A mother gave me permission to share this story with you. Summer and the living is easy. Not for her. Her mind traps her like bricks on her face. She can’t see her beauty or feel her confidence. This is new for her. Sure she has felt bricks on her face in past years. Stuckness
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Maybe it is the warmth and long sunshine days that are affecting parents feeling good or maybe it is they have more inner resources. A group shared with me that they are getting so much better at letting it go. The nagging is less, the carrying around their cell phone 24/7 in the hopes of
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She can’t afford a getaway this summer. Family vacation before he leaves for college isn’t happening. Tears are falling and it is summer. Here is what you could gather for yourself: 1. Healing energy of water. Walk by it. Step in it. Let it float you.2. Shift things in your living room and bedroom. Make
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I need to change. Here’s my story. I do and did too much for my child as he was growing up. I had guilt about being gone and a bad childhood relationship with my parents. I over compensate for my past. I want to be liked so I give and give and give to my
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Summer sweetness. A woman shared with me that what she wanted to change was being so hard on herself. I laid out photos. She chose two, one the sweetness of these nectarines, the other the hydrangeas. We wrote, side by side, silently about summer. Sharing her words that she wished were brilliant, AKA, the pusher,
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None of those photos are my dad. They are my dad’s imaginary best friends. I loved seeing him, just home from a match, club bag on arm and clicking sounding shoes, coming across the floor. Not his profession, his weekend obsession. If he wasn’t in a game, as he grew frail, he and I would
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Parents are proud and always wanting the best for their kids. Here is a list of “gifts” that parents want their kids to pack: 1, Ask yourself if you really need to spend money on that today?2. Will you call without my asking you to call? Will you text or email?3. Don’t tell me what
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A mom called today sharing her tears and excitement about her son heading to college in August. She is full of energy and late night exhaustion. She feels like a storm is coming but has no interest in preparing. Summer will pass quickly and then she will face emptiness. She asked me to remind her
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Our Empty Nest Support Group shares with you our creative new ideas. Read the list and giggle. I suggested we take 15 minutes to write about: What if you were one of the top ten in an upcoming field or expertise? What would that field be for you? You had a support team. You
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Did you speak up or let it be? A woman I worked with didn’t think it was ok for her to share with her kids that she wanted what she wanted, which was to make her own choices about whether to travel or stay home. She used the words, wanted what she wanted because that
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“EMPTY NEST: LIFE BEYOND PARENTING, NOW WHAT?” was an article I wrote, featured on www.MariaShriver.com . If you missed it, here it is for you. http://mariashriver.com/blog/2012/04/empty-nest-life-beyond-parenting-now-what What tip would you pass on to another parent? Natalie Caine M.A.Empty Nest Support ServicesLife In Transition, What’s Next?(800) 446-3310 or (818)
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Empty nesters, as well as all parents, wonder, am I over parenting? Once a parent, always a parent. Yes, your role changes as your children long for more independence and individuation and at the same time, they are uncertain about themselves. Bottom line is they do want you to be there for them and encourage
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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org