Jessica is taking to sending Gabby off to Centre College, the dorm prep rabbit hole (sheets, storage units, and yes, whether lofts are still a thing), kids learning to drive, and why both of them are just ready to breathe. If you are in the thick of the school-to-summer transition and you need someone to tell you that "we'll figure it out" is a perfectly valid plan, this one is for you. In This Episode: The tween and teen summer gap: what do you do with kids who are too old for camp and too young for a job? Kelly gets real about camp competition in Chicago and why she is done fighting for it. Gabby's heading to Centre College in Kentucky this fall, and Jessica is taking a refreshingly low-key approach to dorm prep -- no stress, no Amazon cart yet, just waiting until she gets there and knows what she actually needs. Roommate connections, Facebook parent groups, storage units, and the unexpected sisterhood of moms who have already been through it. Wes and Dominic are both in the permit stage, and Jessica and Kelly talk about the real freedom (and the real fear) of handing the wheel to your teenager. Why summer feels like an exhale: no homework, no lunch packing, no schedule checking. Just slower mornings and fewer mental tabs open. A little preview of what is coming this month on Chasing Brighter -- June is all about joy and intentional living, and these two are ready for it. Connect With Us: Website: chasingbrighter.com Instagram: @chasingbrighter Superwoman Diaries, Chasing Brighter podcast, summer with kids, tween summer activities, summer camp alternatives, middle schooler summer, college dorm prep, sending your kid to college, freshman dorm packing list, Centre College, college roommate, storage unit college hack, teen driver, learning to drive teenager, summer mental load, summer exhale, intentional living summer, joy and intentional living, summer for moms, real life mom podcast, women's lifestyle podcast, motherhood podcast, work life balance summer, college transition mom, letting go of the plan, parenting teens, parenting tweens

What We Learned This Season — Our Season 5 Finale

It's officially a wrap on Season 5. In this finale, Jessica and Kelly look back at the whole arc of the season — from rest and reset in February, to choosing real over perfect in March, through exhaustion and invisible labor in April, identity and worthiness in May, and joy and presence in June. They get honest about what actually shifted in each of them this season, why they expanded the show beyond "midlife" to all women, and what they're each carrying into summer. Plus — two free downloads, a Brighter Move from each host, and an invitation to do one thing this summer that's just about living. In This Episode: * A look back at the Season 5 arc: Rest & Reset (Feb), Real Over Perfect (March), exhaustion and invisible labor (April), identity and worthiness (May), and joy and presence (June) * Why they shifted the show from "midlife women" to all women, after hearing from listeners in their 30s who didn't feel like the audience * Kelly's biggest shift: moving from "what's wrong with me" thinking to "what do I need right now" — and how that language change lightens the load * How Kelly's gone from needing months to recognize burnout to catching it within weeks * Jessica's biggest shift: reclaiming "Athlete Jessica" after the slow fade that came with motherhood, and what going back to Orange Theory gave her * Jessica's honesty about body dysmorphia, posting outfits of the day anyway, and not giving her inner critic the last word * Why Jessica's GLP-1 journey is a tool, not a shortcut — letting her body catch up to years of consistent work * The "May-sumber" phenomenon and why May always seems to be the month everything piles on * Reframing "stuck" as "in process" — and why the questions you're asking now are proof you're moving * Two free downloads for summer: the Choose Your Own Adventure Summer Planning Template and a summer fashion freebie * A shared invitation: put one thing on your calendar this summer that's purely about living, not achieving Quotable Moment: "You can reclaim yourself in small choices over time. It's not a dramatic thing — it's the accumulated decisions where you keep choosing the person you're becoming, in small little pieces." — Jessica Brighter Moves: Kelly's Brighter Move: Name one thing this season that shifted in you — a question you're asking differently, a choice you wouldn't have made before, a moment you were more present for. Write it down, because it matters. Jessica's Brighter Move: Put one thing on your calendar this week that's purely about living — not building, not achieving, just living. This Month's Freebies 🎉 Two free downloads all June long: * Choose Your Own Adventure Summer Planning Template — big anchors, small rituals, your whole summer in one doc * Summer Style Freebie — for the fashion lovers Grab both at chasingbrighter.com/newsletter [https://chasingbrighter.com/newsletter/] Chasing Brighter podcast, season 5 finale, real over perfect, choosing yourself, midlife women podcast, women's lifestyle podcast, burnout recognition, invisible labor, identity and worthiness, reclaiming yourself, Athlete Jessica, Orange Theory, body image, body dysmorphia, GLP-1 journey, summer planning template, romanticizing your life, presence over productivity, Brighter Moves, season 6 chasing brighter Connect with us: * Website & newsletter: chasingbrighter.com [https://chasingbrighter.com/newsletter/] * Instagram: @chasingbrighter

25 de jun de 202617 min

Super Woman Diaries #17: Sleeping In, Sending Kids Off, and Letting Go of the Plan

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