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Reinventing In The Empty Nest

April 18, 2009 | by Natalie Caine | No Comments

Mothers have been emailing sharing their trial and error adventures of changing.

I thought you would love to see a list:

–  Photoshop
–  Building websites for family and friend
–  Life coaching
–  Cooking school
–  Mentoring at libraries
–  Volunteering at Food Banks
–  Hiking with a group once a month
–  Going green at home
–  Gardening sharing of seeds and vegetables
–  Day trips in their city including open house tours, cheese and wine tasting, gardens, art lofts
–  Learning to bicycle
–  Back to school for art, business, pet supplies, eco living, leadership, writing, sewing
–  Travel with groups
–  Cleaning out the clutter and making a sacred home space for meditation and yoga at home
–  Switching to vegetarian life style
–  Neighborhood babysitting and theater classes
–  Photography /digital and hanging photos at home and in cafes
–  Learning the social media tools and joining
–  Party planner
–  Researching ways to stay healthy and getting a buddy to encourage them
–  Make overs with a friend including not coloring their hair anymore
–  Camping with their partners
–  Kayaking
–  Golf lessons
–  Blogging to boost their new business on websites
–  Babysitting
–  Taking CPR classes
–  Decorating classes
–  Woodwork
–  Power tool classes for home repairs
–  Acupuncture school and herbs
–  Meditation classes once a month
–  Chanting on the full moon
–  Joining choirs on Sunday

So the list goes for today.

Add what you have tried and even left.
I left a book group because I discovered I needed something to get me moving and not sitting.  I went back to yoga and yes it really hurt since I had been away for awhile. Now it feels fantastic.  I have to push myself to get to class at night when I would rather do nothing. 

Maybe I will try a swim class when it gets warmer, or not.

So post your trial and error reinventions or email me, natalie@emptynestsupport.com
800 446 3310
818 763 0188 local Los Angeles number

Change happens. No one needs to go through it alone. I am passionate about helping people make steps and strides when they are called to change.

 

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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org