Lifestyle Changes

What You’ll Discover Here: Welcome

Welcome! I’m so glad you decided to join me on this exciting new chapter in our lives. Being an empty nester can be scary, frustrating, depressing and sad, all emotions that can lead us to make unhealthy choices. We’re walking a new path in life and not sure of the road. Healthy Empty Nest is […]

Life Changes Don’t Have To Be Stressful

Life Changes Don’t Have To Be Stressful It’s true. Life changes can be stressful. You might even find yourself falling into depression. It’s hard when your life suddenly looks different. I wrote about a devastating event that affected my life in a previous post. This is a followup on more ways you can manage […]

Getting Back to (or Finding) What You Love

A story of growing and learning to love where you are right now. I awoke in the middle of the night last night as I often do since my home has become so quiet. It was a beautifully cool night allowing me to have my windows open to the brisk air. As I lay there, […]

Lifestyle Changes

How to Go From Crappy To Happy

I remember that first year after my adult kids left home. It was one of the worst, especailly during the holiday season. I felt alone, uncaring and overwhelmed by crappy feelings. I could feel myself starting to fall into a depression, something that I had done once before during a really trying time. And I […]

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Evolving Holiday Get Togethers With An Empty Nest

Holidays are often celebrated with family spending the day together, exchanging gifts or eating a special meal. What happens though, when you become the owner of an empty nest? How do the holidays change from the way they were once celebrated? How can holiday get togethers evolve when you have an empty nest? When my […]

The Joy of Simplifying Your Life Now

Most of us live our lives overwhelmed. We have material stuff we think we have to have to keep. We think we need to keep all that stuff our kids left behind when they moved out. We are overwhelmed with information, technology and just plain old keeping up with everyone else’s lifestyles. It’s no wonder […]