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EPISODE · Jun 2, 2026 · 29 MIN

How to Solve Any Problem

from Create Your Best Empty Nest · host Marianne Iverson

You've been trying to fix the wrong thing.If you're in the empty nest season and you feel stuck, lost, disconnected from your adult kids, or like you don't even know who you are anymore, you've probably been looking for the answer out there somewhere. A new routine. A new circumstance. Waiting for something to change.But what if every single problem you have, every relationship struggle, every identity question, every bout of loneliness or purposelessness, is actually the same kind of problem underneath? And what if there was one tool that worked on all of them?In this episode, I'm teaching you the five-part model I use in every single coaching session. It was developed by Brooke Castillo of The Life Coach School and taught to me by my mentor Jody Moore, and it is the most powerful tool I know for empty nest reinvention, midlife identity shifts, and getting unstuck at any stage of this transition.Here's what you'll learn:How to separate facts from the stories your brain adds on top of them, and why that one skill changes everything.Why your lower brain is running your life on default and how to finally see the thoughts that have been quietly creating your reality.The real reason willpower doesn't work long term and what to do instead.Why your feelings are not the enemy, and what happens in your body when you keep pushing them down.How your behaviors and your results are always connected back to one thing: what you're thinking.I also share my own real story of when my youngest daughter moved out, the painful thought I didn't even know I was thinking, and how that one thought was creating a reality I didn't want. Including what it did to my body. The knee story is real and you need to hear it.This episode is for you if you're an empty nester asking "now what?", a mom in her last years before the kids leave wondering how to prepare, or a woman in midlife who is ready to stop circling and actually start building what comes next.All problems are thought problems. And that is the best news you'll hear all week.🌿 START HEREIf the kids have left and you're sitting with that quiet question of "Now what?" take the "Who Am I After the Kids Leave?" quiz. In about five minutes, you'll have more clarity on this season than you've had in months.👉 marianneiverson.com/quiz📞 READY TO STOP CIRCLING AND ACTUALLY START?You've been thinking about this long enough. On a free Next Chapter Jumpstart Call, we'll get clear on what this season is really asking of you and map out your first real step forward. Not someday. Now.👉 marianneiverson.com/call

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You've been trying to fix the wrong thing.If you're in the empty nest season and you feel stuck, lost, disconnected from your adult kids, or like you don't even know who you are anymore, you've probably been looking for the answer out there somewhere. A new routine. A new circumstance. Waiting for something to change.But what if every single problem you have, every relationship struggle, every identity question, every bout of loneliness or purposelessness, is actually the same kind of problem underneath? And what if there was one tool that worked on all of them?In this episode, I'm teaching you the five-part model I use in every single coaching session. It was developed by Brooke Castillo of The Life Coach School and taught to me by my mentor Jody Moore, and it is the most powerful tool I know for empty nest reinvention, midlife identity shifts, and getting unstuck at any stage of this transition.Here's what you'll learn:How to separate facts from the stories your brain adds on top of them, and why that one skill changes everything.Why your lower brain is running your life on default and how to finally see the thoughts that have been quietly creating your reality.The real reason willpower doesn't work long term and what to do instead.Why your feelings are not the enemy, and what happens in your body when you keep pushing them down.How your behaviors and your results are always connected back to one thing: what you're thinking.I also share my own real story of when my youngest daughter moved out, the painful thought I didn't even know I was thinking, and how that one thought was creating a reality I didn't want. Including what it did to my body. The knee story is real and you need to hear it.This episode is for you if you're an empty nester asking "now what?", a mom in her last years before the kids leave wondering how to prepare, or a woman in midlife who is ready to stop circling and actually start building what comes next.All problems are thought problems. And that is the best news you'll hear all week.🌿 START HEREIf the kids have left and you're sitting with that quiet question of "Now what?" take the "Who Am I After the Kids Leave?" quiz. In about five minutes, you'll have more clarity on this season than you've had in months.👉 marianneiverson.com/quiz📞 READY TO STOP CIRCLING AND ACTUALLY START?You've been thinking about this long enough. On a free Next Chapter Jumpstart Call, we'll get clear on what this season is really asking of you and map out your first real step forward. Not someday. Now.👉 marianneiverson.com/call

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