Aug 25, 2026 · 30 min · 14 segments
Every time Hilary Weeks sat down to write music, the same thought showed up. "You're not good enough. Nobody wants to hear this." It happened so often she almost stopped noticing it. Then her husband…
Marianne IversonHost
Every time Hilary sat down to w- write music, the same thought showed up, "You're not good enough.

You're not the kind of person who can do this." It happened so often she almost forgot to notice it anymore.

It just felt normal, until her husband said one sentence that changed how she saw it completely.

Today, Hilary is back to finish our conversation, and this might be the most important thing she says in the whole series.

[upbeat music] If your kids are grown or almost grown, and you can feel something shifting, but you can't quite name what it is yet, you're in exactly the right place.

Maybe your schedule suddenly has gaps in it that used to be filled with soccer games and carpools.

Maybe you look in the mirror and think, "I've been taking such good care of everyone else.

Who am I now?" I'm Marianne Iverson, a certified life coach and host of Create Your Best Empty Nest.

I spent years working one-on-one with women right where you are, and I can tell you this, what you're feeling isn't a problem, it's an invitation.

If you've missed part one, go back and listen first, or you can listen later.

We talked about how Hilary balanced 14 albums and four daughters, and what she'd say to a woman she feels like who has v- disappeared into her kids to be a good mom.

We start light, her favorite word, the sound she can't stand, the story behind her four kids calling her mama, and then we go straight into the deep end, what she does with that voice that tells her when she's not good enough, and what that voice actually is.

What Hilary says the adversary whispers every time she sits down to create something meaningful, and the one sentence her husband says that changed how she hears it, how she's kept her faith and her music working together instead of against each other, the habit she fought for that's still keeping her marriage strong, and what's still ahead for her, and the book she wrote to help you find your own purpose in this next chapter, and her final words to every woman listening, wherever you are right now.
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Every time Hilary sat down to w- write music, the same thought showed up, "You're not good enough.

You're not the kind of person who can do this." It happened so often she almost forgot to notice it anymore.

It just felt normal, until her husband said one sentence that changed how she saw it completely.

Today, Hilary is back to finish our conversation, and this might be the most important thing she says in the whole series.

[upbeat music] If your kids are grown or almost grown, and you can feel something shifting, but you can't quite name what it is yet, you're in exactly the right place.

Maybe your schedule suddenly has gaps in it that used to be filled with soccer games and carpools.

Maybe you look in the mirror and think, "I've been taking such good care of everyone else.

Who am I now?" I'm Marianne Iverson, a certified life coach and host of Create Your Best Empty Nest.

I spent years working one-on-one with women right where you are, and I can tell you this, what you're feeling isn't a problem, it's an invitation.

If you've missed part one, go back and listen first, or you can listen later.

We talked about how Hilary balanced 14 albums and four daughters, and what she'd say to a woman she feels like who has v- disappeared into her kids to be a good mom.

We start light, her favorite word, the sound she can't stand, the story behind her four kids calling her mama, and then we go straight into the deep end, what she does with that voice that tells her when she's not good enough, and what that voice actually is.

What Hilary says the adversary whispers every time she sits down to create something meaningful, and the one sentence her husband says that changed how she hears it, how she's kept her faith and her music working together instead of against each other, the habit she fought for that's still keeping her marriage strong, and what's still ahead for her, and the book she wrote to help you find your own purpose in this next chapter, and her final words to every woman listening, wherever you are right now.