I do a lot of talking, thinking and coaching about the Empty Nest. My goal is to help women navigate this next phase in their lives with as much ease and grace as possible. Many of my clients get stuck and they don’t know why or how to move forward. They can’t quite turn the page even […]
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Put Down the Scissors and No One Gets Hurt
You are probably familiar with the story of the man who, upon watching a butterfly in the process of emerging from its cocoon tried to “help” by snipping the opening to make it easier for the insect to come out. Unfortunately the butterfly needed to go through the process in order for its wings to […]
How to say Goodbye
You say goodbye either the evening after moving your progeny into their new digs or at some point the next morning. Either way- you are going to be sweaty, exhausted, sleep deprived and your nerves will be as fried as the potatoes in the school cafeteria. When we dropped our son off, I pictured a beautiful […]
Are you approaching the empty nest with fear and foreboding?
Personally, I think different people have different reasons for fearing this stage of life but at the end of the day it really comes down to this: Change Most of us don’t really relish change, even when it is good and healthy and necessary. We would rather stay in the comfort zones we have created- […]