There’s a quiet kind of exhaustion that can come with loving your adult children deeply. It’s not the kind of tiredness that comes from raising them when they were young, it’s something more emotional, more internal. It’s the weight of still feeling responsible, still wanting to protect, still trying to show up… while realizing they are living lives you can no longer control. For many parents, especially those who have endured trauma, loss, or instability, the relationship with their adult ch...

When You Lose Yourself in Your Adult Children: Finding Your Way Back as a Parent