Natalie’s article as a Wall Street Journal Expert What’s the biggest mistake people make when it comes to starting a second career? NATALIE CAINE: Deciding what career to launch next is like deciding to date again. You wouldn’t start your date in the bedroom would you? If more than a night mattered to you, you
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A woman shared with me that her courage evaporated. She had been betrayed, thrown under the bus, as she calls it, by another woman at work. She was shocked. There was no warning for this behavior, or was there. As she continued to share the story, she discovered the woman had been controlling in not
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Men and women have been sharing their list with me, “What Positive Obsessions Do You Have?”
Was it falling in love, a teacher who believed in you, a trauma, a pet, a book, a meditation, etc.? Your experiences are fun to share. Recall memories. Share with others. As people gather over the holidays or even if you are going solo this year, share memories with yourself. We forget to spend time
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Thanksgiving and holiday time brings out the shine, goodies and beauty, as well as, my black stretch pants. I love the holidays for its anticipation, creativity, memories of loved ones, sentiments, and new traditions. When we travel and gather, like a decorated room, we mix and match. We move our life around, like chairs, and
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There is planning and then there is letting go. There is having an image of what you want and then there is simply the reality that life happens. When life happens, like illness, break ups, loss, it isn’t a punishment. It is life. You might tell yourself you are to blame or you failed and
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Changes, like empty nest, bring up past losses and worries. Your inner critic may have a feast saying things in your head that aren’t true. Our group shared what worries them:
In my group, sweet Susan said with a slight laugh, Loss is necessary but is empty nest? We were talking about the losses over our life. Susan was having a sad day. Her bottom line was, I tried for months to get pregnant, then bed rest, then raise him alone after age two, no one
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It has been an intense time. It is a time to review our core values. For me, when I remember that I am more than what I am in the midst of living, then I can be present with perseverance and hope. – Review your talents.– Check out how you are doing with your self-worth
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When people share their tears and laughs with me, there are times the topic is about what hasn’t happened at this stage of their life and they wish it had, and what they want to stop obsessing about that they don’t have. Who can’t relate to those thoughts? With the end of summer, stories were
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Packing them up, checking the list, finalizing details, as your children are almost in the dorm. You are shocked that this life you have had with your precious one has gone so fast. Empty nest is not for long because they do come back, but for now, that is not what you are thinking and
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Whether solo or with a friend, summer invites you to get out and see what you haven’t had the chance to explore. Our groups, which sometimes meet on the telephone, all agreed, that two days of getting out of town, lifted their spirits while in a transition. They laughed at how some decisions are easy,
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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org
