A New Season of Growth, Transformation And Self-Discovery

After a much-needed pause, I’m back—refreshed, recharged, and ready to bring you powerful messages of hope, inspiration, and encouragement. This season, we’re diving deep into a topic that so many women face: navigating life as an empty nester.

If you've spent decades devoted to your children, you might now find yourself wondering:
❓ Who am I beyond being a mom?
❓ What’s next for me?

The truth is, this isn’t an ending—it’s a new beginning. A time for personal reinvention, self-discovery, and renewed purpose. In this episode, I’ll share:

✅ My personal journey of stepping away to recharge (and the incredible places I visited!)
✅ What you can expect in Season 3 of the podcast
✅ An exciting announcement about my Bounce Forward Life Coaching Program, designed to help you rediscover yourself and reignite your passion

New Listeners: Check out our most popular episodes:

Soulfood: Seven Ways You Can Nourish The Hole In Your Soul

The Power Of Gratitude: How a Gratitude Mindset Can Boost Your Wellbeing

Learn To Love Yourself First: Critical Steps to Maintaining Your Mental Health & Physical Health

💡 Bonus! Head over to our website and subscribe to  receive A Beginner's Guide To Self -Reflection : 30 quick tips for better self-reflection—a simple way to start aligning your habits with your goals.

🎧 Listen now & don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode. Your best years are ahead! ✨

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Transcript

Peggie Kirkland  0:00  
Did you know that in the United States, as of 2022 there were approximately 20.9 million individuals who have no children living at home?

In other words, 20 point 9 million empty nesters. If you're one of these individuals, you're going to be really happy with our podcast this season, because we're focusing on the challenges and joys of being an empty nester. You won't want to miss this. 

Peggie Kirkland  0:36  
Welcome to the Mama's motivational messages podcast, where women learn to stop putting themselves on the back burner and start paying attention to caring for themselves first so they can be better for everyone else in their lives. I know you'd be inspired by the stories of resiliency and starting over, of health and self healing, of gaining clarity through journaling, of showing self love through world travel and the list goes on. I encourage you to relax and enjoy. I'm your host. Peggie Kirkland, PK, 

Speaker 1  1:19  
This is season three of Mama's motivational messages, I'm promising you a season of growth, self discovery and transformation. Of course, you can always catch up on previous episodes at mamas motivational messages.com and that's mama with an O you might be wondering, why did we spell mama with an O M, O M, M, a? Well, that's because mamas have an unending circle of love for their kids, no matter at what stage of life those kids are. So check us out at mamas motivational messages.com. 

Speaker 1  2:01  
You com, listen, I know I've been on a bit of a pod pause. Let's start it first as taking a moment to regroup from pod burnout. Yeah, that's really a thing when you're playing all the roles it takes to publish great content. You're researching topics. You're finding guests, researching the guests, interviewing the guests, recording, editing and so on and so on. So that moment that I took morphed into a few more months and a few more and a few more before I accepted that I needed to show myself the same compassion that I always encourage you to do for yourselves. 

Speaker 1  2:54  
So then I took the opportunity to do some traveling. I'll share some of those photos with you at some point when I figure out how I went to Italy and spent some time in Venice and rode in gondolas where the gondoliers serenaded us in Italian. Of course, I watched master glass blowers make exquisite vases and bowls, I stared in awe at the David statue in Florence, and that's a marble sculpture you might be familiar with, done by Michelangelo in the 1500s I visited Vatican City, home of the Pope and many amazing museums. I went to the vineyards of Tuscany. And of course, you can't go to Italy without visiting the Coliseum in Rome. 

Speaker 1  3:51  
My next trip was to Central Europe, and I rode up the side of the Alps in a train in Switzerland that could only be called an engineering feat that was truly amazing. I also went to Germany and Austria for the first time, and then I relaxed in Turks and Caicos and the Cayman Islands. And finally, I checked some home projects off my to do list, and I spent some time reconnecting with friends and family, so that's what I've been doing. But honestly, through it all, I missed you guys so so much, I felt like I wasn't doing my part to share messages of hope, inspiration and encouragement, and I couldn't wait for the time when I could get back to doing that more after I take a quick break to share some information with you. 

Speaker 1  4:54  
This episode is brought to you by banks, forward, dot, online. La. Life coaching services dedicated to helping empty nesters who are struggling to discover a new sense of purpose so they can reconnect with their passions and create lives of fulfillment and joy to learn more, go to bounce forward, dot online and book a free discovery call that's bounce forward. Dot online. So how have you guys been if you've been a regular listener who's been missing me as much as I've been missing you, I want to thank you for being patient with me. I promise you season three will be worth it. Perhaps you didn't even know that this podcast existed before. 

Speaker 1  5:47  
So if this is your first time, welcome to Mama's motivational messages, a place where stressed out females can get some encouragement and inspiration to face the challenges of daily life so they can have more fulfilling lives. For you first timers, I've hyperlinked a few of our most popular episodes for you to listen to so you can get a flavor of our show. This season, we're going to be focusing on empty nesters, whether you're already an empty nester or you might be getting ready to become an empty nester, this season is going to help you to navigate this transition. 

Speaker 1  6:34  
Think about it. For decades, what have you been doing focusing on the needs, the schedules and the lives of your children, and now with them gone, you probably realize you have more free time than you know what to do with, and that might make you wonder what's next for me? Well, you don't really have to feel confused or in a state of disarray. Because the beauty is that this can be a time of personal growth, of exploration and of excitement. It could be a time of personal rejuvenation. You can rediscover the things you used to be passionate about, but then they became sidelined as you put all of your time and energy into being a good parent. So this is about starting fresh with the wisdom, the experience and the resilience that you've gained over the years. So I want to encourage you to stay tuned this season, I'm going to share real life stories and practical tips that are going to help you embrace this new chapter. I'm committing to dropping episodes on the third Wednesday of each month, but keep your eyes open for surprises between episodes, like affirmations to keep you motivated, stories from women like you, and even freebies,

Speaker 1  8:08  
 I also want to share some exciting new things that I'll be doing to level up the value that you can expect from your investment of time with our podcast. You're going to have an opportunity to join my bounce forward life coaching program. This is a program that I designed specifically for empty nesters like you, to help you as you undertake the journey to embrace that empty nest as a new beginning filled with possibility, fulfillment and joy. I have more than 25 years experience coaching individuals in education and other industries, so in this program, some of you will have an opportunity to work with me as you reignite your passion and rediscover your purpose as a certified life coach, I'll be your guide on the side as you go through this process. If you're wondering, Well, how am I going to know if this program is good for me or if it's working for me? Well, by the end of the program, you would have crafted a clear vision for your life moving forward with actionable steps.

Speaker 1  9:25  
Through our work together, you're going to be able to do what I'd like to call bounce forward. You know, everybody talks about bouncing back from a situation. We're not going to do that. We're talking about bouncing forward as you start this new journey of self discovery. And as I said, you won't have to do it alone. I'll be your guide and cheerleader through this process. Spots are limited, so you have to act fast, just head over to bounceforwar. online to book a free discovery call, and I'll send you a beginner's guide to self reflection. That's my way of saying, Thank you for being an action taker. This self reflection guide has 30 tips to get you thinking about what's next for you without overwhelming you? So it doesn't matter where you are in your process, you're going to be able to find a starting point for bouncing forward. All you have to do when you get your beginner's guide to self reflection is just find a quiet spot and take your time reading through the tips, then pick one that resonates with you and that you feel you can commit to for at least, I would say, 14 days and get started. That's all you have to do, and that's it for now. 

Speaker 1  11:03  
But before I wrap up today's episode, I want to leave you with a powerful affirmation and a short mindful reflection to help you step forward into this new chapter with confidence. So here is the affirmation. I'm going to repeat it three times to give you an opportunity to just integrate it into your consciousness. Here goes, I am more than my past roles. I embrace my new journey with confidence, joy and purpose, my best years are ahead. I am more than my past roles. I embrace my new journey with confidence, joy and purpose, my best years are ahead. I am more than my past roles. I embrace my new journey with confidence, joy and purpose. My best years are ahead, ladies, that's it for today. 

Speaker 1  12:24  
Our next episode will drop on April 16. That's the third Wednesday of the month. The title of that episode is how to reconnect with yourself after decades of putting others first. In that episode, I'm going to share some tips on how to bounce forward from a life that's been largely dedicated to the needs, the schedules and the lives of our children, basically dedicated to parenthood you won't want to miss how you can start to bounce forward into your new place in life. Just go to bounce forward.online to learn more until next time, remember your best years are ahead. Thank you so much for listening. If you've been inspired and encouraged by the positive messages in today's show, please take a moment to rate and review the show on Apple podcast. This will help to keep the show alive. And remember sharing is caring. So don't forget to share these gems with friends and family, strangers too, if you like, let them know it's available wherever they listen to their podcast. I'm counting on you to share the love until next time, this is PK sending you much light and a whole lot of love. You.

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