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You Lost Something, Boomer and Empty Nester, Didn’t You?

When the house is silent, the missing crawls around.  You search for why you feel so different. You think you shouldn’t be so off balance or tearful. You are. Truth is answers won’t change your heavy heart.  They may band aid, which is a good thing.  You need a rest, a break, a quiet mind. 
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Parents and Boomers Hold Opposites

You want to be strong. Stand tall. You miss those you love. You curl into yourself.  Still both hold beauty. Both hold gifts. In the rest and solo time, you reflect, weep, and refresh.  You stand confident and step. You can’t always be present. You can’t always do the right thing. You can’t always shift
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Moving into the Dorm

I was helping a friend happily begin her college year at UCLA.  Details, sore muscles, new faces, and no one talking about the big hug goodbye.Isn’t that the perfect mask by being busy and in a flow of getting the jobs done? Strangers sending smiles to each other. The secret language of CAN YOU BELIEVE
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Pets for the First Time

Do you walk your neighborhood without a pet and wish you had one?  A woman, baby boomer, and empty nester, was sharing with me about her silent home and thoughts of getting a pet.  She sees her community with dogs, birds, cats, and she walks alone.  I bet you can guess her concerns. FREEDOM and
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Oprah’s Farewell

Did you watch the first show of Oprah’s final season or TIVO it?  Was there a time in your life that you just had to see her show?  Who were you with?  Did you work?  Did you have children?  Three women shared with me today that she is a mark for how their life use
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Grownups Who Mentor and Volunteer

Boomers and Empty Nesters don’t want to be over committed with schedules and yet they want to participate. I hear this over and over and I understand. They ask me how to choose, how do  they know if they are making a difference, and will they be trained?   You can begin by talking with
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Boomers and Empty Nesters Finding Their Voice

So you are here and not yet there. Transitions. Back to School. Fall season around the corner. Here is an idea during a transition:

Do You, Boomers and Parents, Regret Sitting On The Side Lines?

Boomers and Parents made time this summer to see what was next for them before Back To School. Here is what some agreed I could share with you: 1. I am not fully in bloom, but I have rich soil.2. I waited too long to apply for classes in Adult Education Classes so I will have to
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Twenty Something, What Is Your Vote?

Do you, parents, think you need to push your children to “grow up if they are in their twenties?  Do you ask for rent if they live with you? Are you expressing more demands?  Do you think they will listen to you?   Do you feel patient with them most of the time or is your
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Back to School

What are you, the parent leaving and what are you wanting to give life to this year? I think those questions could be explored during your walking time outside or through journaling. Sometimes having a question to begin exploring during a transition, can ground you for a stepping off place. Change is repetitive in life
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Parents on College Campuses, Hugging GOODBYE

If you are a parent whose child is heading to college for the first time, or returning, hopefully you bought yourself a bandanna.  Why, you ask?  It lasts longer than Kleenex and is easier to find in your Mary Poppins bag filled with directions, camera, money, power bar, credit card, keys, and ID. I carried
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Back To School

At least you know you aren’t alone at this time of year when other parents are checking their list twice and always stuffing Kleenex up their shirt.  It just isn’t real yet and for other parents , it is too real because they have done the hug goodbye before.  Everyone wants to see everyone one
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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org