Cracking Open with Molly Carroll
Cracking Open with Molly Carroll
Molly Carroll, MA, LPC
Jodie Patterson on Staying Curious When Your Kids (and Your Identity) Are Changing
1 hour Posted Jul 23, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
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This fall, my youngest, my last one, leaves for college. Twenty-one years of being a mom, and I’m standing at the edge of a chapter I don’t know how to close. When my son left two years ago, I was a wreck. Shame that I was “too attached,” fear of who I am when mothering isn’t my daily identity, questions about my marriage, my life, my self. So when Jodie Patterson agreed to come back on the podcast, the timing felt like more than coincidence. This is Jodie’s third time on Cracking Open: she w...