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Reframing Me - Self-Development & Parenting Teens for Midlife Moms

Dr. Jennifer Brubaker

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

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25:46

Jen is Zen - Control the Controllable

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2026/01/14

Send us a text Thank 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 control when life feels overwhelming. Rather than focusing on fixing everything or forcing positivity, the episode reframes control as creating steadiness and orientation in the midst of uncertainty. The reflection begins by acknowledging that chaos doesn’t only exist on a global scale. It often s...

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49:18

When Your Nervous System Is Overwhelmed but Parenting...

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2026/01/10

Send us a text Right now, many of us are being asked to function normally while living through ongoing instability, fear, and institutional breakdown, and that disconnect is exhausting. If you’re struggling to focus, feeling emotionally overwhelmed or numb, pulling back socially, or finding yourself more irritable or fatigued than usual, this isn’t a personal failure. It’s a nervous system responding normally to prolonged stress. For parents of teens, this season is especially complicated. Ou...

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29:15

Jen is Zen - The Only Opinions That Matter

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2026/01/08

Send us a text Thank you so much for being here! The only two people whose opinions should matter are the 9-year-old version of you and the 90-year-old version of you. In this first Jen is Zen episode of 2026 - my 50th birthday year! - I reflect on aging, identity, and why I look and feel better now than I did four years ago despite cultural narratives that tell us midlife should look like decline. Someone I love showed me a past photo and described as “old” and “stringy.” Former Jen wo...

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19:20

Merry Twixtmas and Happy 2026!

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2025/12/28

Send us a text Happy 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 no meaning and our perspective widens. My family’s New Year’s traditions have evolved, making me really think about what it means to grow alongside our children, to grieve what was while embracing what is, and to let traditions change without losing their meaning. This episode invites you to...

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47:21

Connected, Yet Isolated: The Parallel Between Teens...

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2025/12/17

Send us a text Thank you for being here - if you're new, I'm sorry, I don't typically ramble this much - haha! I am December-holidays-end-of-semester fried right now, so please excuse me as I take a bit too many words to say perhaps a bit too little. Don't worry - our final episode of the year will be MUCH more focused (so come back please, even if you're like WTF?? to this one!) This episode is an honest reflection on feeling deeply connected yet quietly alone – a place many women find...

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20:15

Jen is Zen - Just Begin Again

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2025/12/11

Send us a text Thank you so much for being here! Today, I'd like you to think about this: You can begin again anytime. Not next week. Not next semester. Not when life “calms down” because we all know that’s never. Not when the kids launch or when the holidays end or when the stars realign. Just… begin again. What if beginning again is simply the next breath you take? The next thought you choose? The next decision you make without dragging your past self into it? YOU are the one who decides wh...

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62:06

Are you Fighting for the Fun of It? Recreational...

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2025/12/05

Send us a text Welcome back to the show! I’m so grateful you’re here! And I’m so happy to have my voice back to normal after an icky cold that I may have rambled a bit more than usual – hahaha! But today, we’re talking about something many families do without ever naming itn - recreational arguing. You know the dynamic: nothing is actually wrong, but yet somehow you’re in a debate about tone, or not listening, or why someone “waited until now” to mention something. But underneath the surface-...

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25:00

Jen is Zen - Redirection from Rejection

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2025/12/03

Send us a text What if it wasn’t you after all? What if that rejection was a redirection to something better or to where you are supposed to be? Thank you so much for being here! In today’s Jen is Zen, I’m inviting you to look at rejection through a completely differ...

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34:40

The Thanksgiving Visit: 7 Tips for Enjoying a Visit...

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2025/11/26

Send us a text In this Thanksgiving episode, I am extra thankful for you being here! Many moms (including me!) are anxious to have their college students home for the holiday, but that doesn't mean it won't be without its possible challenges. We'll have a conversation exploring the joys and challenges of welcoming college freshmen back home for the holidays. As our families reconnect, we need to adapt to the changes our child has experienced in their first months at college, from newfound in...

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20:40

Jen is Zen - Create Your Magic

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2025/11/19

Send us a text Thank you so much for being here! *** Join me in the Reframing Circle to go deeper each month with *1 bonus Jen is Zen episode,* *1 matreniassance-themed episode,* *1 guided meditation,* and *weekly book readings/discussions.*** You can create your own magic. You c...

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8:54

November Gratitude Meditation

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2025/11/14

Send us a text *** Join me in the Reframing Circle to go deeper each month with *1 bonus Jen is Zen episode,* *1 matreniassance-themed episode,* *1 guided meditation,* and *weekly book readings/discussions.*** Each month in the Reframing Circle, we'll have a guided meditation. This month, the focus will be on gratitude. To show my gratitude to all of you, I've unlocked this November meditation, so you can have a peek inside, and because gratitude is something that you must have before you can...

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67:12

The End of Youth Sports 2.0 and Ambiguous Loss

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2025/11/14

Send us a text It's the home stretch for my years as a "Football Mom," and I am feeling the feels. When your kids are involved in an activity that becomes consuming of your time, energy, and money, and when we find ourselves on the sideline or in the stands or seats watching day after day, week after week, year after year, there comes a point when it all ends. For many, senior year is that end. But for some, it happens sooner, whether they don’t make the team or grow out of love with the spor...

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20:04

Jen is Zen - Validation

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2025/11/14

Send us a text **Trigger Warning** I'm feeling a little spicy!! Watch out patriarchy! Women - especially in midlife - have been conditioned to trade their peace for approval. Today's cultural narratives question “what’s wrong with young women.” I'm sorry, what? This Jen is Zen spirals a bit and quickly unfolds into a personal and feminist meditation on validation, worth, and the exhaustion of always being evaluated. Support the show Thank you for listening and being part of this community! Le...

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45:26

How to Evolve with your Teens: Moving from a Vertical...

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2025/11/06

Send us a text *** Join me in the Reframing Circle to go deeper each month with *1 bonus Jen is Zen episode,* *1 matreniassance-themed episode,* *1 guided meditation,* and *weekly book readings/discussions.*** What does it really take to build openness, honesty, and trust with our kids as they grow into teens? It's not by becoming the "cool mom" and loosening all boundaries, but it is by evolving right alongside them. As kids grow up, parent–child relationships shift from vertical to horizont...

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9:43

Reframe the Moment: Chapter 8 - Our Discontent

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2025/10/30

Send us a text Be a founding member and join the Reframing Circle for EXCLUSIVE content! Inside the Circle - a private space for women ready to rediscover themselves beyond the frames around them, the roles they play, and the narratives they’ve been told - you'll have access to bonus Matrenaissance, Jen is Zen, book content and more! In this bonus episode, we continue our weekly series, reading and discussing excerpts from my new book, Reframe the Moment. It's super fun and appropri...

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59:59

It's Time to Reframe YOU: A walk-through of the...

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2025/10/28

Send us a text Welcome back to the show! I hope you enjoy this episode - it's not a typical episode; instead, it's more of a guided walk-through of the ReFRAME process, a six-phase model for personal and identity transformation. Do you feel like you're not quite sure who you're becoming, but you know you're not who you were? Identity discovery is a fluid, ongoing practice of communication between our past, present, and emerging selves, and the ReFRAME model exists to help you through it. The...

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13:03

Reframe the Moment: Chapter 6 - Feeling the Feels

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2025/10/23

Send us a text In this bonus episode, we continue our weekly series, reading and discussing excerpts from my new book, Reframe the Moment. It's super fun and appropriate because each essay grew out of a Jen is Zen episode, so why not bring it full circle. Today we talk about Chapter 6 - Feeling the Feels. We waste so much energy avoiding uncomfortable emotions. Whether it’s sadness, worry, fear, or uncertainty, pushing feelings away doesn’t make them disappear - it only delays heali...

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45:39

Understanding Mean Girls: How Insecurity, Power, and...

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2025/10/22

Send us a text I hope you enjoy this episode! Teen friendships can be beautiful -and brutal. This episode explores why some kids become “mean girls,” how exclusion and gossip take root, and what’s really happening beneath the surface. Drawing from Relational Aggression and Social Identity Theory, it explains how insecurity, power dynamics, and the need to belong shape behavior in middle and high school friend groups. The discussion discusses how social media magnifies hierarchy and comparison...

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18:03

Reframe the Moment: Chapter 5 - The In Between

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2025/10/15

Send us a text In this bonus episode, we continue our weekly series, reading and discussing excerpts from my new book, Reframe the Moment. It's super fun and appropriate because each essay grew out of a Jen is Zen episode, so why not bring it full circle. Today we talk about Chapter 5 - The In Between. This episode feels a little different — more like a page from my journal than a polished podcast. But that’s the point of all of this, right? Identity isn’t something we talk about from a safe ...

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9:33

Reframe the Moment: Chapter 4 - Underneath the Emotions

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2025/10/08

Send us a text In this bonus episode, we continue our weekly series, reading and discussing excerpts from my new book, Reframe the Moment. It's super fun and appropriate because each essay grew out of a Jen is Zen episode, so why not bring it full circle. Today we talk about Chapter 4 - Underneath the Emotions. It's ok to feel all of the feels, but we just can't live there. We are not our emotions; emotions are like the weather - just passing through - and we are the clear blue sky ...

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