Married, single, career or stay at home parent, change brings vulnerability. Karen called my office weeping, “I dropped my son off at his dorm and sobbed. I sobbed right there in front of him. I am not a crier.” I don’t know where we got the idea that we can predict and control our sadness.
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Parents ask me what I do for fun since they are gathering new ideas for themselves.Here’s a short list: Read about chefs, meet them and eat at their restaurants (do you know who is in this photo I captured?) Start my day with black coffee and pruning my organic veggie and flower garden Read novels
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Across the country, hugs goodbye, cheers and tears, are marking the roads. The number one relief parents share with me is, “Thank goodness I am not alone with my new feelings. I thought I was being over sensitive and selfish.” Who doesn’t need support when walking a place you have never been before and you
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Melissa hugged her daughter at the college dorm, got in the rental car, and wept all the way to the airport. The tears surprised her. When you go through even an expected change, the reality settles in your heart when you wave goodbye. Parents know the relationship they had will be different. They aren’t sure
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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, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org