My hope in speaking engagements, retreats, consultations, writing, and teaching, is to provide safe spaces, resources, and ongoing support in finding your dormant parts, peaking into your freedom and joy that is just ahead of you, and being with what you are thinking and feeling today. You are forced into a major life transition of
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I remember having a warm one on one chat with Gloria in February this year at a celebration. She said something like, JUDGE LESS AND HAVE JOY. If what you want doesn’t exist, YOU START IT and here is an idea for just you. Today I celebrate your remarkable 75th birthday; for always I will
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Changes stop us whether for a good change or challenging. Some parents I speak with say they RISE UP no matter what and then collapse. The collapse shows itself in anxiety, fatigue, isolation, and depression. They wish they had a way to prepare so they wouldn’t hurt or feel off from who they usually are.
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I thought I was done posting my Spring Jasmine, but I just can’t help myself. Beauty wins. It reminds me of times I thought I was done telling my daughter or husband that I wasn’t going to clean the dishes after dinner. Your turn. I cook.You clean up. You cook. I clean. Actually, I don’t
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My surprise is this photo. Jasmine are invisible outside my window until they burst like a wedding bouquet. I have been celebrating warm days, dahlias, and peaks of vegetable seeds coming up green that I started in my garage. I love the surprise of looking at them daily, like newborns…well not exactly like that,
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Can you find the four leaf clover in the photo? Would you feel lucky if you did? When I asked about luck on telephone consults, these were some of the responses: 1. I don’t believe in accidents. Everything happens for a reason.2. I don’t believe in luck. I have to make it.3. I for
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It is Spring Break .Some parents are vacationing with their children. That is not true for me. I am trying to stop the chatter in my head that keeps me indoors rather than out during these peaks of Spring. Here is some of my inner clatter: It looks too windy. I need to finish
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I asked this question in a group and many said, “When my children got into college, married, loved their job out of college, had grandchildren, moved close to them, vacationed without their children, got healthy, downsized, made a career change, finally learned how to grow organic vegetables, took up ceramics, wrote their book, were featured
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A father called excited about his daughter coming home for Spring Break. She has been shivering in snow and boring meals. He is ready to connect and treat her well. They are driving to warmer climates and relaxation, just the two of them. Empty Nesters have called asking for tips during the Spring Break re-unite
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I remember a woman once said to me,”If you don’t feel nervous , you aren’t really becoming more of who you might be.” Well, for now, I choose not to be judged on a Red Carpet for how I look or act and yet if I were nominated to walk the Red Carpet, I
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Spring is slowly showing herself. Parents have been sharing with me what they look forward to doing for fun. Most feel embarrassed to say it out loud, “I don’t really know what I like doing that is simply for fun. I am such a worker bee, and doer.” Can you relate? Work is fun so
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This is one of my favorite dusk photos I shot. Now that I have more free time, I grab my digital and step outside, sometimes in a robe, just to catch a surprise. I hope each of you finds something that lifts you and excites you to step out. Send me your ideas
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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org