Let yourself be silently drawn towards the stronger pull of what you really love.” -Rumi This is another one of my favorite quotes. When we let ourselves be quiet, close our eyes, and fall into a restful place, we have a chance to hear other parts of ourselves that really matter in our wholeness. It
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Parents are cleaning, marketing, fluffing up the bedroom pillows and yakking on the phone with friends about how excited they are that their children will be home this week. What has been sleeping is awakened with the joy of having children back home. You hope the plane isn
Parents have many good memories and when the house is more silent they emerge. I think we need to acknowledge what we love about our role and have self compassion for our new path. I just can
This month I have heard parents share that transitions are sorrowful. Some kids have just started college in January and others have returned. Parents experience mixed feelings of missing their children and wanting to stay in touch more often to the feelings of relief, having no interruptions and getting back into their own space and
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Empty Nesters are: ? Taking piano lessons ? Traveling using miles ? Joining book clubs ? Finding exercise buddies ? Saying hello and smiling more in order to meet new people ? Asking for help ? Simplifying daily life by quieting the critic and pusher ? Getting organized ? Saving money ? Hosting wine and
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I know from the many emails and calls I received of appreciation, challenge, and hope that women are ready for 2008. Dreams are Motivations…so I wish you time to go inward and see what dreams are heard or seen. Write them down. Just Dare the World to Give You some Options and See what Happens.
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I gave a wonderful unmarried empty nester the black t-shirt that says
Thanksgiving gatherings are over. Hugs goodbye in the driveway, airport or train with kleenex tucked in our pocket, reflection emerges. I realized we are all feeling a long way from home. The HOME where we use to live our traditions has changed. New family members, old ones looking down from above, anticipation of newborns, hope
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Employers have discovered empty nesters are great people to hire. They demonstrate less stress since they aren
Yes, it is true that even when you are preparing for the holidays tears will fall. So what
Children are coming home for Thanksgiving. Parents are writing cooking and shopping lists, decorating the house, and leaping a little quicker out of bed in happy anticipation of their children sleeping in their rooms again, and chatting together in the kitchen. Change has happened. Some children aren
When parents reminisce about trick or treating with their adorable brides, witches, and super men, they also remember the dud treats that dropped in their child
Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org