Mothers Who Lead
Rebuild Connection Before They Leave Home
The RETURN framework
A high-touch community for mothers of teenagers who are exhausted by compulsive phone use (their own and their teenagers!), emotional disconnection, and overwhelm- and are ready to reconnect with themselves and their families.
Presented by Dr. Corina Fratila,
Founder & Medical Director at Ideal Endocrinology
I used my phone to escape unbearable emotional pain. I believe that, in the age of AI, of uncertainty, of crumbling systems and a culture that is making us and our children sick, a lot of us mothers have an unhealthy relationship to our phones. Not because we are shallow or weak at all,
but because we are emotionally overwhelmed, lonely, dysregulated, and disconnected from ourselves. When mothers heal, regulate, create, reconnect with their bodies and return to presence, family relationships begin to transform.
I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS TO DISAPPEAR EMOTIONALLY INSIDE YOUR OWN LIFE- AND I KNOW HOW TO COME BACK.
MATERNAL ALIVENESS IS THE TRANSFORMATION
What If a Different Kind of Life is Possible for You and Your Child?
Your child comes home from school and disappears into their room. You remember when they used to run toward you. Now BOTH of you retreat into screens. You scroll to numb the loneliness. And they scroll... who knows why? Somewhere beneath the exhaustion, shame, guilt and emotional distance, YOU ARE GRIEVING.
Grieving the connection you thought you would have. Grieving how quickly childhood disappeared. Grieving how unavailable you have become inside your own life.
YOU ARE NOT FAILING BECAUSE YOU ARE LAZY.
You are overwhelmed. Your nervous system is exhausted and your phone became a refuge.
About
My name is Dr. Corina Fratila
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