Empty Nest

How many moms are there out there that are starting to feel the weight of having an empty nest or partially empty nest?  

1. Perhaps your baby is going off to school this year

2. Your final teenager is heading off to university or college. 

3.  Or your child/children are moving out to start their own independent  lives?

We spend years nurturing these beautiful beings in our care, and in what feels like a blink of an eye, they are grown and leaving the nest.

Both ends of the spectrum can leave us with all kinds of feelings and can be hard for mom’s to cope with. 

If you are wondering what your purpose will be, if you are no longer the caretaker, the parent, the chauffeur, the cook, and manager of everyone's  schedules. 

If you are feeling the emptiness and focusing on the quiet and the loneliness, and wondering what you will do with yourself. 

If you are stuck in the thoughts of missing your children and feeling a sense of loss. 

If you are beating yourself up for not being more available to them in the past. 

If you are anxious for their safety and well being. 

If you are frustrated that you are not where you thought you would be at this stage of your life.

It's okay to feel whatever you are feeling. If those feelings become overwhelming, please reach out.  We can relieve this emotional distress, so that you are able to gain other perspectives from a calm, clear mind and see new options for everyone moving forward. You can relish the extra time, space, and room to get back to you and what it is that you may have been wanting or waiting to do.  Whatever stage you are at, be kind and patient with yourself.

Reach out if you need help.