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Palisades Fires, I Evacuated a Year Ago Today

It is hard to believe a year ago my neighborhood friends stood outside with me, chatting, “Is it time to pack up and leave? Did anyone get a notice to evacuate? Well, we didn’t wait. We hoped to caravan down the canyon. That didn’t happen. We thought we would be back in two days. We
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2025 Transition, again…YOU and ME

Slip the memories inside like a card into an envelope. Thank you, 2025, for my personal growth through the Palisades fires, for the love shared and received, and for the new adventures ahead. As I step into 2026, living in this East Coast world of stunning beauty with endless roads to explore, may I know
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Here Is What’s Coming In 2026

The past year has reshaped how I understand transitions, belonging, and resilience. In 2026, I’m offering new experiences designed to support moments of change, happy and challenging, deepen connections across generations, and creating space for reflection, ritual, and meaning. New offerings will be announced in 2026. If you would like early invitations and thoughtful updates,
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Unexpected Changes

When Pacific Palisades was burning, I had no choice but to leave behind home, friends, work, and all the small comforts that make life feel steady. What I didn’t know then was how much I’d learn about myself along the way. Almost a year later, I feel awe—for the journey, the growth, and the unexpected
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What Questions Are You Asking Yourself?

1.    Maybe you have an idea you want supported?  Get a few friends together and have brunch and conversations with Natalie?  2.    Are you struggling with loneliness, unfilled days, and wondering how to have new meaning at this stage of your life.  3.    Have you made mistakes with your adult children and wonder “what is
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‘A Bonding of Belonging’

PALISADIAN-POST, in Pacific Palisades, Ca. March 30, 2023, interviews Natalie Caine, M.A., about her company, Life In Transition. Palisadian Natalie Caine Offers Support to Groups Experiencing Life Changes As people across the globe are faced with new life transitions every day, many decide to reach out for guidance and support from those who can provide
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Hello and here we go…

I am excited about 2023.  I plan to continue to be gentle with myself and others. Communication has been my passion even before I became a Speech Therapist and then re-invented my career, leaving Speech Therapy, to help those who are seeking meaningful lifestyles, more coping skills for the unknown, and healings from the unexpected. 
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Some Thoughts that I Noticed, and Now Share with You

I feel the happiness of being together with people who are part of my circle, both family and friends, during this holiday season.  I also know I am an over doer… been working on that and must say, just asking myself… do I really need to be doing this right now? has helped me shift. 
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Holidays Are Around The Corner

Natalie is sharing lines to “We Always Have Beauty” and “Inspirations”. She is sharing these now because it is a place to pause during your day and feel something besides the challenges that we all live. It is a new habit to make time for beauty, right out your window. Holidays are around the corner.
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Let’s Be Together Before the Holidays in November on Zoom.

This is a support group for you. Even good news needs support, don’t you think? So, share good news as well when we gather.  You can email me questions before Monday and I will talk about it anonymously on our Zoom. I want each of you to have this safe space for questions, conversations, and
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Holidays and Hurt

Holidays are around the corner. What communication with your family members are you wondering how to do better this season? Email me for a list of suggestions natalie@lifeintransition.org Depending on the relationship, all families are unique, maybe schedule a time on the phone with the person before the holidays. “Hey Sis, I keep spinning about
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Re-Inventing Yourself: I Did It.

You want to have a positive impact on others.  You do know you have gone as far as you can go in the career you have and you also hear loud and clear, “I don’t like my job.”  So now what? Your life in transition invites you to try an orchestra of ideas, not just
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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org