Hi, I have always used ModernMom as a place to have honest, real conversations with other women. I have struggled with trying to find worthy words to speak to this life change my family is going through but I do want to share my personal thoughts. You may have heard that David and I are divorcing. We have tried to keep our separation private for some time out of respect for … [Read more...] about Brooke Burke On Letting Go
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Letting Go: Redefining The Mother-Daughter Relationship
It is the eve of the night before my first baby girl Neriah becomes an adult. How did this day come so soon? This natural rite of passage I imagined gently greeting me hit me like a bold question mark at the end of a sentence. Despite the lack of emotional preparation, the day unfolds, and with it a boatload of emotions. Senior year, 18th birthday, and college acceptance … [Read more...] about Letting Go: Redefining The Mother-Daughter Relationship
The Hardest Part of Parenting is Letting Go
In the week after my first child, a daughter, was born, my hormones took me on one heck of a thrill ride. Up, down, exuberant, weeping, weirdly angry with my husband for not understanding. And who could blame him? I didn't understand it myself. Yet every feeling was so deeply real and rational in the moment, it seemed he should be right there with me. Thank God he … [Read more...] about The Hardest Part of Parenting is Letting Go
Fertility, Stress and Letting Go
How many times have you all heard the story about the couple that had been trying for years to get pregnant and ended up adopting a baby only to find out 3 months later that they were pregnant? About 2 years ago, I worked with a 46-year-old woman who had done 8 IVF’s when the doctor said she might want to look into an egg donor because the quality of her eggs had dropped. … [Read more...] about Fertility, Stress and Letting Go
Letting Go of the Need for Outside Recognition
It feels so good to be recognized for a job well done, or an inspired act of kindness. What about the millions of acts of love that occur each day that go completely unrecognized or acknowledged? Do they still have a positive impact on the world? We’re taught early on in life to seek recognition. In this video I talk about the powerful impact of letting go of the need for … [Read more...] about Letting Go of the Need for Outside Recognition