What was your reaction to ask for help?
I don’t know anyone who would really help me? I don’t know where to begin with the help I need. I am so uncomfortable telling someone I am hurting.
Believe me; you aren’t alone when it comes to sorting your feelings and then asking for help. Vulnerable isn’t easy.
It also isn’t easy hurting and feeling isolated.
So here is an idea:
Pick one area of your life that you want some help with. Reinventing yourself, getting along better with your children, in- laws, partner, meeting new people, getting healthy, finding meaning, boundaries with your children and family, finding your dormant parts that might bring you fun, working for yourself at home, gardening. Well, you get the idea.
So go for it.
First write what you need…remember one thing.
– Send an email or pick up the phone.
Let me know how this goes for you. What stopped you? What worked for you?
Take care,
Natalie
Natalie@emptynestsupport.com
Los Angeles 800-446-3310
Local 818-763-0188
www.emptynestsupport.com
Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org
I cannot believe this hurts this bad. i dropped my last one off at college yesterday. this was the one who got on my 55 year old nerves to the point where i said i cant wait for him to leave. I woke up this morning and i was overwhelmed with the sense of loss that I felt. At work, all day my mind was being assaulted with memories. I keep thinking about the NBA basketball season and how he and I use to argue constantly about who’s team was better and why. My husband seems ok but I am missing him already. When does this go away
I can not believe how much this hurts. I feel so sad without a purpose. It will take a while to heal that I know. I do not know what to do next. My husband is been crying he is trying to hide it but I know.
My youngest moved to LA. Not for college but for good. I cry all the time. I feel I have no purpose. I don’t know what to do.
Is there something you like to do? For instance I like to do crafts paint and sew. So invited a few close friends over on Friday’s at 10:00am and we sit have coffee and do our crafts. All kinds of subjects come up we can laugh about; cry about.
The idea is connecting with Friends. At first there was two of us. Now several years later there are eight oh us