Back to school is not only new beginnings for parents and students, but for anyone who feels the end of playful summer and the hope for more meaning, connection, and creativity in the Fall. Questions about relationships, finances, work, parenting, illness, care-taking, re-locating, wellness, and fun, rise up. I just want to let you
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I think we don’t feel it or view it enough. Parents, Boomers, Students, Divorced and Married, call me asking, “How do I know what I want to do next?” Under the opening question is their doubt, disappointments, exhaustion, and lack of support. You can relate to those moments. Who hasn’t been there? I truly believe
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She couldn’t see around the corner since her divorce. Love lost? Not exactly. No regrets. Love no longer moving forward hand in hand. Summer and the living doesn’t feel easy. Financial shifts and singlehood aren’t carefree days when you are grieving the life you thought you would have and uncertain about love
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Leaders, parents, college grads, students, boomers, all in transition andneeding the impact of beauty around them for inspiration and stability. A rose in a vase, a garden of rainbow chard, pillows, bowls, painting, photos, collage, musical instruments, poems, etc. You think it doesn’t make a difference when you are changing. I know it has for
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Transitions for adults and children bring frustration. How does it show itself in your family? Not sleeping. Irritability. Yelling. Immobile. Over eating. A family shared with me they want a fun, happy summer, but the fears grip them. Not enough money, too many people back in the house, relationship is all about problem solving and
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Parents, college grads, worker bees, boomers, married and single, all want the one, two, three directions so they don’t cry or stay in bed all day while not knowing WHAT’S NEXT. Wanting and reality sit on the same bench. Separate them. “I just want to know already.” “I am still in shock and need
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Your life is in transition. You are no longer happy with where you were and not sure what’s next. Time to come up with a new dream. When a mother called me in tears, I could relate. Her life was good and she knew it. Her heart was empty. She silently cried. Good news is
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When papa comes up stairs to say, “GOOD MORNING, SWEETIE GIRL,” who wouldn’t smile? Isn’t it the best feeling knowing someone loves you so much? Sure, I frustrated papa because I didn’t do what he asked and so he had to ask over and over like my red ball rolling down the steps. I have
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Natalie Caine was sitting at a senior class meeting in her daughter’s high school auditorium a little over seven years ago when she realized her child’s departure for college would leave her nest empty. She remembers the prospect left her uneasy and disoriented, about the transition and the questions that were sure to follow. What
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Jackie called me, “My son is coming home. He graduated college and has no job. What do I do?” 1. Let him know you believe in him.2. Leave a short, yes short, note of suggestions, like volunteering at an animal shelter, starting his own website about his passions, asking his friends and their family for any summer
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Be boldKeep going even when you are afraidKeep going even when it looks like your hard work is leading no whereKeep going to find your passions and your way to contribute in this worldKeep going when you don’t know what to doKeep going when you get hurt or abandonedKeep going when you lose the moment
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Katie called in tears about graduation. “How can I have a fun summer when all I do is drop these tears of goodbye?” We know goodbyes are part of life but that doesn’t help the heart. Hearts weep. What can you do? 1. Let yourself cry whenever and wherever using the softest aloe Kleenex
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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org