Parents, Empty Nesters, and Boomers ask me, “With all the stories you hear, do you still believe in real love?” Real. How do you define real? The surprise is there are secrets couples live because they don’t feel they have a clan that would understand. They are ok with their choice of what real love
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What’s one of your earliest childhood memories? I asked a group of Boomers, Empty Nesters, and College grads that question and they asked me, “WHY?” I didn’t want to answer that at first because it loses the spontaneous thought so I said I will tell you later. So just let anything pop in your mind
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Just back from Spark and Hustle conference with Tory Johnson in Los Angeles. Tory, thank you for inviting me to participate on the panel “Concept to Cash”. Hustle with a heart is how I felt driving home. Tips and strategies from experts with a real heartfelt presentation from Julie and Jack Nadel. I cried as
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Boomers and Empty Nesters, I am speaking at Spark and Hustle on how to turn your idea into a business. Women are starting up new businesses more than men. Tory Johnson is taking Spark and Hustle tour across the country. I hope you catch the conference in your home town. I will blog about the
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Transitions for parents, college students, and baby boomers require us to review and assess what matters now. During a telephone group chat, the number one drop on keeping dreams alive was there was no support. Beauty doesn’t give up. It shifts and looks dead but not to be trite, you know there is still life
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The mourning of the Tucson tragedy affects each of us uniquely as memories of loss and fears of loss surface. None of us knows when deep sorrow puts the brakes on our lives as we knew it. Comfort yourself, comfort others. Sit face to face with what you love. Let yourself be the playful child
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I love new beginnings but Boomers and Empty Nesters have expressed to me they worry as they enter the NEW. Worry is just one color, one sound, in a full orchestra of a self. Who hasn’t felt worried and out of control? Let worry express and then move. “I am not going to think about
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Boomers, empty nesters, parents, and adult children have shared with me that part of the overwhelm during holidays, is thinking you need to impress. Key word is need. Real word is want. Ask yourself, “Do I want to do this today or is there a little holiday hammer in my head pounding me to do
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Empty Nesters, Boomers and those in life transitions, share theirtraditions: 1. Read a children’s book Xmas Eve and then add it to the collection for their children when they will be parents.2. Make candy apples while playing favorite holiday sing along songs.3. Open one present Christmas Eve.4. Open the stocking in bed in the morning
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How many parents and baby boomers do you think are saying, “I AM NOT GOING to do all that shopping, cooking and having house guests next year for Thanksgiving? I am exhausted and feel unappreciated.” Well, I can tell you I received calls and emails from empty nesters and boomers with that message after drop
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Parents, Boomers, Singles, Married, and Children, have shared with me over the weeks that they all love pie and gravy. What they miss are people who aren’t around the table. All agreed tears and laughs will both show up throughout the house. – Here is how some will
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Amy called to talk about the holidays and her children. She knows herself well as a mother with traditions. She doesn’t know who she is when holidays fall apart. This year, Thanksgiving, to her, is falling apart. The children cannot come home. One is going to the in laws. Her daughter is going to stay
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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org